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.
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…
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.
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…
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…
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.
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.
Spokane County is seeking public comment on the Draft Watershed Plan for the Lower Spokane River Basin.
Schedule and agendas for Spokane River Dissolved Oxygen TMDL meetings
The attached document contains a list of the draft modeling scenarios currently being considered by Ecology, IDEQ, the Spokane Tribe and EPA for assessment of Lake Spokane dissolved oxygen impacts.