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For current Lake Tapps Information refer to the Lake Tapps Community Council website: We welcome Cascade Water Alliance to our community. Their ability to produce future drinking water from Lake Tapps has saved our lake.
http://www.cascadewater.org/lk_tapps_overview.php
Lake Tapps – a Community at its Best February 5, 2010 marked the successful end of the 10 year odyssey to save Lake Tapps. As a spectator and sometimes participant in the ‘saving’ process, I am struck by the powerful influence that simple citizens had on saving the lake. A few of our neighbors rose up to assume powerful leadership positions. They formed coalitions to join the many homeowner’s into one focused organization. They learned the intricate mechanics and economics of keeping water in this manmade lake built in 1911. They studied the ecology of the White River and the precious salmon runs. They became experts in federal, state and local regulatory laws. In short, they selflessly volunteered to be our representatives to protect the lake we love. I can’t thank them enough. Pam Valdez The Save Lake Tapps Coalition disbanded in
September 2007, after 8 year of community service. The effort of this
coalition is now focused in the Lake Tapps Community Council under a new
charter. All funds remaining in the SLTC account were transferred to the
Lake Tapps Community Council. This website is maintained by a the past
secretary of the former Save Lake Tapps Coalition as a method of community
education and awareness. The Save Lake Tapps Coalition was formed on March
8, 1999 in response to an announcement in the media advising that Lake Tapps may
be drained as a result of a possible involuntary abandonment of the White River
Hydroelectric Project by Puget Sound Energy. The Coalition was a
non-profit community organization consisting of motivated, concerned people who
live, use, or own property around our beloved Lake Tapps.
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