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Lake Tapps Community Meeting
Tuesday, April 27, 2004
6:30pm
North Tapps Middle School
The lake is in a critical transition
period. Operation has transferred from Puget Sound Energy to the Corps of
Engineers and is hopefully going to transition to Cascade Water Alliance when
the 'water rights' is approved. Now more than ever the community needs to
be involved and educated. This meeting will provide important information
to the community. Please advise your neighbors to attend.
Information History:
January 15, 2004
White
River Project Update
Jan. 15, 2004
PSE CONTACT:
Roger Thompson
1-888-831-7250
PSE’s
White River hydropower plant shuts down after 92 years of operation
BELLEVUE
– Puget Sound Energy today shut down its White River Hydropower Project after
92 years of operation. The utility
closed the facility after recently determining the project’s power would be
too costly to generate under proposed federal licensing requirements.
Today’s action, however, does not foreclose the
option of future electricity production there under different federal licensing
conditions.
“This project, built nearly a hundred years ago,
does not pencil out under today’s environmental and engineering standards,”
said Ed Schild, PSE director of energy production and storage. “With the new
federal operating conditions we faced, the project’s output would have cost
our customers roughly twice as much as other power resources available today.”
Since December 1911, the project diverted water from
the White River into Lake Tapps, then used the water to produce electricity at a
nearby power plant. The PSE-owned
“lake” is actually a diked reservoir built by a predecessor utility to store
water for power production. After
the diverted water ran through the power plant’s generators, it spilled back
into the White River about 21 miles downstream from the point of diversion.
Despite today’s power-plant closure, PSE will still
divert water from the White River for the time being so that the U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers can continue operating its fish trap on the White River.
The trap, adjacent to PSE’s diversion dam near Buckley, enables the
Corps to capture migrating salmon, steelhead, and bull trout, and then haul the
fish past the Corps’ upstream Mud Mountain Dam.
The ongoing diversion of river water also will
maintain Lake Tapps’ primary source of water, and thereby sustain the
reservoir’s recreational and economic benefits to the public.
The continued diversion is authorized under an 1-year, renewable
agreement between PSE, the Corps, and federal fisheries agencies.
Water diverted into Lake Tapps now will bypass
PSE’s idled power-plant turbines before flowing back into the White River.
Schild said PSE is continuing to work with the Lake
Tapps Task Force on finding a long-term plan for preserving Lake Tapps.
One idea involves a proposed sale of PSE’s consumptive water right at
Lake Tapps to a consortium of Puget Sound cities and public water districts.
The consortium, the Cascade Water Alliance, hopes to develop a new,
regional drinking-water supply at Lake Tapps.
“We believe the water-supply plan holds great promise for saving the
lake,” Schild said. “But it’s
a complex plan with a lot of moving pieces.
We haven’t crossed the finish line yet.”
The alliance’s plan would require less diversion of
White River water into the reservoir, Schild said. Smaller diversions, he noted, presumably could meet federal
fish-protection requirements for the White River, satisfy the drinking-water
needs of alliance customers, and keep enough fresh water flowing into Lake Tapps
to preserve a full, healthy lake. Such
diversions also might be able to support future hydropower operations in
connection with the development of a water-supply facility.
A potential sale of PSE’s water right (and possibly
other project assets) probably will have to await the outcome of legal
challenges to the water right. In
the meantime, PSE expects to return Lake Tapps to its full, summer-recreation
water level by about mid-April.
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January 1, 2004
Lake Tapps stays full for now as Corps will pay to save
fish
ROB TUCKER; The News Tribune
When Puget Sound Energy disconnects the generators in a few weeks at its Lake
Tapps hydroproject, electricity production will cease but the utility won't
leave: The federal government will pay Puget to operate some key facilities to
keep saving fish while keeping the lake full.
The Army Corps of Engineers will pay up to $185,000 so it can continue
preserving fish including the White River chinook salmon, a stock that is
protected under the federal Endangered Species Act.
The agreement with the Corps will allow Puget to continue operation and
maintenance of the river diversion dam, intakes, head works, canals, reservoir
dikes and levees of the hydroelectric project - even though the company rejected
a federal operating license.
Corps activities, in turn, will allow river water to flow into Lake Tapps and
preserve it in the short term, officials said.
If more money is needed to keep things going, the Corps and Puget will have
to ask Congress, Puget attorney Mark Quehrn said Wednesday.
