The 2018-19 Key Peninsula Water Quality Report is the second water quality report for the area showing how the community and stakeholders are working to improve water quality health for habitat and people. This special insert is printed and published in the Key Peninsula News.
The Clean Water Partners published its first Key Peninsula Water Quality Report in October 2017 as an insert in the Key Peninsula News. The report grades water quality in Key Peninsula streams and marine waters. It also includes information on toxic algae levels in local lakes.
The stream grades were developed by Pierce County based on many years of water quality monitoring data. Washington State Department of Health developed the grading method of marine areas for this report. Lake water quality is sampled by Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department for potential toxic algae growth only.