Spokane is about to launch a huge, advanced-technology effort to deal with the low oxygen levels that strike the Spokane River and Lake Spokane, the Spokesman-Review reports. The project will install membrane technology at the city's Riverside Park Water Reclamation Facility to remove tiny particles from the city's wastewater and stormwater in order to remove almost all — 99 percent — of the phosphorous, which causes the low oxygen levels and algae blooms. The $126 million project along the riverfront will start later this year.