Meanwhile, the agreement with the Corps, reached Tuesday, gives Puget more
time to find a permanent solution to preserve the lake, which it still owns.
Puget is working on a deal to sell the lake and some facilities to a group of
East King County water utilities, known as the Cascade Water Alliance. It wants
to use Lake Tapps and its water diversion from the White River as a drinking
water supply for 300,000 people.
The pact between Puget and the Corps is renewable annually for five years and
keeps water in the Corps' fish trap that the agency has operated since 1948.
The Corps traps salmon in water diverted from the river by Puget's diversion
dam in Buckley. The Corps then trucks the fish upstream, around Mud Mountain Dam
near Enumclaw. Then crews release the salmon into the upper White River so they
can spawn. Young salmon can make it through the flood control dam when moving
downstream, but larger salmon swimming upstream cannot pass the dam.
"The main emphasis is to continue the fish operation," said Steve
Cosgrove, spokesman for the Corps' Seattle District. "Fish are first and
foremost in this."
As part of its operation, the Corps traps White River chinook salmon, which
are protected under the federal Endangered Species Act. Federal officials
concerned with protecting fish have no immediate objections to the agreement.
The water that passes through the Corps' fish trap at Puget's head works
cannot return to the river immediately. It must flow into Lake Tapps first.
Thus, the agreement means the lake will remain when Puget unhooks its
hydroelectric generators on Jan. 15.
Without the agreement all flows to the lake would cease. Puget would have to
dismantle its diversion dam, cutting off water to the head works and the Corps'
fish trap. Then Lake Tapps would eventually disappear due to seepage, leaving
four smaller lakes that were submerged when Puget built the reservoir and hydro
facilities in 1911.
The lake's scenic shorelines and islands are now lined with nearly 2,000
high-end homes. Without Lake Tapps, many would lose their shoreline and
experience a drop in property values.
The lake is drawn down now because of high electricity demands during the
winter. It's expected to return to its normal level in April.
The lake's future existence came into question after Puget in 1997 turned
down a federal power license necessary to run the hydroelectricity project.
Puget, lakeside homeowners and government officials have been working to save
the lake since 1999. Federal officials delayed license enforcement until Jan.
15.
But Puget decided not to accept the 50-year license. Instead, it decided to
end electricity generation at the project because federal license restrictions,
when added to other costs, made the power operation too expensive.
Rob Tucker: 253-597-8374
rob.tucker@mail.tribnet.com
(Published 12:01AM, January 1st, 2004)
August 20, 2003
Important Lake Tapps Lake Level Information:
I have confirmed that PSE needs to be at or below Tapps
elevation by October 1. This means we will begin drafting Tapps during the
week of September 22. It would seem that boat owners should have their
boats out of the water by 9/22 or no later than 9/24.
Gene Galloway, Puget Sound Energy
August 13, 2003
Information from Puget Sound Energy about the current low lake
level:
The reason the lake is temporarily below the "full"
summer level is that we moved up the schedule for our annual, standard
maintenance "outage" that normally occurs in late August or early
September. We conducted the maintenance early this year to
accommodate Tacoma Public Utilities' plans to move and reconstruct a water
pipeline that crosses the White River below our diversion dam. Tacoma's
project is designed to make its pipeline more fish-friendly and avoid the kind
of fish strandings that have occurred in the past at the crossing site.
Our maintenance project (during which we don't divert water from the White River
into Lake Tapps) is nearly complete. We expect to resume water diversion
into Lake Tapps on Friday (8-15). There's not a lot of river water
available for diversion right now, however, so the lake probably will be slower
to refill than normal. By the middle of next week, the lake should
be at about 542 feet mean sea level ("recreation" level). It
could go another 6 inches or so higher in following days, and then will
fluctuate slightly up or down for the remainder of the summer, depending on
hydropower operations.
May 23, 2003
For Immediate Release: Media Contact:
May 20, 2003 Roger Thompson
1-888-831-7250
Lake Tapps may be slightly below "full" mark for Memorial Day
weekend
Boaters, water skiers urged to keep eye out, as usual, for obstacles in
reservoir
BELLEVUE – Lake
Tapps may not reach its "full" recreation level for Saturday’s start
of the Memorial Day holiday weekend because of exceptionally low flows in the
White River over the past month.
