SPOKANE, Wash. October 1, 2024: Avista will draw down Nine Mile Reservoir 12 feet starting October 6 for approximately one week. This drawdown will allow Avista crews to perform maintenance and repair activities on Nine Mile Dam. As in the past, Avista will take approximately two days to draw the reservoir down in an effort to minimize erosion and other effects on aquatic resources. The Nine Mile Reservoir drawdown does not affect the water level in Lake Spokane. See map below for area.

The water is drawn down at a rate no greater than four inches per hour to limit impacts to natural resources. The drawdown is anticipated to begin as early as October 6 and is expected to be returned to its current level by October 11, after the maintenance and repair work is complete.

Avista customers/property owners can sign up for email notifications from Avista on the water level changes related to our operations. To receive notifications on Coeur d’Alene Lake and the Spokane River downstream of Post Falls Dam, please email spokanerivernews@avistacorp.com and include CDA Lake and Spokane River water level update in the subject line. To receive updates about Nine Mile Reservoir and Lake Spokane, please email Spokanerivernews@avistacorp.com and include Nine Mile Reservoir and Lake Spokane water level update in the subject line.

Please remember water levels and conditions around the dam are subject to change at any time, and river users should exercise caution whenever using the waterways. Customers can access waterflow information at myavista.com/waterflow or if you prefer, the information is available on Avista’s 24-hour telephone information line, where recorded information is provided to advise shoreline property owners, commercial and recreational users of changes in the lake levels and river flows that may affect plans for water use on Lake Spokane, the Spokane River and Coeur d’Alene Lake. In Washington call (509) 495-8043, and in Idaho call (208) 769-1357.

About Avista Utilities
Avista Utilities is involved in the production, transmission and distribution of energy. We provide energy services and electricity to 418,000 customers and natural gas to 382,000 customers in a service territory that covers 30,000 square miles in eastern Washington, northern Idaho and parts of southern and eastern Oregon, with a population of 1.7 million.  Avista Utilities is an operating division of Avista Corp. (NYSE: AVA). For more information, please visit www.myavista.com. Avista Corp. and the Avista Corp. logo are trademarks of Avista Corporation.

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