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Article: West Plains aquifer falling: Pumping from Spokane Valley-Rathdrum Prairie among proposals to stabilize groundwater levels.
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- The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA)
- Article date:
- January 28, 2007
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Byline: James Hagengruber
Jan. 28--The aquifer supplying water to communities on the West Plains area west of Spokane is being pumped faster than it can replenish itself, raising the prospect of a water shortage. In some places, the groundwater level has dropped by as much as 100 feet in recent years, according to the Washington Department of Ecology. A prolonged drought is being blamed. So is the region's growth and homeowners' seemingly unquenchable thirst for green lawns. Whatever the cause, officials from Airway Heights, Four Lakes, Medical Lake, Cheney, Spokane County, Fairchild Air Force Base and the state have begun working together to address the ...