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Coordinates: 47°41′47″N 117°28′31″W. Riverside Park Water Reclamation Facility is the largest wastewater treatment plant for Spokane, capable of handling up to 150 million gallons a day. During low flow periods, the outflow of the plant comprises up to 20% of the Spokane River's water. [1] Until its construction in 1952 (completed ...
Spokane, Washington, United States. Coordinates. 47°39′42.6″N 117°25′28.4″W / 47.661833°N 117.424556°W / 47.661833; -117.424556. Elevation. 1771 ft. Watercourse. Spokane River. Spokane Falls is the name of a waterfall and dam on the Spokane River, located in the central business district in downtown Spokane, Washington.
Spokane (/ s p oʊ ˈ k æ n / ⓘ spoh-KAN) [8] is the most populous city in and the county seat of Spokane County, Washington, United States.It is in eastern Washington, along the Spokane River, adjacent to the Selkirk Mountains, and west of the Rocky Mountain foothills, 92 miles (148 km) south of the Canadian border, 18 miles (30 km) west of the Washington–Idaho border, and 279 miles (449 ...
Aug. 14—Low flows along the Spokane River have triggered stricter watering rules. The river is flowing at less than 1,000 cubic feet per second, which is the lowest it has been since last August.
The Spokane Valley–Rathdrum Prairie Aquifer is one of the fastest and most productive aquifers in the country. The volume of the aquifer is about ten trillion gallons (38 trillion liters) of water. [ 2] It supplies water to over 500,000 people in the Spokane region, producing an average of 146 million gallons of water each day.
Little Spokane River. The Spokane River is a tributary of the Columbia River, approximately 111 miles (179 km) long, in northern Idaho and eastern Washington in the United States. It drains a low mountainous area east of the Columbia, passing through the Spokane Valley and the city of Spokane, Washington.
Spokane hosted the first environmentally themed World's Fair in Expo '74, becoming the then-smallest city to ever host a World's Fair. With falling silver, timber, and farm prices, the city economy began a decline that would last into the 1990s. Spokane is still trying to make the transition to a more service-oriented economy.
Latah Creek (/ ˈleɪtə / LAY-tə), also known as Hangman Creek, [1] is a large stream in eastern Washington and north central Idaho in the United States. The creek flows northwest from the Rocky Mountains to Spokane, where it empties into the Spokane River. It drains 673 square miles (1,740 km 2) in parts of Benewah and Kootenai counties in ...