WSP01088

• File Number: 8112.600
• Description: Arkansas White Red Basins Interagency Committee - AWRBIAC -- Reports
• Basin: Arkansas
• Water Division: 2
• Date: 6/1/1977
• Title: Specific Problem Analysis Summary Report - 1975 National Assessment of Water and Related Land Resources - Part 2 of 2
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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11.8 m.g.d.
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Storage capacity of the impoundments, excluding that storsge
allocated for siltation and conservation is ss follows: 16

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McDaniel Lake 1.4 billion gallons
(holding lake)
Fellows Lake 8.5 billion ga llons
(reserve lake)
Total storage 9.9 billion gallons

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Current water treatment facilities have a capacity of 24 mil-
lion gallons per day, however, because of demands approaching this
figure the past few summers (during dry periods) some work has
been done on the plant, increasing the peak rate of operation to
31 million gallons per day.

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The most prominently mentioned additional supply sourCe for
Springfield is the County Line Dam proposed by the u. S.,Army Corps
of Engineers. The reservoir would provide 58 million gallons per
day and with current supplies would take care of Springfield's
needs well past the year 2030.17 Data and objectives to this
sourC8 are recorded in the County Line Lake Report and the Draft
Environmental Impact Statement (U. S. Army Engineers).

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Alternative sources thst have been mentioned include piping
water from Stockton Lake or Pomme de Terre Lake. Further develop-
ment from groundwater sources have also been suggested, however,
these sources are potentially exhaustible and lowering of the water
table increases contamination possibilities.

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Alternatives that' need to be studied and have been suggested
in the upcoming Geology and Water Resources at Springfield, Missouri
report include artifically recharging the deep aquifer when there
is a surplus of surface water, then withdrawing water when surface
water is deficient. Other alternatives include using springs in
the areal either as a prime source or for recharge of the deep
aquifer. 8

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City utilities of Springfield has proposed building a new water
treatment facility in the southeast portion of the city, to better
service that part of the city. A site on the James River would
be the most favorable location. Three locations have been proposed,
and sources of supply include the proposed County Line Lake, a
pipe~ine from Pomme de Terre to augment flows of the Jamea River,
and an interim supply from a new smaller reservoir built by the
City or from deep wells. Location for this reservoir would be

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