East Providence sewage spill forces closure of top shellfishing area

By: Nancy Lavin

Outlets: Rhode Island Current

Published: May 6, 2026

Words: 753

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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The most popular and densely populated shellfishing area in Rhode Island is temporarily closed after 800,000 gallons of untreated sewage spilled into Narragansett Bay from a sewage pipe in East Providence Monday.

The cause of the ruptured 20-inch pipe near Watchemoket Cove along the East Bay Bike Path remains under investigation by the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management and the city of East Providence, which owns the wastewater treatment plant, Joe Haberek, DEM’s …

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