PCB Problems
If a power pole falls in the parking lot of a Coeur d’Alene restaurant, how many fish sticks can you eat on the Spokane Indian Reservation? As the Inlander reports, PCBs in the Spokane River creates a daunting challenge.
If a power pole falls in the parking lot of a Coeur d’Alene restaurant, how many fish sticks can you eat on the Spokane Indian Reservation? As the Inlander reports, PCBs in the Spokane River creates a daunting challenge.
A new law will relax the deadline for cleaning up the Spokane River and other waterways, allowing more time for some measures to take effect. Without the change, wastewater dischargers would have to meet stringent new limits on pollutants within a decade. The change, signed into law Monday by Gov. Chris Gregoire, says the standards must be met “as soon as possible” and within 20 years at most. The Spokesman Review reports.
Avista Utilities and the Sierra Club have worked out an agreement for year-round flows of Spokane Falls. Even after sunset, when most of the tourists have left Riverfront Park, water will spill over a series of descending basalt columns. The Spokesman Review reports.
Mike Chappell finds himself in the right place at the right time to help Gonzaga convene a new environmental law clinic devoted to the Spokane River and other regional waterways. The Center for Justice Reports.
The schedule for major tasks, timeframes, and responsibilities necessary to complete modeling for the Spokane River / Lake Spokane dissolved oxygen TMDL and NPDES permits for Idaho and Washington has…
The Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) reports that the 10-month-old ban on high-phosphate dishwasher detergents is beginning to pay off for the Spokane River. Read more about results and tips for cleaning dishes with phosphate free detergents. Ecology reports.
A stretch of the Spokane River above Nine Mile Dam was closed to boaters and swimmers by the Spokane County Commissioners Tuesday. High water and debris over the weekend broke…
Sarah Hubbard Gray, on behalf of the stakeholder group submitted a comment letter. Notes Hubbard, “I am providing you with the attached letter regarding key issues and concerns relating to…
Center for Justice comment letter re ability of Spokane County to achieve low effluent phosphorum concentrations.