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of NW Arkansas has grown Branch Drakes Chicken from less than 100,000 to over Faulkner 500,000 and is projected to Bristle Roundtop surpass 800,000 by 2040. JacksonKnob Pasture 29% White Oak Creek • Rapid population growth, Lollars Creek Bushart expanding development, and Rock Sulphur City Creek increasing demand for water Washburn Creek Snyder Burchette affect and continue to impact Stevenson Fork Forest 60% source streams and Beaver Lake. Round McCullah S White Spring S • Lake water quality is still Durham Hill Jackson good, but under stress due to Eubanks Japton rising levels of sediment and algae-feeding nutrients. Creek Terra • 45% of the watershed is Riverside Park Studios Grose Kecks BEAVER LAKE WATERSHED ranked moderate to severe in Lingebaugh Creek Witter erosion hazard potential. Bloyd NATIONAL LAND COVER DATA Snake Creek Creek Moore Little Creek 2011 • 78% of the watershed is very 156 Ole Opry limited for conventional septic West White system suitability. Mill Creek Ledbetter Parker Hill 23 Allen Knob Shumate 16 Hughes Creek Fork Sugar Hobbs River Creek Everett Fork Creek Thomas White Panther Knob Dry Creek River Hammond Crosses Hall Ogden LL EE GG EE NN DD 170 River Cannon Pig Trail Bypass H London Cafe & Grocery H Watershed County Whittmore Keck Knob Boundary Line Streams Waterbody

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BEAVER LAKE FACTS Beaver Lake Is A Multipurpose Water Storage Reservoir Reservoir Characteristics • Top OF Conservation Pool: 1120.43 MSL • Average Depth: 60 ft = 18.3 m Upper end is river-like. Mid-section is a transition zone. Lower end lake-like. • Depth at Dam: 228 ft = 69 m • Maximum Depth: 240 ft = 73 m RIVERINE TRANSITION LACUSTRINE • Length Hwy 45 to Dam: 49.7 mi = 80 km wer, St ider, Flow Velocit e, Less T Narro ron W y Slows, Particles Settl urbid spe g C Turbulence • Shoreline: 449 mi = 722.6 km ing, Su nded urrent, Winds Mix P High Turbid Light Penetrates, Polluta • Widest, Deepest Section Mix articles, ity nts/Nut ccumulate, Algae • Surface Area: rients A Grows • Minimal to Negligible Current Temperature Incre 2 2 ases, Water Quality Diminished • Summer Stratification 44 mi = 114 km = 28,220 Acres

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2015 DATA SUMMER Stratification & FALL”TURNOVER” WATER FLOW IN: 657 billion gallons WINTER UNIFORM SUMMER STRATIFICATION FALL TURNOVER WATER REMOVED “Used/Lost” (Gallons): Air Temperature Drops. Winds Cool & Stir Surface Layer • Power Generation: 350 billion BEAVER LAKE Epilimnion Cooler, More Dense Water Sinks Warm/Low Density • Water Supply: 24.5 billion TEMPERATURE RANGES Relatively Uniform Thermocline • Released Over Spillway: 122 billion SURFACE BOTTOM Density & Cold Temperature Rapid Warm To Cold Winter 32°-45°F 37°-40°F Transition with Depth • Evaporation: 31 billion Summer 78°-90°F 39°-45°F Hypolimnion • Unknown Means of Loss: 8.3 billion Cold/High Density B Wa ed TOTAL: 535.3 billion y ter Displac er Sin at king Surface W HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME: Lakes and reservoirs that stratify and mix once a year are “Monomictic.” Beaver Lake stratifies or separates into layers of contrasting It takes about 1.0 to 1.5 years for water water temperatures and densities in Summer. Mixing occurs during the“Fall Turnover”as decreasing air temperature and winds cool to move through Beaver Reservoir. INFORMATION SOURCES: BEAVER WATER DISTRICT (www.bwdh2o.org) • US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS/BEAVER LAKE (www.swl.usace.army.mil/Missions/Recreation/Lakes/Beaver-Lake/) water in the epilimnion, causing it to become more dense and sink to the bottom where it displaces water in the hypolimnion. Source: www.bwdh2o.org/BEAVER LAKE/Lake Data Original Diagram Source: nysparksnaturetimes.com/tag/lake-turnover/

