Environment

Final Chance For Public Input On Scope Of State’s Study For Capitol Lake’s Future


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Olympia’s Capitol Lake was designed to be an ornamental reflecting pool to compliment the dome of the legislature. But the lake is in trouble. A $4-million dollar study of options to fix it is underway. Public comments on what should be included in the study will be heard Monday at a meeting in Olympia . Capitol Lake was created when the Deschutes River was dammed in 1951 and has been filling up with sediment ever since. It now holds about 60 percent less water. It’s violating water quality
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EnvironmentBy KNKX Public Radio