Lakes Maumelle and Winona

Lakes Maumelle and Winona are water-supply reservoirs for the Little Rock and North Little Rock metropolitan areas in central Arkansas. In addition to water supply, the reservoirs are used for recreation and fish and wildlife habitat. As the urban and agricultural development of the basins has increased in the last 20 years, concerns about the sustainability of the quantity and quality of the water supply also have increased. Monitoring changes in the hydrology and water quality of the basin as the land use changes is critical to managing the resource.

Photo of USGS gage at Lake Maumelle.

A long-term water-quality database is important to accurately assess present water-quality conditions, trends, and sensitivity to change. Hydrologic and water-quality data have been collected on Lakes Maumelle and Winona and their inflows from 1989 to present by USGS in cooperation with Central Arkansas Water (CAW), the utility that owns and operates the two water-supply reservoirs. Water samples are being collected four times annually at several sites in each lake along with vertical profiles for field parameters. Water-quality samples are collected six times annually plus during three storm events at all streamflow-monitoring sites. In addition, automatic samplers are operating at three tributary sites to collect multiple samples during storm runoff events.

To view plots of Lakes Maumelle and Winona Water Quality data please visit the project's web page at the following URL: http://ar.water.usgs.gov/data-bin/maumelle/ts.pl

Publications
	Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5182 Water-Quality Assessment of Lakes Maumelle and Winona, Arkansas, 1991 Through 2003, by Joel M. Galloway and W. Reed Green
	Water Resources Investigations Report 93-4128 Water-Quality Assessment of Maumelle and Winona Reservoir Systems, Central Arkansas, May 1989 - October 1992, by W. Reed Green