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Key
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"Continued education about keeping oil from
auto repair, oil delivery, and do-it-yourself
oil changes out of water and watershed. Dispose
properly."
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Education
Disposal
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| "Inspection and
enforcement of existing regulations" |
Inspection
Enforcement
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| "Comprehensive technical
review and adequate agency staff resources together
with accountability by design engineers in the form
of requiring professional certification for all
application and supporting document submittals." |
Accountability
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| "DEM to develop
an explicit, positive, powerful, and effective urban
wetland policy to protect and enhance urban water
resources. (Currently the policy seems to be to
allow maximum development possible since urban areas
are developed to the point where there are no significant
values to the local water resources.)" |
Wetlands
Urban
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| "UPGRADE SEWAGE
TREATMENT PLANTS TO TERTIARY TREATMENT." |
Sewage
Upgrade
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| "BUILD FISH LADDERS
FOR ANADROMOUS FISH (HERRING). WHADDYA THINK? LETS
GET GOING! A FISH LADDER IS PROPOSED FOR THE HEADWATERS
OF THE WOONASQUATUCKET (WOONASQUATUCKET RESERVOIR)IN
NORTH SMITHFIELD. IF WE BUILD IT THE FISH WILL COME.
INTRODUCTION OF A ALEWIFE POPULATION TO THE RIVER
SYSTEM WILL DRAMATICALLY ENHANCE SPORTFISHING IN
UPPER NARRAGANSETT BAY AND CREATE A GAMEFISH POPULATION
ITSELF IN THE RIVER, NOT TO MENTION DRAMATICALLY
ENHANCING THE BIODIVERSITY OF THE RIVER. THE SIGN
OF LIFE IN A RIVER IS THE SIGHT OF FISH SWIMMING.
LETS GO ON THIS" |
Fish ladder
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| "Wet Weather Flows
in river indicate high coliform levels." |
Wet weather
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| "Add a riparian
zone around the Promenade ST section of the river." |
Riparian
buffer
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"Non-transient community
wells (small systems) need to be included in drinking
water protection, conservation, and drought planning.
Particularly pertinent in this watershed, since
most of the urban area, including parts of Smithfield
receive their water from the Scituate/Providence
system, is the issue of small systems obtaining
water from groundwater sources." |
Wells
Urban
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"Installation of fish ladders in resotration
projects, regardless of the quality of the water.
Opportunity should be used when available."
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Fish ladders
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| "Residents need
to be educated (through newsletters, videos, newspaper
articles, TV advertisements, guided walks in the
watershed, etc)regarding the functions and values
associated with the River and it's surrounding wetlands." |
Education
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| "well i think you
should make it almost like a park (like Roger Williams)
I think that would be nice for the kids and also
for the animals and the people" |
Park
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| "Urban wildlife
and its diversity should be treated separately from
that in more pristine settings. Simpler more common
forms and features can be highly important to an
urban community, although of no unusual habitat
or species value." |
Urban
Wildlife
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| "Sampling along
the river indicates a large amount of trash and
debrie that can be picked up. From cars to refrigerators
a basin wide cleanup needs to be accomplished" |
Cleanup
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"Plan to re-do Asset
Map every {5} years." |
Outreach
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"Combine
the growth planning and economic development categories." |
Economics
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NO COMMENTS
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"State and local government sharing in costs
for private dam repairs"
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Cost sharing
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| "Document
and make public aware of the history of each dam,
its orginal design and uses, the associated industry,
and the dam's place in the evolution of the community.
Provide visitor access to the dams. Treat the dams
as important historic and cultural resources." |
Public awareness
History
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"In North Providence at least one pond has
been filled and several creeks/streams that show
on old topo maps have been culverted or covered.
Identify and work to restore."
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Restoration
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| "When dams are repaired,
fish ladders should be included in the design. Eels,
shad, and other anadramous/catadramous fish could
use the Woon.waterway." |
Fish ladders
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| "mill building in
this neghborhood are inheratly in the flood plane
not much can be done except provde better drainage
mill building in this neghborhood are inheratly
in the flood plane not much can be done except provde
better drainage" |
Mill buildings
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| "I'm not sure much
can be done at this time with flooding since the
lower river has already been altered and somewhat
channelized from the Smithfield line to the mouth." |
Channelized
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"Continuing program to inform public about
the contamination levels of fish and turtles and
impacts to human health and developmenet. Emphasize
the future prospects of a clean river with edible
wildlife."
