Letters to the editor April 27

Water quality

Flathead Lake is the valley’s freshwater jewel. We build homes around it, we recreate on it, and we boast about it when we show off our Flathead Valley home to friends and family. 

As residents, we enthuse about its stunningly clear water and we imagine that the lake’s qualities are permanent and will remain for our grandkids and their grandkids. But pristine water quality is not a certainty for our lake’s future. The lake is currently under significant threat as the Lakeside community grapples with its needs for an updated sewage treatment plan.