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 ...

KOOTENAI COUNTY, Idaho — The Spokane Valley-Rathdrum Prairie Aquifer, the water source for over 500,000 people in Idaho and Washington, faces mounting challenges from development, a drier climate and ...

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 ...

KOOTENAI COUNTY, Idaho — The Spokane Valley-Rathdrum Prairie Aquifer, the water source for over 500,000 people in Idaho and Washington, faces mounting challenges from development, a drier climate and ...

Last week, Spokane County’s Board of County Commissioners voted to put a measure on the August ballot asking West Plains residents whether they want to create an aquifer protection area. If formed, ...

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 County residents are considering a measure that could impact their drinking water supply. The proposal aims to renew and expand the Aquifer Protection Area, which includes the ...

SPOKANE -- A historic agreement to be signed today will set in motion studies of an underground river that supplies drinking water to 400,000 people in Washington and Idaho. Officials from the two ...