Idaho Cities Want Water Monitoring

As you probably know, we’ve been rallying support for water quality monitoring for weeks now.  We have been calling on Gov. Otter to restore funding to the budget to perform one of the basic functions under the Clean Water Act, something the Governor and legislature have declined to fund for the past two years. Of course, this is exactly what you’d expect of your local grassroots conservation organization. But guess what — we’re not the only ones. Because of the potential impact that another year of non-monitoring  would have on water quality permitting and municipal budgets, a number of Idaho municipalities have joined in the chorus. Boise, Nampa, Hailey, Moscow, Post Falls , Ponderay, and Blaine County are on record as supporting the water quality monitoring line item in the budget/ Terry Harris , KEA Blog. More here . (SR file photo: Rich Landers)

Question: Should Idaho restore funding to monitor water quality?

Question: Do you water quality monitoring as a luxury in hard times, as the Otter administration apparently does, or as a necessity?