The Uplands by Tarragon is a housing development in South Hill Puyallup. Cindy Beckett-Kempf, an EPA Watershed Manager, has inquired to the County Executive, about the water availability letter provided for the project to move forward, noting it was factually incorrect. This kind of argument is often invisible to the general population of the county….
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Wetland. Watershed. Drought.
These are important words this year. If you love to ski, you know there is hardly enough snow in the mountains this season. If you drive over the pass frequently, you probably haven’t been stuck in snow. If you live on Clover Creek, you know it was a dry ditch from May to December. For…
Learning to be drought aware
By Marianne Lincoln How much water do you use when you wash your hands? How much when you brush your teeth? Laundry, showers, and flushing the commode all take water too. The average person uses 80 to 100 gallons a day. Multiply that by the houses in your neighborhood and the houses in your community….
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