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This is a list of water companies in the United States. For more information see water supply and sanitation in the United States . This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items .
Rivers of Spokane County, Washington (9 P) Pages in category "Bodies of water of Spokane County, Washington" This category contains only the following page.
The Post Street Substation, which bears the company's original name, and Monroe Street Dam in downtown Spokane, now operated by Avista. Washington Water Power was founded in 1889 helping the new city of Spokane Falls to have more power. Using the Spokane River, [8] [9] the idea was that the town could use hydroelectricity.
Until its construction in 1952 (completed 1958), Spokane dumped raw sewage into the Spokane River resulting in recurrent Typhoid fever outbreaks. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] A $126 million upgrade to increase capacity to 50,000,000 US gallons (190,000,000 L; 42,000,000 imp gal) a day began in 2016, also adding sub-micron membrane technology filtration.
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The substation initially delivered power to Spokane's street light and streetcar system, as well as to the growing number of electrified household appliances in the city. [4] The substation continued to power Spokane's streetcar network, which was largely owned by Washington Water Power, until the city abandoned electric streetcars in 1936. [5]
Further splits in 1995 to create area code 360 for most of Western Washington, and 1997 to form area codes 253 and 425. 564 will be added to the 206 area in 2025. 509: January 1, 1957 [1] Eastern Washington, including Spokane, the Tri-Cities, Yakima, Walla Walla, and Wenatchee: Created in a split from area code 206. [2] 360: January 15, 1995 [3]
Long Lake Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Spokane River, between Lincoln County and Stevens County about 30 miles (48 km) northwest of Spokane in eastern Washington.It forms Long Lake (Washington), a 23.5 mi (37.8 km) long reservoir, and has a hydroelectric generating capacity of 71 megawatts. [1]