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

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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