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Beach closure, Jul 23, 2026

Advisory lifted · Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) Beach Monitoring Program

Source: Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) Beach Monitoring Program via ri-ridoh-beaches, record bristol-town-beach:bristol:2026-07-23, the source gives no report time, retrieved 2026-11-02 11:55 UTC · notice

1. The reported outfall

Outfall reported by an operator the record does not name. Location: 41.68719, -71.29349, given in the source record.

2. Waters named in the notice

The notice names: “Bristol Town Beach (Bristol)”. We place it on Narragansett Bay, RI. Matched by the record's coordinates to the nearest tracked water.

3. Modeled downstream reach

Not modeled: the reach model runs on rivers above the head of tide only.

Open on the main map

When: three different times

The time of the event, the time the source reported, published or updated it, and the time we fetched it are kept apart. Times are shown in New England time; the record keeps the original offsets.

Started

Jul 23, 2026

Ended

Jul 24, 2026

Precision

Known to the day only

Reported to the source

not given

Published

not given

Source last updated

not given

We fetched it

2026-11-02 11:55 UTC

What and how much

Type

Beach closure

Status in the record

Advisory lifted

Material

not stated

Volume

not reported (not stated whether estimated or measured)

Volume in the source's words

none

Advice

The record carries no advice text from Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) Beach Monitoring Program.

Advice window

not stated in the record; the state's window on the methods page applies

Basis

not stated

Source and revisions

Source

ri-ridoh-beaches

Record id at the source

bristol-town-beach:bristol:2026-07-23

Original notice

https://health.ri.gov/beaches

Revision of

none (first record)

Revised by

no later revision

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  "Beach": "Bristol Town Beach",
  "City/Town": "Bristol",
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