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BACKGROUND & HISTORY In 1948 Lake Forest Park Water Distict (Then King County Water District #83) was purchased after six years of negotiations with the Lake Forest Park Water Company, at a price $50,000. It is located wholly within the city of Lake Forest Park population, 14,600 in 1997. Lake Forest Park is a city located on the north end of Lake Washington in northern King County Washington. The area is made up of 1.5 square miles of rolling terrain marked by high ridges and steep valleys. Ground elevations range from a high of 420 feet to 20 feet above sea level near Lake Washington. The District serves 854 residential connections, one elementary school and a shopping center.
The area was originally platted as a residential park, and due to the covenants, the community has remained residential with little commercial and no industrial development.
The table below summarizes major physical and administrative developments the District has carried out over the last eight decades. Over this period the District has opted to remain independent from purchased water and has continued to develop its own artesian and deep wells located in its Wellhead Protection Area (WHPA). To improve reliability of supply, the District has increased storage, while at the same time, attempting to increase emergency interconnections with adjacent systems.
DECADE
| PHYSICAL
| ADMINISTRATIVE
| 1910
| Lake Forest Park residents served by privately owned wells and springs
| | 1920
| | 1926 Beginning of the LFP Water Co & purchase of existing system from LFP Power, Water & Light
1927 Wood stave resevoir and steel water main extension replaced and installed
| 1940
| 1948 Artesian wells in service prior to 1948
| 1948 KCWD 83 chartered
1954 KCWD 83 buys LFP Water Co for $50,000
| 1950
| | 1954 Board resloved to contract with Heath, Hammond & Collier as District Engineer
1955 40th Pl & 45th Pl mains installed
1958 Begin discussion on property west of right of way in east watershed
| 1960
| 1960-67 Wells 1,2 & 3 drilled and placed in service
1963 200,000 gal steel standpipe for high zone installed
1966 West watershed discontinued
1967 240,000 gal steel reservoir for low zone installed
| 1960-67 Ground water rights for Wells 1,2 &3
1961 FD#16 buys 1/2 of property on NE 178th
1961 Proposals to lower rates, Commissioners paid $10
1964 Super Hedblom retires & Super Chalmers is hired
| 1970
| 1977 West watershed sold
| 1970-71 Purchase of Lange property, 700 customers
1973 Comprehensive Plan by HCW-L (August)
| 1980
| Sale of 3 lots (2 in watershed)
'47th Ave. & 184th main replacement
'184th "Canyon" main replacement with 12" D.I.
180th main extension
Well #4 drilled
| 1984 Comprehensive Plan by HCW-L (March)
| 1990
| 1990 Watermain replacement program
1992-98 installed sample stands
1993 District offices bought & installed at 4029 NE 178th
1994 Watermain replacement program
| 1992 Superintendent Chalmer retires, Manager Lay is hired
1994 Pump installed in well 4; master meter installed
1995-98 Litigation over 1994 Main Replacement
1998-99 SWD proposes merger, District declines
1998 Interior of low tank recoated
| 2000
| | 2000 Change name to Lake Forest Park Water District
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