Renewed License for Dams Requires Monitoring Spokane River for Toxics

摘要

A renewed federal license issued June 18 for five hydroelectric dams on the Spokane River requires dam owner Avista Corp. to check specific sediments for the presence of toxic chemicals, participate in improving water quality in the river and Lake Spokane, and protect habitat of the federally listed bull trout.rnThe environmental conditions are part of Avista's 50-year operating license issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for the utility's continued operation of the five dams on its Spokane River Project, the company said June 18 in a statement.