The Rhode Island Department of Health and Department of Environmental Management recommended residents avoid contact with a few bodies of water in the state.
Officials are urging residents to avoid contact with the water due to confirmed cyanobacteria blooms.
The impacted bodies of water include:
- Smith and Sayles Reservoir in Glocester
- Wilson Reservoir in Burrillville
- A section of Waterman Lake (Russell Road Beach) in Glocester
- A section of Wenscott Reservoir (western basin, south of Douglas Avenue) in North Providence/Smithfield
Cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae, are naturally present in bodies of water, but under certain environmental conditions will form harmful algae blooms…