State sues Woonsocket over repeated contamination of Blackstone River by sewer plant
PROVIDENCE – The state has filed suit against Woonsocket and the operators of the city's wastewater treatment plant, alleging violations of the Rho...
PROVIDENCE – The state has filed suit against Woonsocket and the operators of the city's wastewater treatment plant, alleging violations of the Rhode Island Clean Water Act and other environmental laws in repeated discharges of partially treated sewage into the Blackstone River. The civil complaint filed in Superior Court, Providence, by Attorney General Peter F. Neronha and the Department of Environmental Management was announced at a news conference Wednesday. Flanked by DEM director Terry Gray and environmental advocates, Neronha described the lawsuit as necessary to protect the river, which empties into Narragansett Bay.