Form 3 Beck Christophe For: Aug 25 (10K)

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Beck Christophe

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

370 WABASHA STREET NORTH

(Street)

SAINT PAUL

55102

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
08/25/2009

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
ECOLAB INC [ECL]

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
Executive V.P., Instit. NA

5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock	8,075	D
Common Stock	112.252 ⁽¹⁾	I	By Ecolab Savings Plan

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Excercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	4. Conversion or Excercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	06/01/2008⁽²⁾	06/01/2017	Common Stock	37,000	$ 43.065	D
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	12/05/2008⁽²⁾	12/05/2017	Common Stock	32,300	$ 49.42	D
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	12/03/2009⁽²⁾	12/03/2018	Common Stock	45,900	$ 35.63	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Number of UNITS in the Ecolab Stock Fund of the Ecolab Savings Plan (401(k) Plan) as of July 31, 2009. (The 112.252 UNITS are the equivalent of approximately 210 shares of the issuer's Common Stock.)

2. Options granted under the Ecolab Inc. 2005 Stock Incentive Plan. Each option becomes exercisable, on a cumulative basis, as to to one-third of the option shares (excluding any fractional portion less than one share) on each of the first and second anniversaries of the date of grant and as to the remaining shares on the third anniversary of the date of grant; provided, however, that if a Change in Control (as that term is defined in the 2005 Plan) of the Company occurs, then the option, if it has been outstanding for at least six months from the date of grant, will become immediately exercisable in full. The date listed in the "Date Exercisable" column is the one year anniversary of the date of grant (i.e., the date when the first one-third of the shares became exercisable).

	David F. Duvick, as Attorney-In-Fact for Christophe Beck	09/02/2009
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby
constitutes and appoints each of Lawrence T. Bell, 
Michael C. McCormick, David F. Duvick, and
Peter G. Westphal, signing singly, as the undersigned's true
and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and
on the undersigned's behalf, and submit to the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a 
Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other 
documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes
and passwords enabling the undersigned to make
electronic filings with the SEC of reports required
by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

(2) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, 
in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or 
director of Ecolab Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5
in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities 
Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder, and any other
forms or reports the undersigned may be required to file in 
connection with the undersigned's ownership, acquisition, or 
disposition of securities of the Company;

(3)do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf
of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable 
to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5, or other
form or report; complete and execute any amendment or amendments
thereto; and timely file such form or report or amendment with 
the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(4)take any other action of any type whatsoever in
connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of
such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the
best interest of, or legally required by, the 
undersigned, it being understood that the documents
executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall
be in such form and shall contain such terms and 
conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in 
such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact
full power and authority to do and perform any and every act
and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be 
done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein
granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with
full power of substitution or revocation, hereby 
ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact,
or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, 
shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of 
this power of attorney and the rights and powers 
herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such 
capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not
assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and
effect until the undersigned is no longer required
to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the 
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in 
securities issued by the Company, unless earlier 
revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing 
delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this 
Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 
1st day of September, 2009.



    /s/Christophe Beck
           Christophe Beck

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