Voters to decide West Plains Aquifer Protection Area on Aug. 4
Ballot Measure 1 would create a 20-year West Plains Aquifer Protection Area to fund monitoring, data management, education and infrastructure aimed at protecting groundwater that supplies Airway Heights, Cheney, Medical Lake and parts of Spokane County.
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A presenter outlined Ballot Measure 1, the West Plains Aquifer Protection Area (APA), saying, "On 08/04/2026, voters will decide whether to create the West Plains Aquifer Protection Area, also known as the West Plains APA, which is ballot measure 1." The measure would establish a local funding mechanism to monitor and protect the interconnected basalt, sediment (paleo-channel) and bedrock aquifers that supply drinking water to communities including Airway Heights, Cheney, Medical Lake and parts of Spokane County.
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