KINGSTON, R.I. — Many regions of Indonesia are struggling with how to clean up lakes and rivers that have become polluted with sewage, or have had seawater intrude into them. Two University of Rhode Island hydrologists are adapting a new technology they believe will solve the problem.

HALIFAX, Mass. — For more than a decade, blue-green algae blooms in West Monponsett Pond have often ended summer fun early and rendered the boat ramp useless.

MIDDLETOWN and NEWPORT, R.I. — The ponds that supply the Newport Water System and its nearly 15,000 service connections with drinking water and Aquidneck Island’s popular beaches are being stressed by polluted stormwater runoff.

The Environmental Protection Agency recently approved the Westport River total maximum daily load (TMDL) of nitrogen allowable in the estuary, as submitted by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection in early April.

Nearly 1,500 pieces of fishing line at least a yard long were picked up on Rhode Island beaches last September as part of the International Coastal Cleanup. Balloons are also a problem.