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RIDOH and DEM Recommend Avoiding Contact with Roger Williams Park Ponds
Current status: Status unconfirmed (as of 23/09/2026, 15:45). Older update notes in the history text may be outdated.
The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) and Department of Environmental Management (DEM) advise people to avoid contact with Roosevelt Lake and Pleasure Lake at Roger Williams Park in Providence due to harmful algae blooms (HABs). All recreational activities are considered high risk, and people should not drink untreated water or eat fish from these waterbodies. This advisory remains in effect until further notice.
- Location
- Providence, Rhode Island
- Country
- 🇺🇸 USA
- Start
- Unknown
- End
- 19/10/2026, 23:18
- Event type
- Microbiological, Chemical contamination, Limit exceeded, Boil water advisory
- Status
- Status unconfirmed
- Region
- Rhode Island
- Last updated
Timeline
- · Alert first recorded
- · Automatically marked inactive
- · End according to source
- · Record last updated
Automatically closed
This advisory was automatically marked as resolved after 21 days without new official information. No official all-clear was issued. Please check with your local water utility for the current status.
What to do now
For this case the specific instructions of the official source apply. Please follow the details in the report and the guidance of your water utility.
Sources
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