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1945: The Washington Court of Appeals in Tacoma set a purchase price of $801,000 on PGE's assets in Clark County, and Clark PUD floated revenue bonds to finance the purchase. [2] [1] Clark PUD was approached again from residents asking the District to provide water service, this time in the Hazel Dell area north of Vancouver.
As of 2023, the U.S. state of Washington has 1,242 dams that are able to impound 10 acre-feet or more of water and are regulated by the Washington State Department of Ecology (DOE). These include dams that produce hydroelectricity and create reservoirs for irrigation, drinking water, or recreational uses. According to the DOE, approximately 52 ...
This is a list of Superfund sites in Washington State designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law. The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to ...
Vancouver (/ v æ n ˈ k uː v ər / ⓘ van-KOO-vər) is a city on the north bank of the Columbia River in the U.S. state of Washington, located in Clark County.Founded in 1825 and incorporated in 1857, Vancouver had a population of 190,915 as of the 2020 census, [4] making it the fourth-most populous city in Washington state.
The Port of Vancouver USA is the furthest-inland deep-water port along the Columbia River, located in Vancouver, Washington and founded in 1912. [3] [4] [5] The port contains five terminals along with two of the largest mobile harbor cranes in North America. [6] The port is a government agency governed by three locally elected commissioners.
Burnt Bridge Creek is a 13-mile (21 km) stream flowing for most of its length within the city of Vancouver in the U.S. state of Washington. [3] It begins as drainage from field ditches near the unincorporated community of Orchards, east of the city. [3] The creek flows generally west to Vancouver Lake. [4]
Kercheval, who, like Wivell, is a former Washington County commissioner, said one jurisdiction in the county, the city of Hagerstown, controls 90% of the water and the majority of the sewer users.
Lake River is a tributary, about 11 miles (18 km) long, of the Columbia River in the U.S. state of Washington. [3] It flows north from Vancouver Lake in Vancouver to meet the larger river near Ridgefield and the northern tip of Bachelor Island. [3] The Wilkes Expedition of 1841 referred to Lake River as Calipaya Inlet. [5]