Our Mission: To Protect and Improve RI's Pawtuxet River and it's Watershed
We're the Pawtuxet River Authority & Watershed Council. We do things to improve the Pawtuxet River and its extended system of ponds and streams, for both preservation of the environment and quality of life in Rhode Island. The Pawtuxet River is one of the largest rivers in Rhode Island. Its dammed North Branch, the Scituate Reservoir, provides over 60% of Rhode Island's drinking water and emits the most pristine fresh river water in the state.
The lower Pawtuxet River is no longer "RI's dirtiest river" or "the sewer of the Pawtuxet Valley". Far from it. Since our creation in 1972, we have cleaned up the Pawtuxet such that it is now a model urban river. We were influential in creating the "Pawtuxet River Authority Bond Fund" of nine million dollars which enabled the three sewage treatment plants on the Pawtuxet to stop polluting the river. We have created a number of public fishing and canoeing accesses throughout the Pawtuxet watershed which we own or operate.....with more to come. There are no longer any industrial wastewater discharges into the Pawtuxet. There is trout fishing in every area of the river and we've created passage for anadromous fish from the ocean to enter the river's first seven miles. The Pawtuxet System also now boasts the state record for largemouth bass and catfish and holds the largest population of smallmouth bass in the state.
We are a 100% volunteer organization. We do stuff.
The lower Pawtuxet River is no longer "RI's dirtiest river" or "the sewer of the Pawtuxet Valley". Far from it. Since our creation in 1972, we have cleaned up the Pawtuxet such that it is now a model urban river. We were influential in creating the "Pawtuxet River Authority Bond Fund" of nine million dollars which enabled the three sewage treatment plants on the Pawtuxet to stop polluting the river. We have created a number of public fishing and canoeing accesses throughout the Pawtuxet watershed which we own or operate.....with more to come. There are no longer any industrial wastewater discharges into the Pawtuxet. There is trout fishing in every area of the river and we've created passage for anadromous fish from the ocean to enter the river's first seven miles. The Pawtuxet System also now boasts the state record for largemouth bass and catfish and holds the largest population of smallmouth bass in the state.
We are a 100% volunteer organization. We do stuff.
