Spokane Valley - Rathdrum Prairie Aquifer



Current Research

The Spokane Water Quality Management Program and the Idaho Division of Environmental Quality are funding (or have funded) a number of research projects on the aquifer system.


Drilling in Sullivan Park, adjacent to the Spokane River.  A monitoring well is being installed into the aquifer at this location to observe the relationship of the water table surface as it changes with river stage.
 


An Eastern Washington University graduate student in geology noting the location of a spring along the Spokane River.
 
 
 
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