March 25th EPA stakeholder meeting notes released
Spokane Stakeholders, Attached are the questions and comments recorded during our Spokane TMDL meeting last Thursday. We went through each of these comments / questions during the meeting – –…
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Post Falls chamber DO comment letter
“Position: The Post Falls Chamber of Commerce recognizes that water is one of our nation’s, and the world’s, most important resources. It is important that federal and state governments enact…
Public to comment on City of Spokane rules to regulate shoreline development
The Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) will hold a public hearing on March 24, 2009, to take public comment on a comprehensive update to the city of Spokane’s Shoreline Master Program. The shoreline program includes regulations specific to the Spokane River. Ecology news release reports.
Phosphorus ban disliked, but working to protect Spokane River
A ban on high-phosphorus automatic-dishwasher detergents imposed last July 1 in Spokane County triggered a consumer backlash that lingers today, but appears in early data to be having the desired effect of reducing the amount of the nettlesome nutrient likely being released into the Spokane River. The Spokane Business Journal reports.
February 27th EPA Stakeholder Meeting Notes
EPA released meeting notes from the February 27th stakeholder meeting on March 6th. Says Laurie Mann from EPA, “We are not currently planning to assemble a written response to the…
Pend Oreille runoff eyed for Spokane flows
The Washington Department of Ecology will spend $250,000 to study whether Lake Pend Oreille could be tapped to provide water for better flows in the Spokane River. The Spokesman Review reports.
Legal comment on Washington State dissolved oxygen criteria as applied to Lake Spokane
The Hayden Regional Sewer Board, the City of Coeur d’Alene, the City of Post Falls and Inland Empire Paper Company requested attorneys to create a legal analysis of Washington state’s…
Comments to February 13, 2009 Core Model Workshop
The City of Spokane, Kaiser Aluminum, the City of Coeur d’Alene, Inland Empire Paper, Hayden Area Regional Sewer Board, Avista, Liberty Lake Sewer and Water District, City of Post Falls…
Sewage plant moves ahead despite unknowns
Spokane County commissioners voted 2-1 on Friday to allow an engineering firm to begin construction on a wastewater treatment plant that will raise sewer bills for residents served by it, most of whom live in Spokane Valley. Decision on whether plant can discharge effluent into the Spokane River still unknown. The Spokesman Review reports.
Spokane River cleanup could take longer
A proposal in the Washington Legislature would relax the deadline for cleaning up the Spokane River and other state waterways, allowing wastewater dischargers up to 20 years to meet stringent new limits for phosphorus and other pollutants. The Spokesman Review reports.