Lake Tapps Community Meeting
Cascade Water Alliance invites the public to join an in-person Lake Tapps community meeting and open house on Wednesday, May 10 from 6-8 pm, to learn more about how everyone can help keep Lake Tapps Reservoir clean, healthy, and safe. The community meeting is free and open to all. The meeting will be held at North Tapps Middle School, 20029 12th Street East, Bonney Lake
Get the Answers and Help You Need Around Lake Tapps
Who to call? Various entities are honored to be a part of the Lake Tapps community. For key issues listed below, the appropriate agencies are listed and should be contacted. In case of an emergency, call 911.
Algae (Toxic)
Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department
253-649-1420
www.tpchd.org/healthy-places/surface-water-quality/toxic-algae
Boat Speed
City of Bonney Lake Police – Marine Unit
253-863-2218
www.citybonneylake.org/police
Pierce County Sheriff – Marine Unit
253-798-7530
www.co.pierce.wa.us
Dam Diversion
Structural (Barrier) Integrity
US Army Corps of Engineers
206-764-3717
www.nws.usace.army.mil
WA State Department of Ecology
360-407-6600
www.ecology.wa.gov
Operations
Cascade Water Alliance
425-453-0930
www.cascadewater.org
Policing and Security
City of Buckley Police
360-829-3157
www.cityofbuckley.com/police
Dam (Mud Mountain)
US Army Corps of Engineers
206-764-3717
www.nws.usace.army.mil
Dikes
Regulation
WA State Dept of Ecology, Dam Safety
360-407-6600
www.ecology.wa.gov
Maintenance
Veolia Water (partners with Cascade)
253-590-3035
www.cascadewater.org
Equipment, structures, uses
Cascade Water Alliance
425-453-0930
www.cascadewater.org
Policing and security
Pierce County Sheriff
253-798-7530
www.co.pierce.wa.us
City of Bonney Lake Police
253-863-2218
www.citybonneylake.org/police
Licenses for Dock, Bulkheads, Structures
Below 545 feet elevation (license)
Cascade Water Alliance
425-453-0930
www.cascadewater.org
Any location (shoreline land use permit)
Pierce County Planning & Land Svcs
253-798-7210
www.co.pierce.wa.us
City of Bonney Lake
253-862-8602
www.citybonneylake.org
Work in water
WA State Dept of Fish and Wildlife
360-902-2200
www.wdfw.wa.gov
US Army Corps of Engineers
206-764-3742
www.nws.usace.army.mil
Drowning
Call 911
Filling
Cascade Water Alliance
425-453-0930
www.cascadewater.org
Habitat
National Marine Fisheries Service (salmon)
www.nmfs.noaa.gov
WA State Dept of Fish and Wildlife
360-902-2200
www.wdfw.wa.gov
Lake Levels
Cascade Water Alliance
425-453-0930
www.cascadewater.org
Littering
City of Bonney Lake Police
253-863-2218
www.citybonneylake.org/police
Pierce County Sheriff
253-798-7530
www.co.pierce.wa.us
Milfoil
Cascade Water Alliance
425-453-0930
www.cascadewater.org/lake-tapps/milfoil
Noise (on the Lake)
City of Bonney Lake Police
253-863-2218
www.citybonneylake.org/police
Pierce County Sheriff Marine Unit
253-798-7530
www.co.pierce.wa.us
Parks, Clubs, Camps
Allan Yorke Park
City of Bonney Lake
253-862-8602
www.citybonneylake.org
North Park
Pierce County Parks and Rec
253-798-4177
www.co.pierce.wa.us
Private Community Clubs
Various community club owners, HOAs
Please contact specific community club owner or HOA
Parking, Towing
On roads, highways, public locations
City of Bonney Lake
253-862-8602
www.citybonneylake.org
Pierce County Sherriff
253-798-7530
www.co.pierce.wa.us
On Cascade Water Alliance property
Cascade Water Alliance
425-453-0930
www.cascadewater.org
Public Access
Lake Parks, clubs, camps and HOAs.
Contact specific park, club, camp or HOA
Dikes & other Cascade property
Cascade Water Alliance
425-453-0930
www.cascadewater.org
Rafting
Pierce County Parks and Rec
253-798-4177
www.co.pierce.wa.us
Shoreline Management
City of Bonney Lake
253-862-8602
www.citybonneylake.org
Pierce County Shoreline Plan
253-798-7210
www.co.pierce.wa.us
Washington State Dept of Ecology
360-407-6600
www.ecology.wa.gov
Trespassing
On dikes
City of Bonney Lake Police
253-863-2218
www.citybonneylake.org/police
Pierce County Sheriff
253-798-7530
www.co.pierce.wa.us
On other Cascade property
City of Bonney Lake Police
253-863-2218
www.citybonneylake.org/police
Pierce County Sheriff
253-798-7530
www.co.pierce.wa.us
Water Quality
Planning and Regulation
US EPA, Safe Drinking Water Hotline
800-426-4791
www.epa.gov
WA State Department of Ecology
360-407-6600
www.ecology.wa.gov
WA State Department of Health
800-525-0127
www.doh.wa.gov
Management/monitoring plans
Tacoma-Pierce County Dept of Health
253-798-6500
www.tpchd.org/environment
Cascade Water Alliance
425-453-0930
www.cascadewater.org
TappsWise Healthy Lake Program
Tacoma-Pierce County Dept of Health
253-798-2856
www.tpchd.org/tappswise