Idaho boat inspections try to keep invasive species out of waterways
Idaho’s boat inspection program aimed at keeping out invasive species out of regional waterways is ramping up. The Coeur d’Alene Press reports.
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Idaho dischargers, Inland Empire Paper and Avista request dispute resolution over Ecology’s dissolved oxygen TMDL (water cleanup plan)
In late February, a dispute resolution process regarding the Dissolved Oxygen TMDL submitted by Washington Department of Ecology to EPA for approval was requested by the City of Post Falls, Hayden Area Regional Sewer Board, the City of Coeur d’Alene, and Inland Empire Paper company. On March 12th, Avista also requested dispute resolution.
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.
Riverkeeper and Trout Unlimited Move to Stop Dock Construction on Spokane River
Fearing impacts on native trout, the Spokane Riverkeeper and Trout Unlimited are asking the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) to stop the construction of recreational docks just downstream of Plante’s Ferry Park in the Spokane River.
Spokane River DO TMDL Released
The Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) submitted to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) a DO (dissolved oxygen plan) for final approval. The DO TMDL will guide work toward bringing the Spokane River into compliance with water quality standards for dissolved oxygen.
Filters show promise in river cleanup
Spokane is testing advanced technology from a local company and others to address phosphorus reduction needs. The Spokesman Review reports.
Spokane sewer rates rise to improve Spokane River water quality
Extra $5 a month will help keep pollutants out of river, boost capacity at wastewater plant. The Spokesman Review reports.
Shoring up access
It seems “insane” to Andy Dunau to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to clean up the Spokane River without improving recreational access. 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.