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Spokane River

SITE BACKGROUND

Several restoration and cleanup projects are taking place along the Spokane River in Washington State. These projects are part of Governor Gregoire’s priority to Reduce Toxic Chemicals in the Environment. The majority of work is conducted through the Department of Ecology’s Toxics Cleanup Program in Spokane.
 
Cleanup projects along the river are generally identified by individual site names such as the Upriver Dam PCB Sediments site or the Kaiser Trentwood site.   The contaminants of concern may vary at these sites.
 
A series of new projects are being listed under one category called Spokane River Metals.  These sites all contain contaminants resulting from historic mining practices in the Coeur d’Alene basin in Idaho.  Contaminants known as heavy metals washed downstream and settled in soil and sediments of the Spokane River.  Click on the Spokane River Metals title below, and you will find background information and details about two new sites known as Island Complex and Murray Road.

• Spokane River Metals: Island River Complex and Murray Road
• Spokane River Project Update 2007
• Upriver Dam PCB Sediments Site (Spokane River PCB Contamination Project)
  
• Ecological Risk Analysis of Elevated Metal Concentrations in the Spokane River, Washington -- added Nov 6, 2000
      Comments on the content of the draft report Ecological Risk Assessment (EcoRA) added Nov 20, 2000

• Health Advisories
  • Fish Meal Advisory - July 2003
    • English: Fish Meal Advisory
    • Español: Aviso Sobre el Consumo de Pescado
    • Hmong: Tshaaj tawm txug kev noj cov ntseg kws nyob rua huv tug dlej Spokane River
    • Русский: Сообщение об Рыбе в Спокен Реке
    • tiếng Việt: Khuyến Cáo Về Việc Ăn Cá Bắt Từ Sông Spokane
       
  • Sediment Advisory - July 2003
    • English: Lead and Arsenic in Shoreline Soils
    • Español: Hay Plomo y Arsenico en Los Suelos Ribereños
    • Hmong: Kuas Lead Hab Arsenic Kws Nyob Rua Ntawm Ntub Dlej
    • Русский: СВИНЕЦ И МЫШьЯК В БЕРЕГОВОЙ ПОЧВЕ
    • tiếng Việt: CHAÁT CHÌ VAØ THAïCH TÍN TRONG ÑAÁT VEN SOÂNG
       
  • Fish Meal Advisory March 2001 (in Adobe pdf format)
     
  • Memo: Results from Analyzing Metals in 1999 Spokane River Fish and Crayfish Samples
     
  • Fish Tissue Study Raw Data
    • Table 1: Plan of Analysis
    • Table 2: Location Information and Biological Data
    • Table 3: Metals Concentrations
       
  • Map

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