Red River Valley Association 22nd Annual Convention

Tony Porter Operations Project Manager Millwood Tri-Lakes, Little Rock District 23 May 2019

US Army Corps of Engineers

BUILDING STRONG® Today’s Topics

. Little Rock District Overview and Maps . Navigation . Water Supply . Flood Event . Recreation Update . Millwood Tri-Lakes Update

BUILDING STRONG® Little Rock District • District is in part of 2 states: and Missouri • 135 years of service to the nation • 750 full-time employees

• 12 Reservoirs • 13 Navigation Locks and Dams, • 7 Hydroelectric Power Plants • 117 Use Fee Areas • 308 miles of Navigation Channel

BUILDING STRONG® Little Rock District NWK AOR

MVS AOR

SWT AOR MVM AOR

LEGEND MVK AOR Red – District Boundary Black – State Boundary US Army Corps of Engineers Blue – Lakes & Rivers BUILDING STRONG® Shaded – Drainage Basin MKARNS

BUILDING STRONG® MKARNS Commodity Tonnage CY 2018

Total = 10,930,172 tons

BUILDING STRONG® Little Rock District Water Supply

• 11 Projects with Water Supply • 29 agreements • 409,665 Acre-Feet of WS Storage • 500 Million Gallons/Day

BUILDING STRONG® Millwood Lake Water Rights Based on the Storage Space Contracts ACTIVATED #1 Domtar 10.6 #10 Little 1.4 SWEPCO Ogden Ashdown 0% 2% MGD River MGD Little River 8% 1% #2 Domtar 14.4 #11 8.0 Domtar 28% MGD Texarkana MGD

#3 Domtar 25.0 #12 Domtar 5.0 Hope MGD MGD 4% #4 Hope 3.0 #13 Ashdown 5.0 MGD MGD

#5 Texarkana 5.0 #14 Hope 9.0 MGD MGD #6 Domtar 20.0 #15 35 MGD Texarkana MGD

#7 Little 0.7 #16 99.8 Texarkana River MGD Texarkana MGD 57% #8 SWEPCO 21.0 #17 Ogden 0.1 Domtar Texarkana Hope Little River MGD MGD SWEPCO Ogden Ashdown # 9 2.0 TOTAL 265 Texarkana MGD MGD

BUILDING STRONG® Millwood -Tri-Lakes Water Management

BUILDING STRONG® Little River Basin

BUILDING STRONG® 2018 Flooding

Little River: Two of the four lakes in the Little River system, Gillham Lake and Dierks Lake, reached their pool of record. Both have been in operation since 1976 (42 years).

Arkansas River: MS River was forecasted to reach level that would cause backflow into Arkansas River. Stop logs were placed to protect lock miter gates at Lock 1, but MS River crested approx. 1’ short of this condition.

11 February 2018 Total Precipitation 7-day Forecast: Monday, February 20, 2018 7-day Forecast: Tuesday, February 27, 2018 Dierks Releases February-March 2018 Millwood Releases February-March 2018 Regulating Criteria

DEQUEEN GILLHAM DIERKS MILLWOOD

Rolling Fork Little River Saline River Saline River Red River at at at at At at DeQueen, AR Horatio, AR DeQueen, AR Dierks, AR Lockesburg, AR Fulton, AR

Regulating 9.6 ft 21.5 ft 9.5 ft 7.9 ft 8.8 ft 25.0 ft Stage (2,000 cfs) (16,366 cfs) (3,000 cfs) (1,000 cfs) (1,000 cfs) (100,000 cfs)

Flood 24.0 ft 27.0 ft 15.0 ft 15.0 ft 17.0 ft 27.0 ft Stage

BUILDING STRONG® Photo of Millwood Release Approx. 55,000 cfs on March 9, 2018 Millwood Tri-Lakes Recreation Update/Trends

Millwood Dierks DeQueen Gillham

Visitation 126K 170K 106K 60K FY16

Visitation 146K 174K 113K 61K FY17

Visitation 144K 146K 106K 47K FY18

Fee $100K $117K $63K $80K Collection FY16 Fee $117K $117K $84K $81K Collection FY17 Fee $98k $80K $84K $80K Collection FY18

BUILDING STRONG® Millwood Tri-Lakes Recreation Budget Update Chart Title

Gillham

DeQueen

Dierks

Mllwood

0 200000 400000 600000 800000 1000000 FY19 FY18 FY17 FY16

BUILDING STRONG® Recent/Future Projects

. OKAY LEVEE . LIME STABILIZATION . CAMPGROUND REPAIRS . STILLING BASIN REPAIRS

BUILDING STRONG® OKAY LEVEE

BUILDING STRONG® LIME STABILIZATION

BUILDING STRONG® GILLHAM STILLING BASIN

BUILDING STRONG® MILLWOOD STILLING BASIN

BUILDING STRONG® CAMPROUND REPAIRS

BUILDING STRONG® USACE Little Rock District on Facebook

 Find the latest Corps of Engineers' information on lake levels, releases and forecasts needed to enjoy a day of fishing, boating and recreation in the Little Rock District.

https://www.facebook.com/littlerockusace

BUILDING STRONG® USACE Little Rock District on Twitter

 Find the latest Corps of Engineers' information on lake levels, releases and forecasts needed to enjoy a day of fishing, boating and recreation in the Little Rock District.

https://www.twitter.com/usacelittlerock

BUILDING STRONG® USACE Little Rock District Mobile APP

 Find the latest Corps of Engineers' Search USACE Little Rock lake levels, releases and forecasts needed to enjoy a day of fishing, boating and recreation in the Little Rock District.

 Industry shippers, anglers, boaters and paddlers now have the latest river stage and flow rates for their favorite rivers and creeks on a smart phone or tablet.

 Use the SWPA icon to view hydropower generation schedules for the next day or the USGS icon to view stream gage forecasts.

http://www.swl.usace.army.mil

BUILDING STRONG® Contact Information • Little Rock District • Mr. Kevin J. McDaniels, Chief, Ops Division, 501-324-5556 • Tony Porter, Operations Manager, Millwood Tri-Lakes, 501-340-1455 • Mr. Michael Biggs, PE, CFM, Chief Hydraulics & Technical Service Br, 501-324-6232

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/littlerockusace Website: www.swl.usace.army.mil

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