Unless the river’s flows increase significantly over the next four or five
days, Lake Tapps probably won’t be completely full until about the middle of
next week, according to Gene Galloway, Puget Sound Energy’s manager of hydro
assets. The lake likely will be about 12 to 18 inches below its "full"
recreation level on Saturday if flows in the White River remain low, he said.
Consequently, Galloway added, holiday boaters and water skiers should be
alert – as always – to exposed or slightly submerged sand bars or tree
stumps in the hydropower reservoir.
The utility traditionally raises Lake Tapps’ water level to an elevation of
least 541.5 feet mean sea level by Memorial Day weekend. PSE then holds the
Pierce County reservoir at or slightly above that "full" mark
throughout the summer recreation season.
Under normal spring weather conditions, Galloway noted, it takes only about
one week to refill Lake Tapps with water diverted from the White River. Earlier
this year the National Weather Service predicted a wetter-than-normal May. When
calculating this year’s Lake Tapps refill schedule, however, PSE purposely
assumed that White River flows would be only 60 percent of normal, thereby
giving the utility extra time – about three weeks – to refill the reservoir.
"We thought our calculation would give us significant breathing
room," Galloway said. "Sixty percent of normal is considered drought
conditions. Unfortunately, flows in the White River this month have been running
at only about 50 percent of normal."
A U.S. Geological Survey Web site provides updates every four hours on Lake
Tapps’ current water level. The Web address is: http://waterdata.usgs.gov/wa/nwis/current/?type=flow.
Click on the link beside "Lake Tapps near Sumner, Wash.," located
beneath the site’s Puyallup River Basin heading.
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April 19, 2003 - Lake Level
Information
This is just a quick note to let
you know the news that PSE started refill of Lake Tapps on Friday, April 11th.
Work is completed on the
replacement of trash racks at the entrance to the powerhouse flow conduit.
Work is also completed on the pipe that drains 1 cubic feet per second (cfs)
of water from the lake to Bowman Creek at Dike 4A. Even more significant
is the progress being make on the remediation of the dikes. Work on dike
4A, 5, and 6 is progressing well, with reinforcement of dike 4A far enough
along to allow filling to start. Fill will progress at a controlled rate
until lake level reaches about the 'normal winter level at elevation 520 ft.
Filling beyond that point will depend upon progress on reinforcement of dikes
4A,5,6 and on work on dike 11. It looks like work on all dikes can be
completed to allow fill to continue on schedule. Installation of stone
columns on dike 11 is, however, not as far along as had been hoped. The
contractor on that part of the project has started working 2 shifts, 7 days a
week in order to complete on time.
Over all the schedule is
still very tight, but it looks more and more like the lake will be full for
Memorial Day!
April 6, 2003
The Group of
Nine is about to hire a hydrologist to serve as an expert to support
interests of the citizens around the lake. The hydrologist will provide
technical advise on the following:
a. Relationship of the lake level
to the biological opinion
b. Impacts during dry years to
water flows and lake levels
c. Good information &
interruption of models being used for future years
April 4, 2003
February 27, 2003
Below is a message to the Lake Tapps
Task Force concerning a recent meeting with National Marine Fisheries Service,
Pierce County and Puget Sound Energy - the eventual NMFS decision could have a
critical impact on our lake. Bottom line for our homeowners around the
lake - keep watching the website, we will keep you informed and we are
planning a meeting in the near future to review the status of the lake to our
membership. If you haven't signed up as a member, please do - it will
allow us to send you emails directly.
Dear Task Force Members:
On Friday, February 21, 2003, Lake Tapps Task Force representatives Shawn
Bunney, Ed Schild, and Mark Quehrn met with NMFS Regional Director, Bob
Lohn. The following is a summary of their meeting.
A. NMFS's Requirement for Additional Flows to Dilute Pollutants Causing
Elevated Ph Levels:
NMFS has not modified its condition with respect to this concern. As you
may recall, the economic impact of this condition is in the range of $1.3
million to $2.0 million (50-year net present value). However, Mr. Lohn
stated that NMFS would give further consideration to the following:
· Mr. Lohn indicated that the Washington State Department of Ecology
("WDOE") initially raised this issue. NMFS is relying on WDOE
for the
scientific and policy support to impose this condition. Mr. Lohn indicated
that if WDOE were willing to take a different approach in addressing this
matter, so would NMFS. LTTF representatives told Mr. Lohn that they would
revisit this issue with WDOE.
