Beaver Creek Reservoir

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Beaver Creek Reservoir
Summary
Type		reservoir
Owner		RWSA

Beaver Creek Reservoir is the public water supply for Crozet. It is maintained separately from the rest of the urban water supply system operated by the Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority.

Contents 1 Capacity and future demand 2 History 3 Map 4 Notes

Capacity and future demand

The firm AECOM has projected that Crozet will have a water demand of 0.69 million gallons a day (MGD) in the year 2035 and a demand of 0.98 mgd in the year 2060. AECOM also found that the demand in 2010 was 0.37 mgd. That figure is based on a current population of 5,562. ^[1]

History

Beaver Creek Reservoir: Click any photo for more information

Plaque naming dam at Beaver Creek after Charles Mercer Garnett, Sr.

The 104-acre reservoir was completed in 1964 with construction of the Charles Mercer Garnett, Sr. dam. The plaque placed at the dam notes the following about Garnett:

"Named in honor of Charles Mercer Garnett, Sr. Public citizen whose efforts resulted in Albemarle County being the first county to have the County Executive form of government in 1933 and who piloted soil conservation practices in Albemarle County of which this dam is one example."

The plaque shows the members of the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors at the time construction of the dam began in 1959:

• John W. Williams, Chairman
• Edgar N. Garnett
• H. Ashby Harris
• George C. Palmer II
• M.Y. Sutherland Jr.
• O. Robert Thraves;

the members of the BoS when the dam was completed in 1964:

• Forrest E. Paulette, Chairman
• Edgar N. Garnett
• Garrett W. Kirksey
• George C. Palmer II
• O. Robert Thraves
• Richard A. Yancey;

and Albemarle County staff:

• M.M. Pence, County Executive
• Otis L. Brown, Assistant County Executive

Map

Notes

1. ↑ Web. Crozet’s water supply needs lowered in face of smaller population and increased conservation, Brian Wheeler, Charlottesville Tomorrow, July 12, 2011, retrieved July 12, 2011.