Please join us for a memorial boat parade on Sunday, August 31st at 2 pm to remember and honor Nancy Batty, Theresa “Terry” Danty, and Margaret “Ruth” Lemieux, three amazing longtime residents of Waterman Lake who passed away this year.

We also extend this tribute to others in our community who have died this year—whether known to us or not, their memory has left a lasting ripple on the water and in our hearts.

They are gone but never forgotten, and we celebrate them with this memorial boat parade in their honor.

• Meet at the marina at 1:45 pm.
• Bring your boat, kayak, canoe, or join a friend aboard or cheer from land.
• Feel free to decorate your vessel in memory if you like.
• Following the parade, CPWL fundraising team will be passing out ice cream sandwiches and hoodsie cups to thank everyone for their support of our Waterman Lake community.
• The rain date is Monday, Sept 1st, at the same time, at the marina.

Santa is headed south for some summer fun! We will meet at the marina around 5:30 PM and start the parade around 6 PM. Remember to deck your deck with lights, decorations, and plenty of mistletoe! It’s time to row, row with some ho, ho, ho!

Treatment last week by Water and Wetlands for the algae bloom was successful. The lake is safe for swimming, boating, fishing, and all other activities.

Thanks to a very quick response time by the RI Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Town of Smithfield, the obstruction has been cleared from the culvert under West Greenville Road.  We thank the RI DOT and the Town for acting on this so quickly.

Drawdown of the lake will begin Tuesday, November 5th.  Water will drop about 12” per week, until we are at a level of between 60” and 72” below the spillway.  We anticipate this level will be maintained until March 25, 2025, when we will begin to raise the water level.

As always, if you have any questions, please feel free to email cpwl@cpwl.org