· Mr. Lohn indicated that NMFS would hear further discussion on the question
of whether is was legal to impose this condition on the Project, in light of
the fact that the Project is making no contribution to the pollutants that
are causing elevated Ph levels. LTTF representatives told Mr. Lohn that
they would revisit this issue with NMFS legal counsel.
· Mr. Lohn was provided with further technical analysis of the Ph problem,
and the likelihood that additional flow will not meaningfully address this
problem. Mr. Lohn stated that NMFS would consider this information.
B. NMFS Requirement of Temperature Standards of 13°C (at diversion October
through May) and 16°C (at diversion June through September)
NMFS has only slightly modified its position with respect to this
condition, by offering a 500cfs cap on flows for temperature during the
months of July and August. As initially proposed, you will recall that
this
condition left the reservoir hydrologically inoperable for significant
periods of time (i.e., no viable lake) and had severe economic consequences
to the Project and to the community.
Mr. Lohn stated his ongoing commitment to work as hard as he could within
the boundaries established by law and science to try and find a
"win-win"
solution to the temperature problem. However, as to science, it appears
that NMFS has largely disregarded Dr. Reiser's work as credible science.
Mr. Lohn stated that NMFS would give further consideration to the
following:
· Mr. Lohn stated that NMFS would consider the results of hydrological and
economic modeling of the condition with the 500 cfs cap, and if the
condition is still both economically and technically infeasible, then NMFS
would consider a further adjustment. However, Mr. Lohn characterized
NMFS's
position as very close to its "best and final offer," and if the
temperature
standard could not be modified within fairly narrow parameters, then NMFS
was prepared to issue a jeopardy opinion without "reasonable and prudent
alternatives" (e.g., the death penalty). LTTF representatives told
Mr. Lohn
that they would undertake the economic and hydraulic modeling to evaluate
the impact of the condition with a 500 cfs cap.
· During the discussion, it appeared that one of the fundamental assumptions
Mr. Lohn was relying upon might be incorrect. This assumption related to
how much water is in the White River and the availability of water for any
purpose during the critical time periods in question. It was agreed that
PSE would provide Mr. Lohn with this information.
· It was also acknowledged that there is an outstanding disagreement on a
key legal issue, that being the environmental base line. NMFS is still
assessing impact from the position that "status quo" means no project
exists
and natural flows exist in the river. In contrast, the LTTF believes that
the environmental baseline includes the Project. Mr. Lohn indicated that
NMFS would hear further discussion on this question, and LTTF
representatives told Mr. Lohn that they would discuss this issue with NMFS
legal counsel.
· Discussion closed on this topic, with a mutual understanding that there
were still key factual and legal questions to be resolved before a final
conclusion could be drawn.
C. The Corps of Engineers' Responsibility to Consult with NMFS in Connection
with Providing Upstream Fish Passage
The Corps existing and future responsibilities to operate the Buckley Fish
Trap under an agreement with PSE were discussed with Mr. Lohn. Members of
the LTTF expressed their ongoing interest that the Corps, just like PSE, be
required to discharge its Endangered Species Act responsibilities, and since
the Corps' action is an interdependent and interrelated action, the Corps
should be engaged in this consultation.
Task Force representatives encouraged Mr. Lohn to consider memorializing
the Corps' stated intention to take on the responsibility of rebuilding the
diversion dam as a reasonable and prudent measure, and to consider the
Corps' responsibility to partially fund ongoing operations of the
Muckleshoot hatchery.
Mr. Lohn indicated that he would look into this while he was in Washington
DC, next week.
While significant issues still remain unresolved, NMFS, it appears, has not
closed the door on consideration of legal and technical analysis that could
lead to collaborative solutions to save the Lake.
As work continues, all Task Force members will be kept informed of
developments and progress made. If you have any questions, please let us
know.
Best wishes, Rhonda Hilyer
Agreement Dynamics, Inc.
206-546-8048
www.agreementdynamics.com
February 14, 2003
February 8, 2003
The Group of 9 (a citizen's group supporting the lake - our
Coalition is a member) is willing to present a pitch on the status of Lake Tapps
to your community group, homeowner's association, or neighborhood group if
interested please call Ann Fisher at (253) 288-0202. To get a look at the
pitch charts, click here.