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1949 1954 1958 1960 Steele Plant 1966 1968 1970 1972 1978 1982 1992 1998 Old New 2006 2012 FUTURE BWD Provides BWD US Water Supply Dam/Lake/ BWD Assumes “Two-Ton” Benton/Washington Regional MCRWD Increases BWD Hardy Croxton Adds 50 MGD BWD To US Congress Water To All 4 Steele CBWD Provides BWD Water Education Beaver Dam Act Passes Beaver Dam Springdale Intake Lake Operating Control of Public Water Authority (BWRPWA) Formed Capacity To 6.4 MGD Expand To Authorizes Major Cities of Plant Water To Center Dedication Association Beaver Dam & Water & JM Steele Plant Fills To Steele Plant. Carroll • BWD Steele Plant Renovation 220 MGD Beaver Dam Springdale, Rogers, Expanded Eureka Springs Honors John M. Lewis Forms Construction District Intake Completed 1120 Ft & Boone Water • New Admin Bldg Construction & Build Construction Bentonville, & to 50 MGD & Berryville “Two-Ton” BWRPWA • “Two-Ton”/BWRPWA Expansion (BWD Board Of Approved Construction To Treat 10 Million MSL Districts Form Madison County Regional Western Fayetteville Capacity 4 MGD Capacity To 24 MGD Directors 1975-2007) Begins Gallons Per Day Water District (MCRWD) Corridor Beaver BWD Steele Serves 1st Customers AR Act 114 (MGD) Comes Online At 3 MGD & Pipeline & Water Plant Madison Carroll & Boone Water & CBWD 2nd BWD Steele Allows Water CBWD Provides BWD Hardy Croxton Plant BWD New Raw Hub District Expanded County Water Districts Merge To Treatment Plant Plant & New Beaver Districts Water To Goes Into Service With 40 Water Intake (BWD) to 25 MGD Facilities Board Form CBWD with 6 Expansion To 18 MGD Admin Bldg Watershed To Form Harrison MGD Capacity Completed Established Capacity Organized MGD Capacity Capacity Dedicated Alliance Formed

