The Soap Lake water elevation compared to the Soap Lake Protective Works annual pumping. As the lake levels go down, pumping rates also decrease. The pumping has little to no impact on lake levels because the pumping rates are adjusted according to 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?”