Beaver Water District
Beaver Water District (BWD) is a water district created in 1957 as a quasi-governmental agency to provide treated drinking water to the communities of Northwest Arkansas. The district's source is Beaver Lake, an impoundment of the White River created by Beaver Dam. The district wholesales treated potable water to Bentonville, Fayetteville, Rogers and Springdale, who then re-sell the water to their residential/commercial customers and smaller nearby communities. Administration Beaver Water District is governed by its board of directors. The elected six-member board contains three members each from Benton and Washington counties. The board meets monthly at the district's office in Lowell. Customers BWD sells water wholesale to the four largest communities in NWA, who utilize their own distribution systems to deliver water to residential and commercial customers. All four communities also resell to smaller communities within their service area that utilize distribution systems under their jurisdiction. For example, Springdale Water Utilities owns and maintains water mains in Johnson. Bentonville Bella Vista Cave Springs Fayetteville Elkins Farmington Goshen Greenland Mount Olive Rural Water Association Wheeler Johnson (south) Rural Washington County West Fork Springdale Bethel Heights Elm Springs Johnson (north) Lowell (south) Rural Benton and Washington counties Tontitown Rogers Lowell (north) Benton