Tekoans attend session on town water quality

A DOE scientist prepares a canoe for Hangman Creek study late April.

Representatives from Tekoa went to Spokane last week to meet with officials from the Washington state Department of Ecology and Spokane Riverkeepers in an ongoing effort to monitor the town’s water quality.

Tekoa’s wastewater treatment plant’s shape and flow rate was the subject of a Department of Ecology (DOE) study earlier this year, considering phosphorous and dissolved oxygen, relating to its top daily load.

“We’re trying to maximize the potential of the facility they have,” said Brook Beeler, spokesperson for the DOE. “I...