View from the Rutter Parkway bridge over the Little Spokane River showing the stream gaging site.
The Little Spokane River owes a large part of its existence to the discharge of ground water from the Spokane aquifer from Dartford to its confluence with the Spokane River. Ground water flowing from springs along this reach, and diffuse flow directly into the river through its bed, sustains the Little Spokane River year round with steady flow.
In order to better understand the outflow of ground water from the aquifer system, a stream gaging (that's right, it's gaging instead of gauging!) station has been constructed that provides information on the flow of water past this point on a continual basis.
View from the Rutter Parkway bridge over the Little Spokane River showing
the stream gaging site.
Close-up view of the stilling well at the gaging station.
