2017 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2017 15:55:45 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] PFCs: "Airway Heights [WA] water contamination spurs talks for West Plains water deals"
 
Airway Heights water contamination spurs talks for West Plains water deals


By Kip Hill
Spokane Spokesman-Review (WA)
July 15, 2017

A drinking water scare that forced Airway Heights residents to turn away from the tap this spring has prompted renewed talks about Spokane providing more water to the West Plains.

“In the short term, we’re getting by,” said Kevin Anderson, public works director for the city of Airway Heights. “The thing is, we don’t have a lot of redundancy in our system right now.” 

The emergency in Airway Heights has prompted Medical Lake to once again broach the subject of a water agreement with Spokane, which will have to weigh the option of supplying neighboring cities in need with that of supporting economic growth near Spokane International Airport and the city’s own water needs.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/jul/15/airway-heights-water-contamination-spurs-talks-for/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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