CSO Control Plan

The City of Newport has over 90 miles of sanitary sewer pipes, many of which have been in operation for over 100 years. Prior to the 1970's, many of these pipes were designed as combined sewers- collecting both sanitary sewage as well as storm water during wet weather events. Since the 1970's the City has constructed several projects to separate the storm water connections from the sanitary sewer to reduce the number of CSO Events.

Addressing the occurrences of combined sewer overflows is an extremely complex issue for which the City of Newport is committed.  The City is working to identify and implement improvements to prevent the occurrences of overflows in order to be in compliance with RIDEM and EPA Combined Sewer Overflow Policies.  

CSO Master Plan

Learn about what the City is doing to help eliminate CSO events

Frequently Asked Questions

What is a CSO? How can we prevent them, and what has been done already?

CSO Stakeholder Workgroup

Browse agendas, view meeting minutes, and more

Harbor Monitoring Program

Review the results from the City's Habor Monitoring Program

CSO Program Reports

Review past CSO Program Reports

Building Inspection Program

Learn about how we're helping homeowners reduce CSOs

News & Events

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COUNCIL TO HOLD SPECIAL MEETING ON PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL PARKING PERMIT CHANGES

Parking Program Changes Aims to Modernize Permit Program
 
NEWPORT, R.I. (FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 2026) – Following a first reading during the regularly scheduled City Council meeting on Wednesday, March 11th, City Councilors will be meeting in a special session on Thursday, March 12th at 7 p.m. at City Hall for the sole purpose of taking up on second reading a proposal to amend the City’s Residential Parking Permit program.

If adopted, the proposal would go into effect for the upcoming parking season, which begins in May.

๐Ÿ“ฃ๐๐‹๐ˆ๐™๐™๐€๐‘๐ƒ ๐”๐๐ƒ๐€๐“๐„:ย  ๐„๐—๐๐€๐๐ƒ๐„๐ƒ ๐’๐๐Ž๐– ๐‘๐„๐Œ๐Ž๐•๐€๐‹ ๐Ž๐๐„๐‘๐€๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐๐’ ๐ˆ๐ ๐„๐…๐…๐„๐‚๐“ โฃ๐Ÿšจ

Please be advised that heavy equipment on loan from the State is currently being deployed across the City for critical snow removal operations.โฃ
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๐‚๐ซ๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐›๐ž ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐˜๐š๐œ๐ก๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐•๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‹๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ ๐“๐ก๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ญ ๐‚๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐๐จ๐ซ ๐›๐ž๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ง๐ž๐ข๐ ๐ก๐›๐จ๐ซ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐๐ฌ ๐œ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ข๐๐ž.โฃ
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Please be advised that a ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐›๐š๐ง ๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ for all snow emergency routes, with the exception of the southbound side of Broadway.โฃ
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We anticipate this to be a multi-day twenty-four hour operation, and towing will be enforced on all parking-restricted streets.โฃ
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๐ˆ๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐š ๐œ๐š๐ซ ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ž๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐š ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐›๐š๐ง ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ญ, ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐ข๐ญ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ.โฃ
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For a list of impacted streets, please visit www.cityofnewport.com/snowโฃ
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Thank you for your immediate attention and cooperation.โฃ

BLIZZARD WARNING: CITY ISSUES MANDATORY PARKING BAN

BLIZZARD WARNING: CITY ISSUES MANDATORY PARKING BAN

Parking Restrictions in Place until Further Notice; Residents Urged to Seek Off-Street Parking

NEWPORT, R.I. (SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2026) – The City of Newport has issued a mandatory Parking Ban for SUNDAY, FEB. 22ND from 7 p.m. UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE in anticipation of a severe winter storm and forecast blizzard conditions.

All Newport residents are being urged to remove their cars from City roadways and take advantage of free parking at the Gateway Center, Mary Street, and Touro Street parking lots. Residents are also encouraged to request the use of a neighbor’s driveway to secure off street parking in order to keep vehicles off the roadways.
 

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  Calendar of Events

City Council Interviews for Boards and Commissions

City Councilors will be interviewing candidates for vacancies that exist on the City's Boards and Commissions

The Council will interview the following applicants for the Historic District Commission and Trust and Investment Commission:

Historic Districtโ€‹ Commission
5:00 p.m. Ray Goddard – Reappointment
5:30 p.m. Kelly Moran – Reappointment
6:00 p.m. Alexandra Sullivan –alternate position
7:00 p.m. Jan D’Entremont –alternate position
 
Trust and Investmentโ€‹ Commission
6:30 p.m. William Hogan
7:30 p.m.  Anne McCarver

The Council may also discuss at the conclusion of the interview how they may vote on applicants seeking an appointment to the above boards or commissions at a regularly scheduled Council meeting at which a vote to appoint an applicant is considered.
 
 

Historic District Commission Meeting

The Historic District Commission is responsible for overseeing development within the City's Historic District
Click here to view an agenda.  

Henderson Home Commission

The Henderson Home Commission is charged with overseeing the Henderson Home for Aged Men in accordance with the provisions contained in the will of William H. Henderson. 

City Council - Executive Sessionย 

The City Council will discuss in Executive Session issues relating to the disposition of the former Navy Hospital property.

 

 

 

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