email sent to residents around Spanaway Lake Friday afternoon:
To our Algae Watch Participants on Spanaway Lake,
We already have a toxic algae caution advisory in place for Spanaway Lake but preliminary results for an algae sample collected from the lake on August 26, 2013 show a very high concentration of toxin. Please use extra caution keeping your pets away from the lake and don’t swim, water ski, or fish in areas with visible algae. For more information on toxic algae, please visit our website at www.tpchd.org and search for “toxic algae.”
If you have questions, please call me or send me an email. I’ll be in the office Tuesday through Friday next week.
Thanks,
Ray Hanowell
Environmental Health Specialist
Environmental Health Division
Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department
(253) 798-2845
Pierce Prairie Post 