The Water Resources Department provides technical assistance, information, and education, and we implement projects to protect, enhance, and maintain water quality in Spokane County.

Participants will gather in person for this hands-on workshop to learn how to turn a used, food-grade barrel into a rain barrel, why it is important to capture rainwater, and how to maintain your barrel. Attendees will retrofit their barrel and take it home from the workshop.

What is a Commodity Buffer? Unlike any other buffer program in the nation, the commodity buffer is an opportunity to showcase a practice that works on all fronts! It compensates a producer for the actual value of the ground, can help provide regulatory certainty for the agricultural community, and protects water quality.

A voluntary program where landowners can receive financial and technical assistance for the removal of fish barriers on their property. A fish barrier is any artificial (human-caused) in-stream structure that impedes the free passage of fish, such as culverts, dams, weirs, and road crossings.