When Spokane County asks voters to reauthorize the 40-year-old aquifer protection area for another 20 years, the city of Spokane will be included for the first time since 2004. If approved, every plot ...

SPOKANE VALLEY — A new report found that the aquifer providing drinking water to the Spokane area and parts of north Idaho has not yet reached its limits, delaying any showdown over the precious ...

SPOKANE, Wash. — Underneath the Inland Northwest sits a massive body of water. The Spokane Valley-Rathdrum Prairie Aquifer stretches from Lake Pend Oreille to Lake Coeur d'Alene, through Spokane ...

SPOKANE, Wash. — The City of Spokane is considering a proposal that would have the city rejoin Spokane County's Aquifer Protection Area. According to a press release from the City of Spokane, the ...

The Spokane Valley-Rathdrum Prairie aquifer is the only supply of drinking water for most of Spokane and Kootenai counties. It flows for about 370 square miles under North Idaho and Eastern Washington ...

Spokane voters may be asked later this year whether to re-enter a regional aquifer protection coalition that the city left 21 years ago, with most homewners paying no more than $15 per year – roughly ...

(The Center Square) – Despite cutting ties more than two decades ago, Spokane may ask voters in August to rejoin an Aquifer Protection Area to preserve the city’s sole water source. State law allows ...

SPOKANE COUNTY, Wash. – Spokane County is gearing up for the August Primary Election with a proposal to renew and expand the Spokane Valley-Rathdrum Prairie Aquifer Protection Area. This measure is ...

SPOKANE, Wash. — Spokane voters will decide next month whether to join Spokane County's Aquifer Protection Area, which the city has not been part of for the past 20 years. If passed, residents would ...

SPOKANE, Wash. -- The seasonal nature of when we get wet weather in the Inland Northwest could threaten the health of the Spokane River and the Spokane Valley-Rathdrum Prairie Aquifer below it. As the ...

SPOKANE, Wash. – Spokane is considering rejoining the Spokane County Aquifer Protection Area (APA) after a 20-year hiatus. The City Council plans to propose that voters decide on this measure, which ...