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SS Build a rain garden to capture, absorb, and slowly drain runoff. SS Contact Nw ARKANSAS land trust (nwalandtrust.org) for information on SS Landscape with native plants economic, environmental, and public that require less water and keep BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES benefits of conserving LAND and the ecosystem healthy. including GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE SS Set a rain barrel under a gutter in development, as described in the downspout to collect rainwater NW ARKANSAS Open Space Plan for your lawn and garden or point (nwaopenspace.com). nwalandtrust.org downspouts toward flower beds or areas covered with vegetation. SS Promote low impact development practices designed to slow, spread, and Roof nwaopenspace.com SS Cover exposed soil with mulch Runoff or tarps to reduce erosion. soak up runoff, reduce erosion, and recharge groundwater. Lawn SS Put pet waste in trash or pet waste digesters to Runoff Gutter SS Establish greenway CORES, HUBS Runoff keep bacteria out of our drinking water. and corridors to allow safe passage SS Have your septic system inspected and pumped for wildlife and help keep pollution, Street Runoff regularly. litter, and sediment-laden stormwater SS Wash your car at a car wash or on the lawn to from entering surface waterbodies. Stormwater Runoff keep contaminants out of the water. MANAGE RUNOFF ELIMINATE POLLUTION S Ends Up In Local S Keep grass clippings, leaves, yard and Streams, Creeks, Runoff occurs when rain flows across Contaminated runoff negatively impacts our Rivers & Lakes SS Dispose of motor oils, household chemicals, and pet waste, and all hazardous materials Courtesy NCDENR paint at your local hazardous waste center. land. Flow off of hard surface areas (like source waters. Rural, urban, and suburban out of storm drains. roads, parking lots, and rooftops) increases in runoff from construction sites, lawns, gardens, volume, speed, and strength, causing greater croplands, pastures, and golf courses may frequency of flash floods and more erosion transport excessive amounts of sediment, damage to natural ground surfaces, ditches, nutrients, pathogens, and toxins to surface gullies, and streambanks. Properly managing waterbodies and groundwater. Sediment and SS Manage Forests with ecological stormwater runoff prevents land loss, need contaminant buildup degrades water quality thinning or prescribed fire to reduce for costly repair, and harm to homes and and harms the environment, human health, stand density and remove invasive property of neighbors who live downstream. and tourism of Northwest Arkansas. understory, promote native species diversity, provide wildlife habitat, hold soil in place, and protect water quality. SS Monitor and maintain erosion prone areas such as steep slopes, drainages, unpaved roads, trails, stream corridors and crossings. SS Avoid stream crossings when SS test YOUR SOIL FOR FREE! Find out what your designing roads. Where unaviodable, soil needs and save money by using just enough plan roads to cross streams at right fertilizer. Contact your county extension office angles. (www.uaex.edu). SS STABILIZE shores and streambanks SS Use a pasture aerator to increase forage with buffers of native plants and trees. production and reduce runoff. SS Maintain unpaved roads with wing ditches or water bars to decrease soil loss. PREVENT EROSION CONSERVE LAND SS Establish buffers vegetated with native plants Erosion processes include soil removal and As NW Arkansas continues to grow and around pastures and water bodies to support transport to another location. Stormwater flow prosper, conservation of our natural land wildlife and stabilize banks. increases and moves faster off hard surface areas helps curb the harmful effects of areas causing flash flooding and accelerated erosion and runoff to White River and Beaver forestry.arkansas.gov SS Provide livestock with alternative watering streambank erosion leading to loss of land, a Lake waterways. Northwest Arkansas Land sources like ponds or water tanks and minimize Forest Management Guide growing problem in the watershed. Sediment Trust (nwalandtrust.org) provides accredited, for Arkansas’s herd access to creeks to prevent stream bank in waterways degrades wildlife habitat and local, voluntary, permanent land protection Forest Landowners erosion. drinking water quality, making it the number services to landowners and municipalities SS Collect and store livestock waste in a stacking one pollutant in Beaver Lake. Request best with interest in forever conserving our unique shed. management programs and land stewardship regional sense of place, natural heritage, local SS Adopt a PRESCRIBED GRAZING PLAN from the assistance from Beaver Watershed Alliance food sources, and holistic community quality USDA NRCS to manage vegetation (nrcs.usda. (beaverwatershedalliance.org). of life for current and future generations. gov).

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WATERSHED CHARACTERISTICS BIOINDICATORS OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH The Beaver Lake Watershed is home to a variety of animal and plant species, many of which are “bioindicators” of the overall health of their surroundings. Variation in abundance, behavior, and wellbeing of bioindicator species can be a sign of changing environmental conditions. An understanding of how an organism functions in different environmental conditions, from clean to polluted, can help us learn more about the health of the habitat in which the animal, plant, or insect lives.

