Who To Call

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.

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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