The Spokane River Forum serves as a clearinghouse and information exchange for all things Spokane River.
Posted on March 7th, 2010
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.
Tags: Inland Empire Paper, Spokane County, Washington Department of Ecology
Posted in Clean up | Comments Off
Posted on February 19th, 2010
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.
Tags: Gonazaga Environmental Law Clinic, Spokane Riverkeeper, Trout Unlimited, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off
Posted on February 16th, 2010
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.
Tags: Environmental Protection Administration, Washington Department of Ecology
Posted in Water Quality | Comments Off
Posted on December 30th, 2009
Spokane is testing advanced technology from a local company and others to address phosphorus reduction needs. The Spokesman Review reports.
Tags: Blue Water, City of Spokane
Posted in Water Quality | Comments Off
Posted on December 30th, 2009
Extra $5 a month will help keep pollutants out of river, boost capacity at wastewater plant. The Spokesman Review reports.
Tags: City of Spokane
Posted in Water Quality | Comments Off
Posted on December 3rd, 2009
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.
Tags: City of Spokane, Spokane River Forum Parks and Recreation
Posted in Recreation | Comments Off
Posted on December 3rd, 2009
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.
Tags: Center for Justice, City of Spokane, Gonzaga Law School Environmental Law Clinic
Posted in Clean up, Water Quality | Comments Off
Posted on December 3rd, 2009
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.
Tags: Center for Justice, City of Spokane, Riverkeeper
Posted in Clean up, Water Quality | Comments Off
Posted on November 24th, 2009
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.
Tags: City of Spokane, Washington Department of Ecology
Posted in Clean up | Comments Off
Posted on November 5th, 2009
Over 233 pages of comments were submitted to the Washington Department of Ecology draft dissolved oxygen TMDL for the Spokane River.
Tags: Washington Department of Ecology
Posted in Clean up | Comments Off
River News is proudly powered by
WordPress
Entries (RSS) and Comments (RSS).