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“watershedS” are land areas Water moves through the watershed Sediment is the number one Macroinvertebrates are organisms with no BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATE WATER QUALITY BIOINDICATORS bounded by topographic divides off which across and below the land surface, picking pollutant to the lake. It degrades aquatic backbone or internal skeleton and are large enough to SENSITIVE: SOMEWHAT SENSITIVE: TOLERANT: water flows to one side or the other. up dirt (sediment) and other pollutants on wildlife habitat by clouding the water and see without magnification. These organisms are very Good WQ Fair WQ Poor WQ Precipitation falling within a watershed its way to Beaver Lake. flash flooding carries other pollutants that can disrupt the diverse and useful as bioindicators. They are a major CADDISFLY ALDERFLY BLACKFLY carries sediment, and dissolved materials as frequency and intensity increases as more balance of the ecosystem. Also, cleaning food source for amphibians, birds, fish, and reptiles and 9-23 mm LARVA LARVA it flows along a system of gullies and creeks natural ground surface is covered with dirtier water to make it safe to drink is an essential part of both aquatic and terrestrial food 0.35-0.9 10-25 mm 5-8 mm inch 0.39-0.98 0.2-0.31 to the lowest lying body of water such as a impervious or impermeable rooftops and more difficult and costs more money. webs. As such, they are critical to the healthy function inch inch stream, lake, or ocean. materials, like asphalt or concrete. Septic tank drain field of field, forest, lake, stream, and wetland ecosystems. Plugged sinkhole MAYFLY CRANEFLY LEECHES Losing stream 3-18 mm LARVA 4-450 mm Sinkhole used Some macroinvertebrates are very sensitive to as trash dump 0.12-0.71 10-25 mm 0.16-17.7 pollution. They live and thrive only in the cleanest inch 0.39-0.98 inches of environments or water of highest quality. Other inch Well species have greater tolerances to polluted degraded STONEFLY DRAGONFLY MIDGE LARVA 5-50mm NYMPH 3-25 mm living conditions or water quality. 0.2-1.97 10-40 mm 0.12-0.98 inch 0.39-1.57 inch Aquatic species, growing or living in or near inch water, are especially responsive to fluctuations in WATER PENNY WATER SNIPE POUCH SNAIL dissolved oxygen (DO), pH, temperature, salinity, 3-10 mm FLY LARVA 5-20 mm Groundwater contamination 0.12-0.39 5-50mm 0.2-0.79 Illegal trash from septic tank turbidity (cloudiness caused by floating particles dump going into drain field inch 0.2-1.97 inch groundwater To spring Water table like algae, sediment, organic matter), and fertilizer inches or nutrient levels (nitrogen, phosphorous, potassium). Water can move quickly through karst terrain. Courtesy of University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service “Benthic” macroinvertebrates may spend all or only the immature Underground “karst” features (larval or nymph) stages of their life cycle attached to gravel, rocks, or plants The geology of the Beaver Lake such as caves, fissures, and sinkholes Groundwater moving through at the bottom of water bodies. These bottom-dwelling organisms are grouped Watershed consists of alternating layers form as water seeps through fractured, karst can cover hundreds of feet in one according to the different ways they feed and how they attach to surfaces. of sandstone, limestone, and shale. Area soluble limestones. Polluted stormwater day, making unique cave ecosystems, Feeding behaviors include collecting by filtering food out of water or gathering, soil types are derived from weathering and can flow directly into groundwater through wells, springs, streams, and Beaver Lake grazing on algae by scraping it off surfaces, and shredding grass, leaves, or breaking down “parent” rock materials. these openings. This makes following particularly susceptible to contamination. other plant material in the water making nutrients available for other aquatic Soils tend to be classified as “poor” in their Best Management Practices and proper What takes place in one part of the organisms. Some anchor to rocks by building nets or webs, while others watershed may affect the quality of water ability to absorb and process nutrients. planning for new construction extremely attach to fallen leaves or twigs, or cling on sandy to muddy substrates. important in protecting water quality. upstream, downstream, and underground.

BEAVER LAKE WATERSHED EDUCATION & EVENTS PARTNERS VOLUNTEER TO HELP KEEP BEAVER LAKE & Ozarks Water Watch is a regional non-profit WATERSHED CLEAN BEAVER LAKE organization whose mission is to promote WATERSHED The Beaver Watershed Alliance is water quality in the a community supported non-profit Upper White River watershed protection organization that Watershed through bi-state collaboration 301 N. Primrose Road • Lowell, AR 72745 focuses on keeping the Beaver Lake on research, education, public policy, Watershed healthy. The Alliance was and action projects. SECCHI DAY ON BEAVER LAKE LAKE & STREAM MONITORING TEAMS formed in 2011 to lead the implementaion The focus of the organization is on the bwdh2o.org ozarkswaterwatch.org & owwbeaverlake.org of the “Beaver Lake Watershed four major impoundments on the Upper Protection Strategy,” which was White River in Arkansas and Missouri: prepared for the Northwest Arkansas Beaver, Table Rock, Taneycomo, and Bull RWU ROGERS WATER UTILITIES Council in 2009. Major recommendations SPRINGS Shoals Lakes and the rivers and streams BEAVER from the Protection Strategy are to which drain into them. The organization LAKE address: 1) urban stormwater runoff WITHROW works with agencies, stakeholders, and STREAMBANK RESTORATION INVASIVE PLANT REMOVAL watershedconservation.org nwalandtrust.org and quality; 2) runoff from construction interested citizen groups as an advocate sites; 3) conservation of land; 4) stream for clean water by serving as a buffer, bank, and channel restoration; community educator and leading projects 5) cropland, natural area, and pasture to protect water quality. Learn more at management; 6) watershed protection www.ozarkswaterwatch.org. volunteer and steward recruitment. Raw Water Supply

