Water plan must account for current residents

Cheney Planning Commission:

Up until the last decade we experienced no water problems in the summer in Cheney.  During that time, a tremendous number of newly built structures, apartments, duplexes and single family homes have been built within the city. Now we are having restrictions each year.

About three years ago, I attended a Spokane County Commissioners’ meeting when it was an assumed fact that the West Plains would have water problems, as the aquifers  were using water that was not being replenished quickly enough.

Why would the city of Cheney keep adding more buildings, especially taller multifamily buildings such as the Parkside Commons, when there is already an innate water problem? 

I believe that there needs to be a plan of gradual growth of the city that takes into account the available water for those already living in Cheney. Therefore, I am opposed to the construction and rezoning of Parkside Commons.

Nancy Street

Cheney