Kootenai County Indicators

INDICATORS

AIR & WATER QUALITY

•3.1.1 Number of Good Air Quality Days •3.1.2 PM 2.5 Concentration (24hr Annual Avg.) •3.1.3 Spokane River Overall Water Quality •3.1.4 Heavy Metals in the Spokane River •3.1.5 Phosphorus Content Water Quality Index •3.1.6 Rathdrum Prairie Aquifer at Post Falls •3.1.7 Rathdrum Prairie Aquifer at Coeur d'Alene

PUBLIC WORKS & LAND USE

•3.2.1 Water Consumption per Capita •3.2.2 Municipal Solid Waste Disposed •3.2.3 Municipal Solid Waste Recycled •3.2.4 Population Density •3.2.5 Natural Gas Consumption •3.2.6 Electricity Consumption

ENVIRONMENT

Over the past 20 years, Kootenai County has attracted many visitors and dramatically gained in population. Both visitors and new residents have been drawn to northern Idaho’s abundant and stunning natural resources. Growing awareness of these resources is now matched by better measures of quality and quantity. This category examines water, air, energy and refuse.