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 Annual Drawdown of Lake Tapps’ Water Level to Commence Nov. 1

Puget Sound Energy, in consultation with the Lake Tapps Community Council and Cascade Water Alliance, will begin dropping the water level of Lake Tapps on Nov. 1 as part of the reservoir’s annual wintertime drawdown.  The community council urges lakeside residents to remove their boats before the drawdown starts to avoid water craft from becoming stranded on shallow, exposed inlets.

Under the collaborative drawdown plan, PSE intends to lower the reservoir’s water level by about five or six feet, and then consult with the community council and Cascade Water Alliance on whether to reduce the lake’s level even further.  A key goal of the drawdown is to kill milfoil in the lake’s shallower areas by exposing the lake-bottom grass to freezing wintertime temperatures. The annual drawdown also is designed to ensure that waves from severe wintertime storms do not overtop the reservoir’s dikes.

Refilling of the reservoir is scheduled to commence by March 1, 2009, with the goal of returning the lake to its full, summer-recreation level by mid-April.  Both weather and flood damage to the White River diversion dam near Buckley, if it occurs, can affect the length of time it takes to refill the reservoir.

The sale of PSE’s White River Hydroelectric Project assets, including Lake Tapps, to the Cascade Water Alliance is expected to close sometime early next year.

For current information on Lake Tapps  water levels or to report boating, public-safety, or litter problems at the reservoir, please call the community council’s Lake Tapps Community Information Line at 253-891-5460.