Posted on February 24th, 2009
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.
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Posted on February 24th, 2009
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.
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Posted on February 16th, 2009
Spokane County is seeking public comment on the Draft Watershed Plan for the Lower Spokane River Basin.
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Posted on February 16th, 2009
Schedule and agendas for Spokane River Dissolved Oxygen TMDL meetings
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Posted on February 16th, 2009
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.
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Posted on February 13th, 2009
On February 13th, a technical meeting was held to review and discuss the draft Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP) for the update of the CE-QUAL-W2 model of the Spokane River.
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Posted on February 4th, 2009
The attached letter to Jay Manning concerns proposed legislation to extend NPDES permit compliance schedules.
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Posted on February 4th, 2009
Polluters say they need 20 years to clean up their act and regulators just might give it to them. The Inlander Reports
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Posted on February 4th, 2009
The following summary was developed in response to a question posed at the December 11 stakeholder meeting asking Ecology to provide information in support of the designated aquatic life uses on Lake Spokane.
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Posted on February 4th, 2009
Attached is a revised agenda for the Friday, February 13th modeling workshop.
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