What is an Aquifer?
An aquifer is a saturated underground rock layer with enough available water that can be pumped out or flow from the ground as a spring.
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The Spokane Valley-Rathdrum Prairie Aquifer
Designated as a “sole source” aquifer in 1978 by the federal Environmental Protection Agency. ‘Sole Source” means that the aquifer is our only affordable source of drinking water in a bi-state region serving drinking water to more than 500,000 people every day. The Spokane Aquifer Joint Board is dedicated to protecting this sole source, through…