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The Alliance’s major goal is to work Secondary Supply Beaver is a citizen science Lake constructively with diverse stakeholders, Water Treatment Facility Watershed program directed WAR EAGLE APPRECIATION DAY WATERSHED CLEANUPS landowners, and communities to beaverwatershedalliance.org beaverwatershedalliance.org Primary Customers Protection by Ozarks Water Strategy May 2012 Revision Secondary Customers improve and maintain water

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or benefits from the lake and its watershed YEAR-ROUND CLEANUPS exceeds all regulatory requirements and is economically priced 2012 Revision Prepared By: quality data and increase awareness of Beaver Watershed Alliance PO Box 319 to maintain a long-term, high quality The Beaver Lake Watershed Partners invite consistent with our quality standards. Goshen, AR 72735 conditions in the White River/Beaver Lake www.BeaverWatershedAlliance.org Originally Prepared for: drinking water supply is critical to Northwest Arkansas Council you to help protect Northwest Arkansas’ By: tributaries. FOUR REGIONAL BEAVER LAKE DRINKING WATER PROVIDERS Tetra Tech 3200 Chapel Hill-Nelson Hwy, Suite 105 meet present needs and support PO Box 14409 drinking water source by volunteering for Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 Coordination, networking, and sharing Carroll-Boone future growth of the region. beaverwatershedalliance.org of exisiting volunteer citizen science and any number of Beaver Lake Watershed Clean- Water District Representatives from stakeholder Benton/Washington Regional student groups watershed monitoring and Ups, Rain Garden Installations, or Stream 18 MGD groups, including agriculture, business, Public Water Authority The quality of life and economic prosperity in protection efforts and resources is facilitated Water Quality Monitoring Programs. Get “Two Ton” conservation, construction, technical, Northwest Arkansas rely greatly on the health by StreamSmart. The project was developed to know the watershed, make a difference, 24 MGD* government, recreation, and drinking of Beaver Lake and its watershed. This map and is maintained through a partnership learn new skills, and improve your health by water suppliers, all serve on The Alliance’s shows the watershed that supplies water to with Arkansas Game and Fish Stream Team, becoming part of an active, enthusiastic, and Board of Directors. For more about Madison County Beaver Lake – the drinking water source for Arkansas Water Resources Center, Beaver ever expanding community of water quality programs offered and ways you can Regional Water District over 500,000 people in Northwest Arkansas or Water District, Beaver Watershed Alliance, caretakers and citizen scientists. 6.4 MGD support this effort, please visit www. 1 in 6 Arkansans. The lake and its tributaries Northwest Arkansas Master Naturalists, Join the fun, lend a hand, meet new friends, beaverwatershedalliance.org, email also provide stunning vistas and recreational and Ozarks Water Watch. Volunteer at www. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: Many thanks to Beaver Watershed Alliance, and serve the greater good at upcoming Beaver Beaver Water District [email protected], Ozarks Water Watch, Northwest Arkansas Land Trust, and the University 140 MGD opportunities for boating, swimming, fishing, owwbeaverlake.org or call (479)295-7717. of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service for information & insights Lake Watershed events. or call (479)750-8007. contributed to the creation & revision of the BLWS Map. *MGD - Million Gallons Per Day and wildlife viewing. Beaver Lake Watershed Map Revised March 2020