Concepts for Monitoring Water Quality in the Spokane River Basin, Northern Idaho and Eastern Washington

This report features:

• Definition of the major water-quality issues in the Spokane River Basin
• Identification of the need for, and objectives of, a comprehensive, basinwide monitoring network
• Description of opportunites for coordinating with other local, regional, and national water-quality monitoring efforts and directives
• A brief review of existing information and of recent and ongoing monitoring efforts, as well as the means for accessing that information
• An overview of water-quality monitoring concepts and methods
• A conceptual design for a water-quality monitoring network for the Spokane River Basin

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