Cheney water meeting sidesteps moratorium issues

By DAVID TELLER

Staff Reporter

In a presentation sponsored by the city of Cheney, engineers and citizens exchanges ideas about the complex juggling act of conservation and accommodating the expected growth for the next 20 years.

The meeting did not address the moratorium, as that was not the goal.

Under the water use efficiency rule, the state mandated public meeting is required of water systems with greater than 1,000 connections.

Those systems are to have water use efficiency goals established by Jan. 22, 2008.

Jeff Hansen of HDR Engineering conducted the meeting, which focused on household...