Town of Nespelem gets upgraded water system

Opportunity for growth made possible

Last updated 12/30/2020 at 8:50am

Senior Engineer Bijay Tamang, from Spokane's IHS office, gives a demonstration to those attending a Dec. 23 ceremony for an upgrade to Nespelem's water system, which will make more progress around town more possible. - Justus Cawdell, Tribal Tribune photo

Opportunity for growth has opened for the town of Nespelem with an upgraded water system now up and running.

Mayor Darcy Epperson explained to The Star over the phone on Tuesday that the town actually has two water systems, and needed to repair one of them.

"We did two because if our one goes down, we are without [water] and our town has no way to get that water to our customers. So that's...

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