Stormwater runoff policy on the Spokane/Rathdrum Prairie Aquifer
The Panhandle Health District, in conjunction with the Idaho Department of Water Resources, is developing a stormwater runoff control program under the US EPA Wellhead Protection Program. The goal of the project is to protect the Spokane Valley/Rathdrum Prairie Aquifer from widespread subsurface disposal of stormwater runoff via shallow injection wells. Studies conducted by the health district in 1976 and 1977 established that areas downgradient from urban land uses had elevated nitrate level sand that the aquifer is vulnerable to contamination from surface activities. The stormwater runoff controls are being developed in conjunction with similar programs, such as chemical storage and use, solid waste and subsurface sewage disposal. The expected result will be a groundwater management system that protects the resource by preventing contamination rather than a program that responds to poor water quality with costly remedial action.
- OSTI ID:
- 6827558
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Soil and Water Conservation; (United States), Journal Name: Journal of Soil and Water Conservation; (United States) Vol. 45:2; ISSN JSWCA3; ISSN 0022-4561
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Similar Records
Selected water-quality data for the Rathdrum Prairie Aquifer, North Idaho, September 1988
Superfund Record of Decision (EPA Region 10): Northside Landfill, Washington (First remedial action), September 1989. Final report
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290300 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Environment
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540320* -- Environment
Aquatic-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
AQUIFERS
CONTAMINATION
CONTROL
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DISASTERS
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
FEDERAL REGION X
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
GROUND WATER
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
MASS TRANSFER
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NITRATES
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NORTH AMERICA
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION
POLLUTION CONTROL
RUNOFF
STORMS
US EPA
US ORGANIZATIONS
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WASHINGTON
WATER
WATER POLLUTION
WATER POLLUTION CONTROL