• Home
  • About Us
  • Subscribe
  • Advertise
  • Newsroom
  • Sign In
  • Create Account
  • Sign Out
  • My Account
  • Current Issue
    • Latest News
    • Special Report
    • Up Close
    • Opinion
  • News by Sector
    • Real Estate & Construction
    • Banking & Finance
    • Health Care
    • Education & Talent
    • North Idaho
    • Technology
    • Manufacturing
    • Retail
    • Government
  • Roundups & Features
    • Calendar
    • People
    • Business Licenses
    • Q&A Profiles
    • Cranes & Elevators
    • Retrospective
    • Insights
    • Restaurants & Retail
  • Supplements & Magazines
    • Book of Lists
    • Building the INW
    • Market Fact Book
    • Economic Forecast
    • Best Places to Work
    • Partner Publications
  • E-Edition
  • Journal Events
    • Elevating the Conversation
    • Workforce Summit
    • Icons
    • Women in Leadership
    • Rising Stars
    • Best Places to Work
    • People of Influence
    • Business of the Year Awards
  • Podcasts
  • Sponsored
Home » County begins work on North Side decant facility

County begins work on North Side decant facility

Project is similar to facility built by the city last year

January 15, 2015
Katie Ross

Spokane County has begun construction on its $1.4 million Northside Decant Facility, the first such facility being built by the county, at 15 E. Farwell Road, says Wendy Iris, project manager for the county. 

“It’s going to serve as a regional facility for North Spokane,” she says.

Currently, there are two other such facilities in the region, Iris says: one a city of Spokane Valley-operated facility at Pines and Montgomery and the other a city of Spokane facility located north of Sprague Avenue and west of the old Playfair racetrack site. 

The county’s facility will be used for decanting—or accepting and treating contaminated liquids, sediments, and other solid waste transported there by—vactor trucks, which are large trucks that use a heavy-duty vacuum to clean out storm sewers, Iris says. Debris picked up by street sweepers also will be processed there. 

At the facility, the trucks will dump their loads on a 100-foot-by-200-foot concrete slab, which is covered by a roof supported by beams.  

“From there, gravity kind of takes over and the liquids separate and go through a set of catch basins that will further settle some of the minor solids that remain,” Iris says. The solids that don’t make it through to the catch basins will be disposed of separately, she says. 

“Then, that water goes through an oil-water separator, then goes into a bio-infiltration swale, which will uptake any of the remaining nutrients in the water,” she says. 

The site also will have asphalt paving and utilities such as water, power, and a future sewer connection, Iris says. Construction on the project began in mid-November, Iris says. The project is slated to be completed in late spring. 

Three-quarters of the project is being funded by the Washington state Department of Ecology, she says, with the remaining quarter coming from local stormwater fees. 

Anchor Construction Contractors LLC, of Othello, Wash., is the contractor for the project, Iris says. Copenhaver Construction Inc., of Creston, Wash., handled the earthwork, she says. 

The county provided the utilities and site engineering, Iris says, and the Spokane office of Coffman Engineers designed the facility, she says. 

    Latest News Special Report Real Estate & Construction Government
    • Related Articles

      McCloskey Construction begins work on new North Side medical building

      Spokane contractor begins work on emergency facility

      Barker Storage begins work on 10-acre storage facility

    • Related Products

      Book of Lists Digital Version - Largest Spokane County Employers

      Book of Lists Digital Version - Largest Kootenai County Employers

    Katie Ross

    Lawyer navigates guardian role for rivers, water rights

    More from this author
    Daily News Updates

    Subscribe today to our free E-Newsletters!

    SUBSCRIBE

    Featured Poll

    Going into the second half of 2025, what economic factor will you be monitoring most closely?

    Popular Articles

    • Five below store exterior 1 web
      By Dylan Harris

      Five Below plans new store in Spokane Valley

    • Rite aid3 web
      By Journal of Business Staff

      Two Spokane Rite Aid stores to close

    • Nine mile31 web
      By Tina Sulzle

      Former tech executive buys Nine Mile Feed & Hardware

    • Hillyard91 web
      By Karina Elias

      Hillyard gets creative: Spokane's first designated arts district emerges

    • Cat tales13 web
      By Karina Elias

      What's Going on with: Cat Tales Wildlife Center

    • News Content
      • News
      • Special Report
      • Up Close
      • Roundups & Features
      • Opinion
    • More Content
      • E-Edition
      • E-Mail Newsletters
      • Newsroom
      • Special Publications
      • Partner Publications
    • Customer Service
      • Editorial Calendar
      • Our Readers
      • Advertising
      • Subscriptions
      • Media Kit
    • Other Links
      • About Us
      • Contact Us
      • Journal Events
      • Privacy Policy
      • Tri-Cities Publications

    Journal of Business BBB Business Review allianceLogo.jpg CVC_Logo-1_small.jpg

    All content copyright ©  2025 by the Journal of Business and Northwest Business Press Inc. All rights reserved.

    Design, CMS, Hosting & Web Development :: ePublishing