Soap Lake, pictured above, will be designated as “outstanding resource water" by the Washington Department of Ecology on Jan. 18. The designation will recognize the body of water's uniqueness and its importance regionally.
December 21, 2023
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December 21, 2023 4:59 p.m.
Outstanding Resource Water recognition
Soap Lake's unique properties have helped garner protections for it under Department of Ecology Program
SOAP LAKE — The Washington Department of Ecology has designated Soap Lake an “outstanding resource water,” effective Jan. 18. Under the new designation, any new or expanded source of pollution on the lake could not make a measurable change in water quality.