Join Spokane River cleanup of Great Gorge and U District on Saturday, September 25th
The 8th Annual Spokane River Clean-Up – set for Saturday, September 25, from 9:00 am – 3:00 pm. Find out more.
Clean up
Lawsuit over river discharges could be boon for wetland
A lawsuit over river discharges threatens the January 2012 startup of a new Spokane County sewage treatment plant, so officials are working on a backup. Plan B, restoration of a wetland with treated wastewater, requires county officials to exercise many of the land-use tools in their kit – and one that doesn’t yet exist. The Spokesman Review reports.
Spokane River Cleanup Saturday, April 24th
Enterprising recreation students from the University of Idaho will be leading a cleanup effort from Harvard Road (Put-in) to Mirabeau Park (Take-out). Saturday, April 24th, 10:00 am.
County braces for appeals to river water quality plan
If Ecology’s DO TMDL plan for reducing algae-feeding pollution in the Spokane River is challenged, Spokane County’s treatment plant may not be allowed to discharge effluent into the Spokane River. That could trigger a construction moratorium or increased cost to discharge the water elsewhere. The Spokesman Review reports.
Spokane Riverkeeper serves City of Spokane notice over PCB discharges to Spokane River
On behalf of the Spokane Riverkeeper, Gonzaga Law School’s Environmental Law Clinic today filed a sixty day “notice of violation” with the City of Spokane as a precedent to bringing a federal citizen enforcement lawsuit under the Clean Water Act. Read the Center for Justice news release.
Group says it will sue city over river PCBs
The Center for Justice filed a 60 day notice of intent to sue Spokane City over Spokane’s antiquated sewer system pumping polychlorinated byphenyls, or PCBs, into the Spokane River. The Spokesman Review reports.
Scientists poke around in the city’s plumbing to find sources of PCB pollution in Spokane River
Scientists have been running diagnostic tests on City of Spokane sewer and stormwater pipes to see where PCB and other contaminants of concern might be entering the Spokane River. The Inlander reports.
Ecology posts comments to Spokane River draft DO TMDL
Over 233 pages of comments were submitted to the Washington Department of Ecology draft dissolved oxygen TMDL for the Spokane River.
River plan draws detractors
The latest plan to limit algae-producing phosphorus in the Spokane River is drawing critics. The Spokesman Review reports.
Ecology completes clean-up at Flora Road site
The Washington Department of Ecology capped contaminated sediments at an informal access point at Flora Road.