A Member Owned Non-Profit Corporation
MISSION STATEMENT
To protect the health of the public by ensuring safe and reliable drinking water
at the lowest cost possible to the members in a responsible manner.
OFFICE HOURS
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Office Hours are Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Excluding Federal Holidays
All Association staff perform tasks in the field and the office may not always be open during the above hours. If you would like to conduct business at the office, please call ahead and schedule an appointment with staff.
If you call the office and reach our voicemail, please leave a detailed message including your name, address, and account information.
Your call will be returned as soon as possible.
NEXT BOARD MEETING
OCTOBER 14TH, 2025
The upcoming 3LWA monthly board meeting will be held tonight:
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Tuesday, October 14th, 2025 at 6:00 p.m.
If any members wish to address the Board, please email the Board President Marek Jedrzejewicz, at president@3lwa.org with any questions, comments, or concerns so he can report them at the board meeting. If any member would like to attend our monthly meeting, please contact the office at customerservice@3lwa.org for details.
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CLICK HERE to access the Board Meeting page
September 8th, 2025
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171st Construction Project
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The Three Lakes Water Association Capital Improvement Project to replace 60-year-old 6” asbestos cement water main continues. We are currently working on the final phase of this 3-million-dollar facilities replacement project, Phase 3, which has been in the works for over 10 years. This phase totals approximately 1 million dollars of work, includes four separate segments of focus, and totals approximately 3,500 feet of main installation.
Staff, under my direction as General Manager, and with the approval of the Board, is once again performing the coordination, supervision, and inspection of the contractor’s activities to excavate, install, and bring the new 8” ductile iron water main facilities and appurtenances on-line. Staff volunteered to take on these additional duties, as opposed to outsourcing the work, which hopefully, should be able to save the Association approximately 40-50 thousand dollars of additional costs for Phase 3 alone.
At least so far, the project remains and is expected to be completed well below budget.
Last week, the new 8” segment between 171st Ave SE and our water storage tank was successfully brought on-line. This week, the second segment of new 8” water main facilities installation was initiated which extends beyond the tank towards E Wishon Rd. This segmented approach has allowed for continuous water distribution to the membership/community and fire flow capabilities to remain active while these pertinent replacement activities are ongoing.
This phase is expected to be fully completed over the next few months.
For those who live and travel upon the roads affected by our activities, thank you. We really do appreciate your patience, understanding, and extra caution to help us keep the workforce safe as many of us work in the street each day. We will post additional updates as the work continues.
Respectfully,
Don Kemmis, General Manager
September 4th, 2025
3LWA 60TH ANNIVERSARY
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE MEMBERS
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The Three Lakes Water Association will hold its Annual Meeting of the Members in-person on October 7th, 2025 at 7:00 p.m. at the Harvey Auditorium at the Snohomish County Fire District Station #4 located at 1525 Ave D in Snohomish.
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An invitation with full details will be mailed to all members on September 8th, 2025, including member ballots.
ASSOCIATION UPDATES
ALERT
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August 28, 2025
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1:00 pm
Service has been restored. Thank you for your patience.
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9:00 am
Three Lakes Water is experiencing a main break event along 58th ST SE. Water is currently off to residents who are served from 58th ST SE. Repairs are being made as quickly as possible to restore water service. We apologize for any inconvenience throughout this emergency.
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Please call the office at 360-568-8022 if you have any questions.
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Three Lakes Water Staff
3LWA ANNUAL NEWSLETTER
Every spring, Staff includes the Annual Newsletter within April's billing to inform the members on current Association news, as well as future goals, and milestones reached. Please take a moment to look through this newsletter for Association updates and important information.
ASSOCIATION NEWS
LEAD AND COPPER IN YOUR DRINKING WATER
October 3rd, 2024​
Lead Service Line Inventory
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The EPA issued an announcement back in 2022 outlining the requirement for all group A water systems to initiate a Lead Service Line Inventory, due October 16th, 2024. This inventory is intended to protect the public’s health by understanding what connection materials exist on both the member’s and Association’s service lines. Since that time, Association Staff has been able to verify 100% of the Association’s service line material types and most of the member’s service line connection material types. The list is available on our website as public information, it depicts many details, and we hope that you view it.
We submitted our inventory survey on Oct. 1, 2024, and can report that no lead material types were discovered upstream of the meters during the inventory process. The Association requests that if members with listed unknown material types discover their private service materials, that they report it to the Three Lakes Association office for inclusion with this process. In addition to this new inventory requirement, as part of the regional monitoring plan, the City of Everett requires routine water sampling for Lead and Copper every three years.
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Please reach out to the office with any questions.
Thank you,
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Don Kemmis, General Manager
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CLICK HERE to view 3LWA's Lead Service Inventory Page
171ST CONSTRUCTION PROJECT
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October 29th, 2024
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In 2024, both 171st Ave SE Capital Improvement Project segments known as Phase I and II have been completed and put into service. This project targeted the failing 1965 era 6” Asbestos Concrete water main, replacing it with 8” Ductile Iron main, meters, and appurtenances. This 2.5-mile-long project replaced some of the most critical sections of our water system, hardening the primary pathway that delivers our source water to our tank and to the distribution system, feeding all Association member's properties.
Today’s paving activities, along 171s Ave SE to properly restore the roadways, should signify the closing out of the traffic interruptions and the final steps involved to wrap up the project.This project has been in the planning stages for well over 12 years and is the largest project in the history of this Association. We can already see the reductions in water loss, and the cost to move water will also reduce with this effort. It’s been a pleasure to be directly involved with the design, approval process and to oversee the actual 10-month long construction activities for such a significant, overall improvement to this water system. Thank you, the membership and the general public, for your patience in helping to ensure the safety of the full work force involved.
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Respectfully,
General Manager Don Kemmis