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• Wise water usage this summer will be easier on wallet, aquifer

  June 4, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page V3 City of Spokane residents might want to pay attention to their water bills as they set up their irrigation systems for the year. As of Jan. 1, the method used …

• Wise water usage this summer will be easier on wallet, aquifer

  June 2, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page S10 City of Spokane residents might want to pay attention to their water bills as they set up their irrigation systems for the year. As of Jan. 1, the method used … 1

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  A message and a warning

  April 23, 2011 in City on Page A1 A group of American Indian women, inspired by an environmental prophesy, passed through Spokane on Earth Day on their 1,800-mile walk from the Pacific Ocean to Lake Superior. They were … 8

• Do Your Part: Stop flushing money down the drain

  February 28, 2011 in Features on Page C1 Giving your bathroom a green mini-makeover can help reduce your monthly utility bills and you’ll also be saving a whole lot of water, one of our most precious natural resources. …

• Sullivan Lake flows to allow development

  October 22, 2010 in Idaho on Page A6 Water releases from Sullivan Lake will allow for more residential development in northeast Washington and provide additional stream flows for fish, wildlife and recreation. The Washington Department of Ecology and …

• Apartment dwellers can be eco-friendly too

  October 3, 2010 in Features on Page D3 So you’re a renter and you want to green your space, but your landlord won’t splurge on solar panels. Don’t fret. There are plenty of low-cost ways for apartment dwellers …

• Council vote to quit flouride hurts Sandpoint’s youth most

  August 15, 2010 in Idaho Voices on Page I3 If there is one word that pushes buttons for Sandpoint residents these days, it is fluoride. After years of debate, the Sandpoint City Council voted 4-2 last month to remove … 13

• Water-saving devices may qualify for credit

  April 21, 2010 in City on Page A5 Spokane residents who install automatic sprinkler systems with rain or soil moisture sensors may be eligible for up to $375 in credits on their water bills. 1

• Mild winter raising fears about Wash. water supply

  February 9, 2010 in Region The mild winter in Washington is causing some worry for managers of the state’s water supply. 3

• Teachers raise money for those without water

  November 26, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page S2 Recently, I visited a friend. “Can I get you something to drink?”

• Colo. Gov.: Western water policies must change

  September 29, 2009 in City, Region Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter says western states must work together on water issues if the region is to continue to grow. 1

• Water tab merits a few lashes with a dry noodle

  July 25, 2009 in City on Page B1 I was brought up to be exceedingly stingy with water. I was raised in the arid West, where a brown trickle of water was styled “the South Platte River.” Water … 4

• Palouse Falls plunge revealed in video

  May 15, 2009 in Outdoors, City He doesn’t even know how Palouse Falls is pronounced, yet Tyler Bradt, 22, is giving the Eastern Washington state park landmark a publicity blitz money can’t buy.

• Study shows Eastern Wash. wells in deep trouble

  February 2, 2009 in Region A ground water mapping study that tracks how water trickles under Eastern Washington shows deep wells in four counties are in deep trouble.

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  Filmmaker details worldwide water woes

  September 13, 2008 in Features on Page E1 There’s a problem with a liquid shortage that affects everyone in the world. And we’re not talking about oil.

• Water bond going to voters

  August 4, 2007 in Idaho on Page B1 Surface water, including water from the Coeur d’Alene River, is potentially contaminating the well that serves 2,700 homes and businesses in Shoshone County. That’s why voters in the Central Shoshone …

• Fish Expert Supports End To Excess Releases Of Water

  May 23, 1995 in Idaho on Page B6 Excess releases of water from Lake Koocanusa should be halted immediately, a Northwest Power Planning Council fish and wildlife staffer says. Mark Reller said the flow last week at Bonners …

• Rules Don’t Help Limit Water Use On Palouse

  March 5, 1995 in City on Page B3 Government codes make it difficult to conserve water, even if the supply is running short, say participants in the Palouse Water Summit in Moscow. When Christina Baldwin approached Pullman officials …

• The Battle For Aquifer Custody Epa Sole-Source Plan Brings Out Region Warriors

  March 5, 1995 in City on Page B1 Tom Lamar of the Palouse-Clearwater Environmental Institute. Photo by Christopher Anderson/The Spokesman-Review