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Arkansas Water Science Center - PROJECTS
Welcome to the USGS Web page that provides access to water resource project information for Arkansas.
You will find links to current Arkansas Water Science Center project web pages and information about
the project chiefs, cooperators, and project time frames. Projects are listed alphabetically by their
short title.
Short Title: Arkansas StreamStats Implementation
Project Chiefs: Aaron Pugh
Cooperator: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Little Rock District ,
Arkansas Natural Resources Commission
Project Time Frame: 2010 - 2013
Short Title: Beaver Lake 3-D Modeling
Project Chiefs: Reed Green
Cooperator: Beaver Water District
Project Time Frame: 2000 - present
Short Title: Beaver Lake Water Quality
Project Chiefs: Dennis Evans
Cooperator: Beaver Water District
Project Time Frame: 2000 - present
Short Title: Biological Characterization of Louisiana Streams
Project Chief: Billy Justus
Cooperator: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Project Time Frame: 2007 - 2009
Short Title: Ground-Water Data Network
Project Chief: Tony Schrader
Cooperators: Arkansas Natural Resources Commission ,
Arkansas Geological Survey ,
Cabot Water Works ,
Grand Prairie Water Users Association,
Union County Conservation District
Project Time Frame: 1985 - present
Short Title: Hot Springs Flood Warning System
Project Chief: Bob Blanchard
Cooperator: City of Hot Springs
Project Time Frame: 2008 - present
Short Title: Hot Springs Thermal Study
Project Chief: Tim Kresse
Cooperators: Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department
Project Time Frame: 2007 - 2009
Short Title: Lakes Maumelle and Winona
Project Chief: Jim Petersen
Cooperator: Central Arkansas Water
Project Time Frame: 1989 - present
Short Title: MERAS Framework
Project Chief: Rheannon Hart
Cooperator: U.S. Geological Survey Office of Ground-Water Resources Program
Project Time Frame: January 2006 - 2009
Short Title: MERAS Model
Project Chief: Brian Clark
Cooperator: U.S. Geological Survey Office of Ground-Water Resources Program
Project Time Frame: January 2006 - 2009
Short Title: Middle Fork Study
Project Chief: Dennis Evans
Cooperators: Hot Springs Village Property Owners Association ,
Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality ,
Arkansas Game and Fish Commission ,
Arkansas Naural Resources Commission ,
U.S. Bureau of Land Management ,
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Project Time Frame: January 2003 - present
Short Title: Mississippi River NRSA
Project Chief: Billy Justus
Cooperator: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Project Time Frame: 2008 - 2009
Short Title: North Ground-Water Model
Project Chief: John Czarnecki
Cooperator: Arkansas Natural Resources Commission
Project Time Frame: 2005 - present
Short Title: Ozark Karst Study
Project Chiefs: Tim Kresse (USGS-Water) ,
Phil Hays (USGS-Water) ,
Jeffery Spooner (USGS-Geography) ,
Mark Hudson (USGS-Geology) ,
Esther Stroh (USGS-Biology)
Cooperator: U.S. Geological Survey
Project Time Frame: 2007 - 2009
Short Title: Ozark Plateaus NAWQA
Project Chief: Jim Petersen
Cooperator: U.S. Geological Survey National Water-Quality Assessment Program
Project Time Frame: 1991 - present
Short Title: Principal Aquifers
Project Chief: Brian Clark
Cooperator: U.S. Geological Survey National Water-Quality Assessment Program
Project Time Frame: May 2008 - Sept 2009
Short Title: Reference Lakes
Project Chief: Billy Justus
Cooperator: Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality and
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
Project Time Frame: 1991 - present
Short Title: Sediment Data Program
Project Chief: Dennis Evans
Cooperator: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Memphis District
Project Time Frame: 1997 - present
Short Title: Southeastern Arkansas Chloride Study
Project Chief: Tim Kresse
Cooperator: Boeuf-Tensas Regional Irrigation Water Distribution District
Project Time Frame: July 2007 - September 2008
Short Title: Sparta Recovery Project
Project Chief: Tony Schrader
Cooperators: Union County Water Conservation Board
Project Time Frame: 2002 - present
Short Title: Surface-Water Data Program
Project Chief: Jaysson Funkhouser
Cooperators: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Little Rock District ,
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Memphis District ,
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Vicksburg District ,
Arkansas Natural Resources Commission ,
Arkansas Geological Survey ,
Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality ,
Arkansas Game and Fish Commission ,
Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism ,
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville ,
Buffalo National River (U.S. National Park Service)
Hot Springs National Park (U.S. National Park Service) ,
City of Batesville ,
City of Fort Smith ,
City of Fayetteville ,
City of Newport ,
City of Hot Springs ,
City of Hardy ,
City of Little Rock ,
Rogers Water Utilities - City of Rogers ,
Central Arkansas Water ,
Beaver Water District ,
Entergy, Inc. ,
Audubon Arkansas ,
Buffalo Outdoor Center ,
Arkansas Canoe Club
Project Time Frame: 1927 - present
Short Title: Tri-State Ground-Water Model
Project Chief: John Czarnecki
Cooperators: Kansas Water Board
Project Time Frame: 2005 - present
Short Title: USDA-NRCS-NWMC Assistance
Project Chief: Aaron Pugh
Cooperator: USDA-NRCS-National Water Management Center
Project Time Frame: 1996 - present
Short Title: Water-Quality Data Program
Project Chief: Dennis Evans
Cooperators: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Little Rock District ,
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ,
Bureau of Land Management ,
Arkansas Natural Resources Commission ,
Arkansas Geological Survey ,
Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality ,
Arkansas Game and Fish Commission ,
Central Arkansas Water ,
Hot Springs Village
Project Time Frame: 1962 - present
Short Title: Water-Use Data Program
Project Chief: Terry Holland
Cooperators: Arkansas Naural Resources Commission
Project Time Frame: 1985 - present
Short Title: Water-Well Database
Project Chief: Terry Holland
Cooperators: Arkansas Naural Resources Commission
Project Time Frame: 2005 - present
Short Title: Well Log Database
Project Chief: Terry Holland
Cooperators: Arkansas Naural Resources Commission
Project Time Frame: 2005 - present