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Sources and Treatment
The Huckleberry Creek Reservoir is a
water supply for the city of Russellville, Arkansas, created by
constructing a dam across Huckleberry Creek, a tributary of the Illinois
Bayou, immediately upstream of the mouth of Huckleberry Creek. The lake
is filled by the flow of Huckleberry Creek, and supplemented by pumping
into the lake from the nearby Illinois Bayou. Lake water is withdrawn
from an intake structure constructed in the lake bed near the dam, and
is piped by gravity flow through a pipeline into the Russellville water
treatment plant, for treatment and distribution to Russellville water
customers. The water treatment plant is approximately 90 feet lower than
the lake surface. Construction began on the lake with the clearing of
the lake bed and dam area in November 1993. Construction on the dam,
pumping station, and pipeline began in May1994, and all major
construction was complete in February 1996. Filling of the lake with
pumps began in January 1996, and the lake reached full capacity with
water flowing over the spillway crest on June 12, 1996.
Statistical Information:
| Size of
Drainage Basin |
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5,440
acres (8.5 sq. miles) |
| Normal
Elevation (Spillway Crest) |
|
elev. 460 |
| Minimum
Elevation |
|
elev. 415 |
| Volume
when Full (elev. 460) |
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5.8
billion gallons |
| Volume
at Elev. 415 |
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945
million gallons |
| Surface
Area When Full (elev. 460) |
|
508 acres |
| Surface
Area at elev. 415 |
|
187 acres |
| Normal
Yield of Drainage Basin |
|
2
million gallons /day (mgd) |
| Supply
Capacity, drought years |
|
greater
than 40 mgd for 120 days
(el. 460- el.415) |
| Pumping
Units (3) |
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2 at 400
hp;11,000 gpm |
| 1 at 200
hp; 5,600 gpm |
| Pipeline
Length and Material |
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19,000 ft. total length
all pipe 48-inch diameter
5- welded steel bayou crossings
ductile iron buried pipe on land |
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