February 8, 2003
Puget Sound Energy has re-activated a toll-free hotline for
the public to get regular updates on activities going on at Lake Tapps (e.g.,
the current reservoir drawdown for project inspections and repairs, and the dike
remediation planned for this spring). It is a great resource for
information and it allows you to leave a message for PSE if necessary.
February 2, 2003
January 25, 2003
NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release:
Media Contact:
Jan. 25, 2003 Roger Thompson
1-888-831-7250
PSE drafting Lake Tapps to lowest level ever for repairs to hydropower
facilities
BELLEVUE, Wash. – By the end of this month Lake Tapps should reach its
lowest water level in history as Puget Sound Energy draws down the 92-year-old
Pierce County reservoir for needed inspections and repair of hydropower
equipment.
The utility intends to drop the diked reservoir’s water level by about 10
to 15 feet over the next week. Once the target is reached – 505 feet above
mean sea level – Lake Tapps will post its lowest level ever, approximately 37
feet below the full, summertime water mark.
"If people around Lake Tapps have dock work that needs to be done before
the start of boating season, it’ll be the perfect time to tackle the
job," said Charles Morton, PSE’s manager of hydropower operations and
maintenance. "All docks will be high and dry. We’ll see lake bottom that
hasn’t been exposed since the project was first built."
During the first of two record-low drawdowns, PSE will inspect a small
pipeline and valve that allow some Lake Tapps water to flow beneath a man-made
dike into Bowman Creek, at the reservoir’s northern edge. Workers also will
analyze and prepare for the replacement of large, metal grates normally lying
beneath the lake’s surface. The grates cover the opening to a 12-foot-wide
pipeline that funnels Lake Tapps water into PSE’s nearby White River Power
Plant, preventing logs and other debris from being sucked into the plant’s
generator turbines.
PSE expects to complete this initial work during the first week of February.
The utility then will raise the reservoir’s water level back up to about 520
feet mean sea level, a typical wintertime level.
After the initial inspection work is done, Morton said, it will take four to
five weeks to complete a repair plan and secure all the necessary replacement
parts. At that point, roughly mid-March, the reservoir will be lowered again.
Workers then will replace the underwater grates, or "trash racks,"
that shield the intake of the 2,840-foot-long pipeline connecting Lake Tapps to
PSE’s hydropower plant. In addition, PSE will inspect the large concrete
pipeline itself. The valve in the smaller, Bowman Creek pipeline also will be
replaced at that time.
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Puget Sound Energy – Page 2
Meanwhile, PSE expects to begin seismic upgrades to several of its dikes
around Lake Tapps in early March. The seismic work, directed late last year by
federal officials, is designed to safeguard the dikes against possible damage
from a catastrophic earthquake.
Aided by new technology, researchers now believe earthquakes in the Pacific
Northwest may reach greater magnitude than earlier thought. In response,
government regulators are mandating seismic upgrades on hydroelectric facilities
to increase their ability to withstand severe quakes.
PSE plans to build berms of rock and compacted earth along portions of
its dikes’ outer shoulders. The berms will be placed at locations deemed most
susceptible to soil liquification from a shallow, high-intensity earthquake.
PSE hopes to finish most of the seismic-remediation dike work by early May so
that Lake Tapps can be refilled to its recreational level by Memorial Day. The
utility traditionally keeps the reservoir "full" – at about 542 feet
mean sea level – from late May through early September.
The public may get periodic updates on the Lake Tapps dike-remediation
project by calling PSE, toll-free, at 1-888-CALLPSE, option 5, then extension
81-2400.
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January 22, 2003
PSE TO REINFORCE DIKES BEFORE
FILLING LAKE TAPPS
by our Board Member Ralph Mason
Responding to an order from the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (FERC), PSE is planning to "remediate" several of the dikes
that impound the water in LAKE TAPPS.
FERC’S order does not mean that the dikes are deteriorating
or any less safe than they have been since they were constructed in 1911.
Instead, the concern raised by FERC is that some of the dikes could fail in the
event of an earthquake of such magnitude and proximity that the likelihood of
occurrence is only about one in 500 years. They point to similar failures
elsewhere.
The work this spring will reinforce dikes 4A, 5, 6, and 11.
Dike 15 is also mentioned in the FERC order and it will be addressed later.
