Protecting Our Water Supply

Cascade’s mission is to provide water supply to meet current and future needs in a cost effective and environmentally sensitive manner. Lake Tapps is the first new source of drinking water in the region in decades. The responsibility of keeping Lake Tapps and all water bodies safe, clean, and enjoyable belongs to all of us. Pesticides, fertilizers and erosion from our landscapes and gardens may contaminate our water supply. This page will provide links on how to have a beautiful, pesticide-free yard.

• Natural Yard Care - www.lhwmp.org/home/ChemToxPesticides/yard-care
• Clean Water For Washington - www.cru.cahe.wsu.edu/CEPublications/eb1744/eb1744.html
• Organic fertilizers - www.your.kingcounty.gov/solidwaste/naturalyardcare/fertilizer.asp
• Good Bug Guide, pictures to help you recognize the beneficial bugs - www.lhwmp.org/home/ChemToxPesticides/goodbug
• Puget Sound Partnership - www.psp.wa.gov
• Select the least-toxic, most effective products www.lhwmp.org/home/gsgs/index
• WSU Extension plant pests, diseases and pesticides information. www.extension.wsu.edu/gardening/plant/Pages
• The Hazardous Wastemobile picks up garden chemical waste-- find out when the Wastemobile will be in your neighborhood or call 206-296-4692 for a schedule. www.lhwmp.org/home/HHW/wastemobile.aspx
• "Blueprint for a Lake Friendly Landscape" (Washington State Department of Ecology) - www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/wq/plants/lakes/landscaping
• "Greening your Shoreline" (King County) - http://www.govlink.org/watersheds/8/action/greenshorelines/default.aspx
• Lake Tapps Management Plan (Cascade Water Alliance) - www.cascadewater.org/lake_tapps_management.php
• Lakeside Living (King County) - www.govlink.org/watersheds/8/action/lakeside-living
• Alternative Bank Protection Methods for Puget Sound Shorelines , (Washington State Department of Ecology) - www.ecy.wa.gov/biblio/0006012a.html
• Request a Free Natural Yard Care Workshop in Tacoma and Pierce County - www.tpchd.org/environment/healthy-environment/natural-yard-care