The Source Spring 2024 Archives | Beaver Water District

Employee Happenings – Spring 2024

Northwest District of the Arkansas Water Works & Water Environment Association Selects Water Taste Winners Bella Vista POA won the 2024 best tasting drinking water contest at the Northwestern District Meeting of the Arkansas Waterworks and Water Environment Association held in March. Four different water systems competed for the NW District title of Best Tasting […]

May 2, 2024 View Article

Citizens Water Academy 2024 Wraps Up

Since 2018, Beaver Water District has been offering a formalized educational academy for adults known as the Citizens Water Academy (CWA). The goal of the academy is to educate Northwest Arkansas community leaders about the District, our treatment of water from Beaver Lake, and the importance of drinking water to our area and its economy. […]

May 2, 2024 View Article

It Takes a Village

By M. Lane Crider P.E., LEED AP Credited originally as an African proverb, the phrase “It takes a village to raise a child” referred to the idea that it takes the interaction and care of many to provide for a child’s growth. The phrase has been often recited in American culture for many purposes, most […]

May 2, 2024 View Article

More Than Treating Water…

A Utility Emergency Preparedness Drill By Mindi Dearing Compliance Manager, Beaver Water District Our readers are used to learning about expansion and infrastructure needs, water quality issues, and source water protection, but probably not safety. Safety measures and exercises that drinking water utilities like ours are practicing are critical. People are the most vital resource […]

May 2, 2024 View Article

Capital Projects Update

Fall 2024 Update Western Corridor Pipeline Approximately 40% of the pipe has been installed as of the end of September. Two pipe-laying crews continue to work in separate locations, and boring continues on the East side of the project. Other active work includes rock removal and concrete placement for valve vaults. Work in the most […]

May 2, 2023 View Article