About
Joe
Pool Lake and its associated park facilities are a popular recreational destination
for many Dallas-Fort Worth residents. Water from Joe Pool Lake is currently withdrawn
by the City of Midlothian as part of its municipal water supply. This water
withdrawal is occasionally used to supply the communities of Venus, Rockett,
Mountain Peak, Sardis, and parts of southern Grand Prairie during times of peak
demand. In addition to this existing use, Joe Pool Lake is expected to be further
developed by the cities of Cedar Hill, Duncanville, and Grand Prairie for their
own municipal use.
This
project will perform the watershed characterization and stakeholder group development
components required to develop a WPP which will meet EPA’s nine key elements
for watershed-based plans as provided in the EPA’s 2014 guidelines. The data
collected in this phase of the project will ensure that the WPP provides
quantified objectives for water quality improvement through identified and
prioritized watershed management strategies.
To
prepare for the watershed planning process, expansion and enhancement of the
existing stakeholder group will be necessary. The Performing Party will coordinate
with the stakeholder group to identify roles for various levels of involvement,
define an organizational structure, and outline a plan for how and when the
various stakeholder subgroups will be deployed or engaged.
Routine bi-monthly monitoring and flow-weighted monitoring
will be conducted at 14 sites to provide spatial coverage of the watershed under ambient
conditions. Additional sites will be sampled to include ephemeral contributions during high flow
conditions.
The
Performing Party will aggregate the information obtained through past projects
within the watershed with new data to support the creation of a holistic management
plan for the Joe Pool Lake watershed.
Download the project fact sheet for more information.
