City steps up spending to curb river pollutants. (cover story)

The article reports that the city of Spokane in Washington has planned to issue about 65 million U.S. dollars in municipal bonds in 2014 and 100 million U.S. dollars in 2015 to fund the future phases of its integrated clean water plan for reducing the volume of untreated discharges into the Spokane River. It highlights that the city will manage wastewater and stormwater runoff for reducing pollutants and it will follow regulations issued by the U.S. Clean Water Act.