Did you Know???...Soap Lake Siphon

[Old406Kid]

I didn't know this and found it quite interesting.

#DidYouKnow: The Soap Lake siphon—part of Reclamation’s Columbia Basin Project—is the

world’s largest inverted siphon at 12,883 feet long. Up to 5,100 cubic feet per second of water flows through the siphon from the east side of Soap Lake to the west, traveling under Washington State’s Highway 17.
When at full capacity, 41 million gallons of water moves through the siphon every 16 minutes. The Soap Lake siphon is essential in delivering water to 255,000 acres of land within the Quincy Columbia Basin Irrigation District.

 

[Jim Allen]

Wow pretty interesting

 

[Billy]

Soap Lake is more or less the center of a lot of amazing things.

 

[Mossback]

410 slgpm...

 

[G_Smolt]

That's like a third of the Skagit at average flow.

Dang.

 

[Old406Kid]

Soap Lake is more or less the center of a lot of amazing things.

I agree even though I don't know the ladyfolk like you do.

 

[Billy]

I agree even though I don't know the ladyfolk like you do.

Few do

 

[Evan B]

There's a siphon that runs from south of Ephrata the SE and pops out by Dodson rd-ish. The house I spent most my childhood is right on the canal about half a mile or so downstream of the outlet. It was quite a popular swimming spot for some reason I still can't figure out.