Stories Archive | 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

Bringing Water Education to Life for Our Youngest Learners

Collaboration Highlights from Springdale Schools This spring, the Arkansas Environmental Education Association (AEEA), Beaver Water District (BWD), and Illinois River Watershed Partnership (IRWP) teamed up to bring hands-on, water-focused professional development to early childhood educators in the Springdale School District. It began with a small group of educators in 2024 who spent two days exploring […]

August 1, 2025 View Article

Employee Happenings – Summer 2025

Beaver Water District is excited to announce that Colleen Sarkar joined the district on June 16, 2025, as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Colleen is first female C-Suite executive in the history of the district. Colleen comes to the district from the city of Sherwood, Arkansas, where she has been the Director of Finance and Treasurer, […]

August 1, 2025 View Article

Meet the Board – Summer 2025

As NWA continues to grow and Beaver Water District continues to expand their infrastructure, it seems like a suitable time to get to know more about our Board of Directors for the district. Board members are publicly elected, three from each county (Benton & Washington). Each quarter will ask a new board member why he/she […]

August 1, 2025 View Article

Thank You’s Earned

Late in July, I joined water and wastewater managers from around the state, as we gathered in El Dorado, for the Arkansas Water and Wastewater Managers Association’s (AWWMA) annual conference. From large utilities like Beaver Water District, who serve hundreds of thousands of residents, businesses, industries, and institutions, to small community systems that serve only […]

August 1, 2025 View Article

Beaver Water District and Customer Cities Work Together on New Lawn Irrigation Program

Planning for the future growth and development of Northwest Arkansas is the main topic of almost all meetings and discussions at Beaver Water District. While infrastructure needs for that growth can be seen everywhere around the district’s facility in Lowell, there is so much more going on than just building/construction. The Mission of the District […]

August 1, 2025 View Article

BWD Is a CommuniTree Partner

The “Arkansas CommuniTree” program is a pilot program to provide high quality potted trees and technical assistance to riparian landowners wishing to restore floodplains. Target areas are watersheds that provide drinking water for Arkansans and initial partners include three of Arkansas’s largest water utilities, Beaver Water District, Conway Corporation, and Central Arkansas Water. These initial […]

May 15, 2025 View Article

Employee Happenings – Spring 2025

From left to right: Barb Martin-Executive Director of Water Collaborative Delivery Association, Cheryl Porter-President of AWWA, Meghan Post-Education Coordinator at BWD, Emerson O’Donnell-Senior Program Manager at WaterNow Alliance The Transformative Water Leadership Academy (TWLA) announced the graduation of its second cohort, composed of 42 water utility professionals from across the United States and Canada. Graduates […]

May 15, 2025 View Article