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City urges water use reductions after Spokane River flow falls below 1,000 cfs
Summary
Spokane Public Works urged residents to limit outdoor watering and follow summer conservation guidance after river flows at the Monroe Street gauge dipped below 1,000 cubic feet per second, triggering provisions of the city's 2022 drought response ordinance. The measures are recommendations so far; no drought emergency has been declared.
Spokane Public Works Director Marlene told the PIES Committee that the city sent public information last week urging residents to use less water after flow in the Spokane River fell below 1,000 cubic feet per second at the Monroe Street gauge, operated by the U.S. Geological Survey. The guidance follows the council's 2022 drought response ordinance, Marlene said.
The guidance is intended to be preventive: "Every summer between June 1 and October 1, we ask people not to water outside between the hours of 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.," Marlene said. She said the city also asks residents to limit watering to no more than four…
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