The Source Summer 2024 Archives | Beaver Water District

Employee Happenings – Summer 2024

Cassie Storey joined BWD in July as the Executive Administrator. Previously an Executive Administrative Assistant at a school district in Illinois, she made a move to Arkansas in January and has been an Administrative Assistant at Bentonville Schools until coming to the District. Cassie has two teen boys and enjoys mountain biking, hiking, and finding […]

August 12, 2024 View Article

Water Quality Report

By Mindi Dearing, Compliance Manager Beaver Water District’s Mission is “To sustainably provide our customers with safe, economical drinking water”. In order to do this, we must continuously comply with the standards that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sets for drinking water to protect against naturally occurring and man-made contaminants. Maximum contaminant levels for […]

August 12, 2024 View Article

The Double-Edged Sword

I have a slide that I routinely use in presentations about the history of Beaver Water District and Beaver Lake titled “The Drinking Water Effect”. The slide shows the combined population of Washington and Benton Counties from 1840 to present day, along with recent population projections out to 2040. From 1900 to 1960, the two-county […]

August 12, 2024 View Article

Stormwater Utility Makes Sense

By Dr. James A. McCarty, Environmental Quality Manager In March of 2006, the first agreement was signed between the City of Fayetteville and Beaver Water District (BWD) for the protection of Beaver Lake. This particular agreement centered around potential changes to the discharge permit for the Noland Wastewater Plant and focused on efforts both the […]

August 12, 2024 View Article

Capital Projects Update

Summer 2024 Update Western Corridor Pipeline There are now two pipe-laying crews working on the project to help speed up progress. One crew began working just east of Lincoln Street in Lowell and is heading eastward toward Hwy 265. The other crew started near the pump station and is making their way eastward toward Spring […]

May 2, 2023 View Article