Warning: Do Not Drink, Swim, or Fish
This file appears in: Riverside Park Wastewater Treatment Plant
Photo of sign posted at Lake Spokane, part of the of the Spokane River below the treatment plant, warning of toxic algae blooms caused from large amounts of phosphorous in the water.
This file appears in: Riverside Park Wastewater Treatment Plant
Riverside Park Wastewater Treatment Plant
Early spokanites used the Spokane River as a sewer and even a garbage dump - rendering the water undrinkable. After decades of work and hundreds of millions of dollars, the rivers health is improving.