 It's definitely not that bad anymore. In fact, in recent years, the bay has gotten so much cleaner that the state has reopened shellfishing grounds that were closed for over 70 years. And water quality overall has improved so much that in 2021, parts of the Narragansett Bay were officially taken off the EPA's list of water bodies that are so dirty that they don't comply with the Clean Water Act. Wow, that's great. But how did it happen? To find out, we took a trip to the Fields Point Wastewater Treatment Facility.