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Lake Tapps in Pierce County will be closed for Memorial Day and may not open at all this summer, according to the Washington State Department of Ecology. (Photo courtesy of the Department of Ecology)

Lake Tapps in Pierce County will be closed for Memorial Day and may not open at all this summer, according to the Washington State Department of Ecology. (Photo courtesy of the Department of Ecology)

Lake Tapps in Pierce County will be closed for Memorial Day and may not open at all this summer, according to the Washington State Department of Ecology. (Photo courtesy of the Department of Ecology)

The Lake Tapps Reservoir is normally drained every winter and refilled for summer. Cascade Water Alliance has already put about 5.5 billion gallons of water into the lake, and continues to add about 50 million gallons per day. But even with this effort, that cannot overcome this past winter's lack of rain and minimal snowpack. (Photo courtesy of the Department of Ecology)

White River is experiencing all-time low flows, the lowest flows of record in the past 50 years, according to the Department of Ecology. Cascade Water Alliance is limited as to how much water it can withdraw from the river. (Photo courtesy of the Department of Ecology)

The Cascade Water Alliance will continue to add as much water as is available, but cannot predict right now when Lake Tapps will open. (Photo courtesy of the Department of Ecology)

On April 23, the Cascade Water Alliance announced that there would not be enough water available from the White River to completely fill the reservoir by Memorial Day weekend. (Photo courtesy of the Department of Ecology)

Lake Tapps in Pierce County will be closed for Memorial Day and may not open at all this summer, according to the Washington State Department of Ecology. (Photo courtesy of the Department of Ecology)

Popular Pierce County lake may remain closed through the summer