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Ouachita-Black
Navigation Project
System Features
Navigation
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330
miles of dependable year-round navigation from Camden,
Ark., to the Red River.
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Four
locks and dams, with lock chambers 84 feet wide by 600
feet long.
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Navigation
channel is maintained to 9-foot depth and 100-foot width.
Recreation
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21
Army Corps of Engineers recreation areas along the
Ouachita-Black and its tributaries. Annual visitation:
700,000
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Total
visitation, to include state, local and private entities:
2 million.
Water
Supply
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Cities
of Monroe, La., and Malvern, Arkadelphia, Camden and Hot
Springs, Ark., depend on the Ouachita River for their
needs.
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Nine
major industries use the river for raw water supply and
control of effluent releases.
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Numerous
agricultural withdrawal stations for crop irrigation.
Fish
& Wildlife Conservation
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Two
national wildlife refuges in Arkansas (Felsenthal and
Upper Ouachita) with a combined acreage of 105,500 acres
adjacent to the river.
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D-Arbonne
National Wildlife Refuge, 15,500 acres in Louisiana.
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