Rhode Island General Laws Title 24. Highways § 24-8-15. Snow and ice removal--Notice of defects

(b)(1) All storage piles or areas where road de-icing agents are stored within the Scituate watershed shall be adequately covered and stored on an impervious base to mitigate runoff impacts to ground and surface waters. The director of the department of transportation shall ensure where funds allow, that all drivers, loaders and handlers of de-icing agents within any watershed participate in training sessions in the proper application and control of road de-icing agents; that de-icing vehicles, wherever feasible, operating within the Scituate watershed area equipped with sensor devices to control the spread rate of de-icing materials in relation to the speed of the vehicle.

(2) For purposes of this section the “ Scituate watershed” shall mean the total drainage area into the Scituate Reservoir -- an area of some 92.8 square miles in the towns of Scituate, Johnston, Foster, Glocester, and Smithfield -- which because of its topography, soil type, and drainage patterns acts as a collector of rain waters which replenish or regorge existing public drinking water supplies in the Scituate Reservoir.