Municipal Water Law (MWL 1338) validates paper water rights and allows municipalities and private developers to expand their water use at the expense of rivers and aquifers. This page illustrates how this problem will devastate the Spokane River
Contents
(1) map of River and Aquifer
(2) gaining and losing reaches
(3) water in, water out
(4) 1891-2001 declining flow
(5) inchoate water right pie
(6) Spokane’s wasteful water use
(7) Spokane River: in peril
Watering sidewalks.
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Environmental Law & Policy
