The Source Fall 2025 Archives | Beaver Water District

Congratulations to the 2026 Scholarship Recipients

Pictured from left to right with BWD Board of Director members Woody Bassett, David Short, Leigh Ann Johnston, Bill Watkins, recipients Kaleb Smith, Trent Parsons, Autumn Jones, Caroline Cheek and Board member Chris Weiser. The Joe M. Steele & Hardy W. Croxton Memorial Scholarship is funded by Beaver Water District (BWD) Board Members and provides […]

November 5, 2025 View Article

Employee Happenings – Fall 2025

BWD Comes Out On Top!!! The Beaver Water District Top Ops Team won the regional competition held at the Southwest Section Conference of AWWA for the second year in a row! Taking home the top honors will allow them to move on to the national competition held next year in Washington DC during the AWWA […]

November 5, 2025 View Article

Meet the Board – Fall 2025

We are continuing our series this quarter with Bill Watkins. Mr. Watkins is one of the three publicly elected members of the Board from Benton County and currently serves as the Board President. Why did you initially want to serve on the BWD board? In 2004 Board member Benny Latimer asked me if I would […]

November 5, 2025 View Article

The High-Wire Routine

On a regular basis, I am asked to speak to organizations about the current and future challenges for continuing to provide adequate drinking water in NWA. If it happens to be during a hot and dry time of year, the first question is always “Do we have enough water in the lake?”. If we have […]

November 5, 2025 View Article

Late Summer & Early Fall – The Seasons of Water!

To say the staff at Beaver Water District (BWD) has been busy is a HUGE understatement. From lakes appreciation month, to smart irrigation month, to water quality month, to source water protection week, to Pick Up Where You Play NWA, and then Imagine a Day Without Water, the staff has taken part in all of […]

November 5, 2025 View Article

Capital Projects Update

Fall 2025 Update Expansion of Intakes BWD selected Crossland Heavy Contractors for the pump installation project at the intakes and will seek formal contract approval at our November board meeting. The project includes installing five new 1,250-hp pumps at the North Intake and replacing three smaller pumps with three 1,000-hp units at the South Intake, […]

May 2, 2023 View Article