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Built for flood control the demands on the water of Lake Ouachita have
increased over the years. Where the Water Goes
Electrical Generation:
Over its half-century of service, Blakely Mountain Power Plant
has produced over nine billion kilowatt-hours of energy.
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Drinking Water:
North Garland County Regional Water District:
- The North Garland County Regional Water District has a contract
with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to obtain water from Lake
Ouachita.
- The current contract allows the district to obtain up to one
million gallons per day from the lake.
- The district has obtained an oral commitment from the Corps to
amend the existing contract to allow the District to draw up to 4
million gallons per day.
- A study is currently awaiting funding by the Corps to proceed
with this commitment.
- The North Garland County Regional Water District has one water treatment
facility located on Lake Ouachita that has a capacity of 2 million gallons
per day. The current water production averages approximately 600,000
gallons per day.
- The District can double the plant capacity to 4 million gallons per day by
adding another clarifier and two additional filters. Planning and design for
these improvements will proceed in approximately 2009. No other facilities
will have to be upgraded to produce 4 million gallons per day and transmit
it to the system.
Saline County and Hot Springs in Arkansas Wants it.
Gaining a Lake Ouachita water allocation is vital to Benton,
says Ray Gabbard, a director of
Saline Watershed Alliance.
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