Representatives of U.S. Sen. John Boozman’s office and State Rep. Matthew Shepherd hopped on Union County Sheriff’s Office search and rescue boats today for a short trip to the Ouachita River intake, maintained by Union Power Partners and the Union County Water Conservation Board.
The intake is maintained by Union Power Partners and the Union County Water Conservation Board.
The field trip was part of an ongoing effort to educate the public to the former danger and recent revitalization surrounding the Sparta Aquifer which was pumped extensively by industrial users in the 1920s to the point that local economic developers believed it was beyond repair.
Check out more photos and the full story in tomorrow’s News-Times. And in case anyone is wondering, yes, I nearly fell in. Twice.
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- Speeding away on a Union County Sheriff’s Office search and rescue boat, members of the Union County Conservation Board and representatives of local, state and federal government approach the Ouachita River intake.
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- The intake is maintained by Union Power Partners and the Union County Water Conservation Board.
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- Sherrel Johnson, Union County Water Conservation Board grants administrator, points out several features of the Ouachita River intake.
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- The Ouachita River intake functions to filter out debris and live fish from going further through the clarification process.
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- State Rep. Matthew Shepherd listens as Union County Water Conservation Board President Rob Reynolds further explains the history behind Union Power Partners’ entry into Union County.
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- All still on board and flipping around to return to the river bank where thankfully no one fell in.
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- Tom Burger, of Union Power Partners; Sherrel Johnson, of Union County Water Conservation Board; and Union County Judge Mike Loftin hold on as Union County Jail Administrator Capt. Richard Mitcham speeds off.
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