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LFPWD IS LAUNCHING A PLANT EXCHANGE!! Starting this APRIL and running until SEPTEMBER, as you tend your garden and divide plants, consider taking part in the District’s Plant Exchange. The District has ‘seeded’ the project with starts of Purple Cone Flower, Fringecup, Ocean Spray and Indian Plum along with contributions from District staff’s own yards. [...]
Our customers have always appreciated their great tasting water, but to have it recognized as the best in King County makes us a little proud! We want to thank our community for doing their part to recognize and protect our great resource. For the news story please find it at https://www.shorelineareanews.com/2019/03/best-tasting-water-in-king-county-lake.html Pictured below, our General [...]
Lake Forest Park Water District is honored to present the 2018 ‘Water Protector Award’ to Lake Forest Park Water District Commissioner member Eli Zehner, a Lake Forest Park resident for ‘Exemplary Professionalism and Leadership’. The Water Protector Award is awarded to individuals and organizations that show exceptional leadership in protection of LFPWD’s drinking water source. [...]
The District requires full access to its well fields for maintenance and emergencies. Recently a primary well in our McKinnon Well Field required pump replacement. The well drillers and staff accessed the well with heavy equipment and the pump replacement was completed over a week’s time. For more information read complete newsletter at: 2018_10_lfpwd_newsletter
As part of the District’s public outreach and educational program, Lake Forest Park Water District recently commissioned local artist, Dave Savage to create and paint a mural that is representative of the community, the hydrological cycle and the LFP Water District. Artist, graphic designer, and illustrator Dave Savage lives in Lake Forest Park with his [...]
Do you have an improperly abandoned well? Occasionally we hear from residents who have old wells on their property. There are thousands of abandoned wells in WA State. Improperly abandoned wells can provide a direct pathway for contamination into an aquifer. Only professional well drillers using specialized materials and equipment should decommission wells. Landowners in [...]
Lake Forest Park Water District attended the 2018 LFP Earth Smart Green Fair on March 31st. Public education included sampling of our water, promotion of native plants and aquifer education using a three dimensional model developed in cooperation with North Seattle College. Water conservation by planting native species is an ongoing LFPWD educational aim. Native [...]
Lake Forest Park Water District is honored to present the 2017 ‘Water Protector Award’ to Lake Forest Park Water District Citizen Advisory Committee (Adcom) member Eric Strom. The Water Protector Award is awarded to individuals and organizations that show exceptional leadership in protection of LFPWD’s drinking water. Eric Strom is an original member of the [...]
LFPWD and our Advisory Committee attended the City of Brier Night Out on August 1. Our drinking water is sourced from aquifers that flow under both the City of LFP and City of Brier. The District booth stressed aquifer education and activities that can potentially pollute drinking water sourced from wells. We distributed 125 [...]
DISTRICT PARTICIPATION AT LFP GREEN FAIR, LAKE FOREST PARK & BROOKSIDE ELEMENTARY SCIENCE FAIRS We hope we saw you at the LFP Green Fair where LFPWD Advisory members and staff hosted water tasting and a plant give away. Comparison taste sampling of our non-treated water to chlorinated drinking was available. Native plants given away as [...]
