North Texas Municipal Water District’sProposed Lower Bois d’Arc Creek Reservoir
Presented by:Jim Parks
Major North Texas Water Providers
NTMWD TREATED WATER SERVICE AREA
13 Member Cities• Allen• Farmersville• Forney• Frisco• Garland• McKinney• Mesquite• Richardson• Plano• Princeton• Rockwall• Royse City• Wylie
49 Customer Cities, Towns & Water Supply Corporations
NTMWD Raw Water Supply Sources
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Oklahoma Water
Toledo Bend Phase 1
Marvin Nichols Reservoir
Lower Bois d'Arc CreekReservoirNew Lake Texoma
Upper Sabine Basin
Interim GTUA Supply
Additional Lake Lavon Yield
East Fork Reuse
Wilson Creek Reuse (new)
Interim DWU Supply
Conservation
Lake Bonham
Wilson Creek Reuse (permitted)
Lake Chapman
Lake Texoma
Lake Lavon
Total Currently AvailableSuppliesProjected Demands
2007 State Water Plan for NTMWD
Lower Bois d’Arc Creek Reservoir
Fannin County, TX
Area: 16,526 acresStorage: 367,609 ac-ftSupply: 113 MGDAverage Depth: 22 ftMaximum Depth: 70 ftLake Elevation: 534 ft msl
Water Right Application• Submitted - December 2006• Administratively complete - June 2007• Interbasin transfer meetings -September 2007• Supplemental application:
– 401 & 404 applications• Outstanding Requests for Information:
– Instream Flow Study– Reservoir Operating Plan– Downstream Impacts– Mitigation Plan
404 Permit Application
• Submitted to USACE – June 2008
• EIS Determination – March 2009
– EIS Contractor Selected August 2009
– Public & Agency Scoping Meetings – December
2009
404 Permit Application
• Required by USACE:
– Jurisdictional Determination Report – Habitat Evaluation Study – Reservoir Site – Geomorphic Assessment of Streams – Environmental Report – Archeological Report – (begin spring 2010)
Land Acquisition
• NTMWD Board approved - November 2007
• Reservoir Site Land needed – 22,590 acres
• Acquisitions to date - 9,991 acres (44%)
• Riverby Ranch Mitigation Area
– 14,958 acres
RIVERBY RANCH MITIGATION AREA
• 14,958 acres• Potentially meets all
mitigation needs:– Created wetlands– Stream restoration– Uplands
• Very unique opportunity
RIVERBY RANCH MITIGATION AREA
• Developing partnership with USFS to manage site
• Double USFS lands within the region
• USFS staff has shown strong support
• Designated themselves as a “cooperating agency”
Lower Bois d’ Arc ReservoirSchedule