The Engineering and Public Works Roadshow Goes to Texas

Join us on April 16th at 1pm CDT as we stop at the Bois d’Arc Lake Reservoir for our next roadshow stop. https://t.co/TXGxTA9pmH

— Engineering & Public Works Roadshow (@EPWRoadshow) April 7, 2025

Join the Engineering and Public Works Roadshow on its next stop at the Bois d’Arc Reservoir in Texas.  The event livestream will take place at 1pm CDT on April 16, streaming on the Roadshow’s X account (@EPWRoadshow).

The Bois D’Arc Lake Reservoir is Texas’ first new reservoir in nearly 30 years and provides water to more than 2 million residents and businesses across north Texas.

The $1.6 billion project was named 2023 Project of the Year by APWA Texas, and earned an Honor Award at ACEC’s Engineering Excellence Awards in 2024, with both honors going to design firm Freese & Nichols.  Here are some key points about the project:

• Bois d’Arc Lake initially can provide up to 70 million gallons a day of drinking water for North Texans, with expansion planned.
• The lake expands recreational opportunities and economic development for the area.
• The addition of 17,000 acres of ecological improvements to offset the reservoir’s footprint meshes environmental resilience with infrastructure progress.
• All the major elements were built simultaneously in 2018-2023: a new major dam and 16,600-acre reservoir; a treatment plant and transmission systems that included two huge pump stations and 60 miles of pipelines; and the forest, grassland and stream mitigation.