North Texas Municipal Water District reposted this
Bois d’Arc Lake was decades in the making and with the completion of the Leonard Water Treatment Plant we began delivering potable water to our service area last year. While the recent rains in our area allowed us to open for public recreation last month, we’ve also now gotten to see the labyrinth weir and service spillway in action. Here are some quick facts about this important piece of infrastructure at Bois d’Arc Lake. · Bois d'Arc Lake was designed and built primarily as a water supply reservoir with recreational opportunities. · The Dam's service spillway has a 60-foot-wide, 3-cycle labyrinth weir with the set conservation pool elevation of 534 mean sea level (MSL). · Bois d’Arc Lake is not permitted and constructed for use as flood control reservoir and therefore does not deliberately store or release flood waters like many other lakes across Texas. · Once the lake reaches full capacity (534’ MSL) any inflows or floodwaters that enter the lake spill over through the lake’s service spillway and flow downstream. · Once Bois d’Arc Lake reached its full conservation pool last week, the water flowed over the spillway for the first time. · Unlike other area lakes like Lavon and Ray Hubbard, Lewisville, Bois d’Arc Lake is in the Red River Basin, meaning any overflow travels generally north into Honey Grove and Bois d'Arc Creeks, eventually reaching the Red River. · For safety reasons, the dam and spillway are not accessible to the public. Boaters and anglers are advised to follow the posted signage and not enter areas marked by floating buoys. See the spillway at work....
Kudos to the District and everyone involved 👏
Thank you to everyone involved in this project. I'm looking forward to seeing Bois d'Arc lake for the first time.
Probably my favorite project that I’ve worked on in my career. Looks amazing in action!
Great achievement, love the video
So awesome to see!
I love to see it spilling over!
The labyrinth looks beautiful! David Stanley, P.E. thought you'd be interested to see this one.
So cool to see this finished!
This is so cool!
Associate - Stormwater PM
2moLove to see this on a #flumefriday