Soap Lake and Lake Lenore Water Levels from 1974 to 2025. The graph shows that when Lake Lenore drops in water levels, usually Soap Lake shows the same trend. As of the last five years, both have been showing a decrease in water levels.
July 5, 2025
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Soap Lake Conservancy meeting highlights challenges for lake health
SOAP LAKE – The Soap Lake Conservancy held a special meeting Saturday to discuss Soap Lake water level trends. The meeting brought in experts from the Washington Department of Ecology, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and Quincy-Columbia Basin Irrigation District. “A couple of years ago, a few of the people in this room started calling the Department of Ecology with concerns,” DOE Eastern Region Contact, Jaime Short said. “The lake level was going down. What's going on?”