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Education
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| "I also think Fish
consumption (leading to mercury or other types of
toxic ingestions) especially for children and women
in and along the river is very important to identify
and educate people about. Along with this there
should be a fish tissue sampling program to ensure
we know all the risks associated with fish consumption
in the area." |
Fish consumption
Risk analysis
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"Opportunities to use public transportion
to access recreational resources in upper watershed."
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Recreation
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| "Opportunities for
economic development/ small bicycle repair and accessory
shops along proposed bike path. Could be used as
social integration as in other cities." |
Bike path
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Historic Preservation and
Cultural Heritage
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"I think the redevelopment and preservation
of mill buildings should be done with economic
opportunities for people in the respective communities
in mind. In other words, redevelopment plans should
in some way employ, educate or benefit the people
in the communities both economically and socially."
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Benefit
community
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| "through the preservation
of our history we rededicate our future if we do
not protect what inspired america to be america,
we will become a faceless nation preoccupied.through
the preservation of our history we rededicate our
future if we do not protect what inspired america
to be america, we will become a faceless nation
preoccupied." |
Patriotism
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| "put money in to
the nighboorhoods and then the rest of your topics
can be followed up the more people living in these
areas will enforce the need for every one of the
topics." |
Invest
in community
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| "Preservation and
reuse of historic structures including mills, mill
and worker and other modest older houses, stores,
bath house, dams, community facilities, railroad
and trolley artifacts, Narragansett sites, etc.
especially in Olneyville while there is still a
chance to preserve and highlight the remnants of
Olneyville's unique history. " |
Preservation
and reuse
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| "Build a sense of
community among current residents, as a basis for
creating support for affordable family-nurturing
neighborhoods." |
Community
building
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"Ensure that economic development plans
and actions are consistent with Comp Plans and
will not harm ecosystems or local economy"
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Comp Plans
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| "I think economic
development in low income areas should when possible
seek to offer meaningful employment opportunities
to disadvantged individuals in the community. Or
in some way the economic development should try
to reach out to low income or most stressed populations
in the community directly." |
Low income
areas
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| "Make
state economic planning activities much more open
to public scutiny and comment - ensure that economic
development is appropriate, require market demand
studies, etc." |
Open to
public scrutiny
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"Outreach should extend to people in different
languages and via various mediums across the watershed
- in churches, school curriculums, community centers,
etc..."
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Multi-lingual
outreach
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| "Coordinate
outreach efforts of NGOs and state. Develop a plan
for coordinated efforts." |
Coordinate
efforts
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NO COMMENTS
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"I see no mention of one of the most environmentally
sound organizations, namely the Appalachian Mountain
Club,particularly the Narragansett Chapter;they
get active in community policing of env. problems.
I never see articles about them in RI;they could
be a vital resource. They should be approached
and activated. I am a former member from Ma. I
am considering getting re-involved at the local
level."
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Appalachian
Mountain Club
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| "the reason I rated
biodiversity highest is because the status and condition
of biological communities will tell us what is going
on in most of the other categories;i.e., if we're
properly taking care of water quality, land use,
transportation, etc then the biology will be OK.
Conversely, if we see biological impairments, we
know that something is not going well, regardless
of compliance with chemical permit requirements.
I don't think this concept was adequately conveyed
in the choices provided under the topic of biodiversity" |
Biodiversity
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| "FISH
LADDERS, DAMS, IMPROVE WATER QUALITY, UPGRADE SEWAGE
TREATMENT, REMOVAL OF DIOXIN SILT.....LETS MAKE
SOME REAL IMPROVEMENTS AND NOT WASTE MONEY.........." |
Fish ladder
Dam
Water Quality
Sewage treatment
Dioxin
Don't waste
$$$
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| "We don't want a
bike path. Making the river navigable by non-motorized
boats and canoes with public access to portages
at dam sites would be ideal. Also, contaminated
sediment removal to allow the underwater vegetation
to be rid of toxicity would be beneficial for all
aquatic life as well as producing a lasting fishing
and recreational environment for the future." |
No bike
path
Public access
Remove contaminated
sediment
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