About the Watershed Issue

Written by: Drew P on Jul 25, 2008 1:55 PM EDT

Lake Maumelle provides an abundant supply of drinking water for roughly 400,000 people here in Central Arkansas. My concern is that if we develop on this present source of drinking water, we risk threatening our future sources of drinking water for all of Central Arkansas. Little Rock, more than any other municipality is the greatest user of this source.

One thing I wish to pass is that we limit use of the watershed by placing a maximum capacity of 75,000 gallons per day on all subdivision wastewater lines pumping out of the watershed. I also support the recommendation of the Citizens Protecting Lake Maumelle Watershed to limit a minimum lot requirement of five acres per house in low slope areas and 10 acre lots for houses on high slope areas. Mind you, passing this, would apply to only Little Rock but I would be willing to listen, hold town hall meetings, learn even more, and work with the City Board to become an effective advocate on this issue. I would even be open to finding a way for the City of Little Rock to purchase the property in the watershed to preserve it.

My concern is the time to study this subject is over. We need to take action today to protect this precious resource.

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