County commissioners approve PBAC increase

The County Commissioners approved the motion of increasing dues for the Palouse Basin Aquifer Committee at their Nov. 18 meeting.

The administrative dues would be increased from $5,000 to $6,750 starting next fiscal year.

PBAC maintains a network of water level monitoring instruments throughout the Palouse Basin and funds a variety of research projects aimed at gaining increased understanding of the behavior of the basin aquifer systems.

Commissioner Art Swannack said that there hasn't been a dues increase since approximately 2005. He said that these dues are increasing as administrative costs...