PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) has given the OK for cities and towns to dump snow directly into the water after a historic blizzard pummeled the state.
Most cities and towns are using front loaders to fill dump trucks to the brim with snow while clearing and widening roadways. Those trucks then bring the snow to designated dumping sites, which are typically open or vacant paved lots.
But if the cities and towns run out of room at those dumping sites, the DEM is allowing them to dispose of it in certain bodies of water…