Letter to the Editor: Water issues need backing of candidates

I read with interest your article on water diversion to Crab Creek proposed in 1931, and felt the need to offer a correction and expansion on the Big Bend Water Resource group’s efforts.

The plan to reuse polished water from Spokane’s waste treatment did not die because Lake Creek filled up (and dried out again.) It died because, in my opinion, the City of Spokane had no interest in the project. The City of Spokane has no interest in the project because the Department of Ecology permits them to release their waste water into the Spokane River. The Department of Ecology will continue to permit...