Dikes 4A, 5, and 6 are all located in the Pierce County Lake Tapps Park. Dike 11
is on the east side of the lake. Reinforcement will typically occur on the
outside face of the dikes. It will include removal of vegetation and ‘overburden’
down to underlying native soil and then adding substantial selected additional
material to the dike.
PSE is working with FERC and the various federal, state, and
county resource agencies to obtain required permits and design approvals. The
agencies are working to expedite the permits in order to facilitate an early
construction start.
PSE indicates that if they can get construction underway in
late February, they should be able to have the lake filled by Memorial Day. They
point out, however, that it will take a lot of cooperation by the permitting
agencies and a very aggressive construction schedule to complete the work on
time.
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November 19, 2002
NEWS
RELEASE
For Immediate Release Media Contact:
Nov. 19, 2002 Roger Thompson
1-888-831-7250
Puget Sound Energy to reinforce dikes around Lake Tapps reservoir
Project designed to protect Pierce County reservoir from major earthquake
BELLEVUE – Several dikes surrounding the Lake Tapps reservoir will be
reinforced in coming months by the reservoir’s owner, Puget Sound Energy, to
safeguard them against possible damage from a catastrophic earthquake.
The dike work was directed earlier this month by the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission. The commission licenses the country’s
hydropower-generation facilities, including those at Lake Tapps.
The utility said the rock and earthen dikes built 90 years ago to create the
reservoir show no sign of weakness. Federal regulators inspect the dikes
annually. In addition, PSE conducts an aggressive dike-maintenance program and
continuously monitors the dikes’ subsurface water table.
"The dikes are sound," said Ed Schild, PSE’s director of energy
production and storage. "They’ve withstood several major earthquakes over
the years, with no change in their structural integrity. This is simply a
prudent, precautionary step to further buttress the dikes."
Aided by new technologies, researchers now believe earthquakes in the Pacific
Northwest may reach greater magnitude than earlier thought. Consequently,
seismic upgrades are being mandated on hydroelectric facilities to increase
their ability to withstand severe quakes.
The utility plans to build berms of rock and compacted earth along
portions of its dikes’ outer shoulders. The berms will be placed at locations
deemed most susceptible to soil liquification from a shallow, high-intensity
earthquake.
Schild said the work will begin once PSE obtains all the necessary permits.
"Ideally, we’d like to start moving dirt in February or March. Our hope
is to complete a good portion of the project, if possible, by late spring so the
reservoir can be refilled to its full, recreational level by Memorial Day."
The reservoir’s water level, Schild noted, currently is down around the
base of the five dikes identified for seismic remediation. The water level
typically is low during winter months because PSE draws more water from the
reservoir in winter for increased power generation. Until the dike project is
finished, he added, the reservoir’s water level will remain low.
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November 8, 2002
Alert to Homeowners from Save Lake Tapps Coalition: Critical Time Ahead
- From the Save Lake Tapps Board of Directors
The National Marine Fisheries Services is about to publish a
Biology Opinion, the results of which could be detrimental to the preservation
of Lake Tapps. The Save Lake Tapps Board of Directors has decided to
postpone our November Annual Meeting until the Biology Opinion is published, so
we can use the Annual Meeting to advise the homeowners on the Biology Opinion
recommendations. We expect the meeting to be held in the January -
February timeframe. We will phone each member and post notices of the
meeting on the website and in the community. To prepare yourself on the
subject, please read an excellent article by Rob Tucker in the Tacoma News
Tribune from October - click here.
Our membership is just a fraction of the homeowners around the
lake, so to help our lake, please advise your neighbors to stay informed.
Share this website and advise them to attend the Annual Meeting, when it is
announced.
The Board would like to emphasize the need to increase our
membership to allow us to better communicate critical events to our
neighbors. Don't let money stop you from being a member. As of the
November 7, 2002 Board Meeting, membership to Save Lake Tapps is free, members
have an option to provide donations to ensure revenue to support the lake.
Sign up and you will be on our email list to ensure you stay informed. It
is critical that we speak with a large voice. Please take two minutes to
become a member, you can do it over the web, it is free - click
here.
Tacoma News Tribune article about the very low lake level
and the future of Lake Tapps
Biology Opinion - A 'must read' for all Lake Tapps
homeowners
Letters to Editor - Tacoma News Tribune
Talks to save Lake Tapps may drag on 2 more
years
Governor Locke Visits Lake Tapps
Lake Tapps Task Force News Releases
Tacoma News Tribune
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