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• Sustainable September includes series of green events

  August 26, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page N1 For the second year in a row Community Minded Enterprises is putting together a series of events as Sustainable September. The kickoff luncheon is on Wednesday at the Masonic Center …

• Lawsuit over river discharges could be boon for wetland

  August 24, 2010 in City on Page A1 A lawsuit over river discharges threatens the January 2012 startup of a new Spokane County sewage treatment plant, so officials are working on a backup. Plan B, restoration of a … 6

• County to fight river lawsuit

    July 22, 2010 in City on Page A1 Spokane County plans to oppose a federal lawsuit that could impair its ability to open a new sewage treatment plant in January 2012. Commissioners moved to defend the county’s interests … 6

• City’s lawsuit blasts EPA river cleanup plan

  July 21, 2010 in City, Idaho Post Falls and the Hayden Area Regional Sewer Board are suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in federal court over a plan to clean pollution in the Spokane River. 3

• River cleanup plan too slow, group says

  June 26, 2010 in City on Page B2 Nine local governments and companies fear environmental regulators aren’t moving fast enough to help them meet tough new Spokane River water-quality standards. They say a system for trading cleanup credits … 1

• Source of PCBs a river mystery

  June 15, 2010 in Idaho on Page A5 Industry has flourished along the banks of the Spokane River for more than a century. So, perhaps it’s no surprise that high levels of PCBs show up in rainbow trout … 2

• Spokane River plan moving ahead

  May 6, 2010 in Idaho on Page A7 Ted Sturdevant, director of the Washington Department of Ecology, said Wednesday that he stands behind his agency’s ambitious plan to reduce phosphorus flowing in the Spokane River. Parts of the … 1

• Idaho cities say river plan poses risk to their growth

  April 6, 2010 in Idaho on Page A5 A plan to reduce the amount of phosphorus flowing into the Spokane River would strangle growth in Kootenai County, Idaho municipalities said Monday. During a five-hour dispute resolution hearing, the … 1

• County braces for appeals to river water quality plan

  March 7, 2010 in City on Page A1 A new plan for reducing algae-feeding pollution in the Spokane River is a mixed blessing for Spokane County’s $167 million sewage treatment project. The plan should enable the county to …

• State cleanup plan sees sparkling Spokane River

  February 13, 2010 in Idaho on Page A1 By 2020, the Spokane River will look more like a blue-ribbon trout stream, Washington state officials predicted Friday as they unveiled a final plan to reduce the river’s phosphorus load … 5

• State phosphorus restrictions could spread to lawn fertilizer

  January 20, 2010 in City on Page A5 OLYMPIA – Washington, which already has restrictions on laundry and dishwasher detergents, could ban phosphorus in lawn fertilizers. A bill before the state Senate would require low- or no-phosphorus fertilizers … 1

• Filters show promise in river cleanup

  December 27, 2009 in Idaho on Page B1 Each day, cities along the Spokane River dump millions of gallons of phosphorus-rich wastewater into its waters. As the state of Washington embarks on an ambitious plan to reduce the …

• Detractors line up against state’s Spokane River plan

    November 5, 2009 in City on Page A1 The latest plan to limit algae-producing phosphorus in the Spokane River is drawing critics from all directions as Washington officials consider whether to move ahead with it. One company that … 5

• Bill of rights debate turns to river health

    October 10, 2009 in City on Page B1 Just how polluted the Spokane River is became a bone of contention Friday between panelists debating a major change to the Spokane City Charter. It’s among the nation’s most polluted, … 1

• Spokane River Cleanup yields heaps of trash

  September 27, 2009 in City on Page B1 Santa, someone found your key. Volunteer Russ Posten was scouring the banks of Latah Creek near High Bridge Park Saturday as part of the annual Spokane River Cleanup when he …

• Volunteers find river of trash

    September 26, 2009 in City Santa, someone found your key. Volunteer Russ Posten was scouring the banks of Latah Creek near High Bridge Park Saturday as part of the annual Spokane River Cleanup when he … 1

• State releases clean river plan

  September 16, 2009 in Idaho on Page A1 The Washington Department of Ecology unveiled a plan Tuesday to curtail algae-producing phosphorus in the Spokane River and improve dissolved oxygen levels for fish. Under the plan, which needs state … 2

• Where the Spokane River’s pollution comes from

  September 16, 2009 in City on Page A12 Municipal and industrial

• Phosphate detergent ban seems to be working

  August 16, 2009 in City on Page A1 The storyline of the near-ban on phosphorus in dish detergent in Spokane County has focused on scofflaws sneaking Cascade across the state line in a dogged attempt to keep their … 10

• Low phosphates helping, official says

  May 16, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page V1 It’s the ruling that made a typically domestic operation take on tones of a back-ally smuggler’s ring. Since the ban on selling high-phosphate dishwater detergent in Spokane County went into …

• Law extends time limit for Spokane River cleanup

  May 12, 2009 in Business on Page A1 OLYMPIA – 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, … 1

• Spokane River cleanup could take longer

  February 20, 2009 in Idaho on Page A7 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 …

• EPA, Ecology delay permits

  December 12, 2008 in Idaho on Page B2 New permits to reduce the flow of phosphorus into the Spokane River are still at least a year away, federal officials reiterated Thursday. “We are mindful of the urgency factor,” …

• Plant bid choice disputed

  December 6, 2008 in City on Page A1 New questions are emerging over Spokane County’s desire to build a $142 million sewage treatment plant that would remove less pollution but cost about the same to operate as another …

• Discharge rules still unclear for new facility

  November 16, 2008 in City on Page A1 Spokane County is on the verge of signing what’s believed to be its biggest contract ever to build a wastewater treatment plant, even though no one knows yet whether environmental …

• Our View: Public should speak up on facility contract

  November 9, 2008 in Opinion on Page B8 The draft service contract for a proposed Regional Water Reclamation Facility is 219 pages long. The contract, if approved, will be between Spokane County and CH2M HILL, the company the …

• Spokane Valley faces rough treatment

  October 30, 2008 in Voices on Page V1 Spokane Valley residents may pay dearly for a federal mistake and stringent Washington water quality standards, city officials were told Tuesday. An economy-wrenching moratorium on new construction is a possibility, …

• Our View: EPA error shouldn’t deter work for a cleaner river

  October 2, 2008 in Opinion on Page B6 The Environmental Protection Agency is sorry. Sorry it didn’t approach the cleanup of the Spokane River in a regional way from the very start of the TMDL process. TMDL (for …

• Phosphorus permits a year off

  September 27, 2008 in Idaho on Page A1 Crafting a new plan to limit phosphorus discharges into the Spokane River will take at least another year, state and federal officials announced Friday. Phosphorus is harmful to the river’s …

• Miscalculation by EPA will set back river cleanup

  September 5, 2008 in Idaho on Page A1 A multiyear effort to lower phosphorus levels in the Spokane River – and reduce algae blooms and improve water quality in the reservoir behind Long Lake Dam – has hit …

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