Water Sources
The total storage capacity of BMU raw water sources is 909,732,000 gallons. This includes four raw water reservoir sources:
- Owsley Fork Reservoir
- 151 Acre Reservoir
- 653,953,000 gallons
- 4,900 Acre drainage basin
- Cowbell Hollow Reservoir
- 17 Acre Reservoir
- 151,840,000 gallons
- B-Lake (Lower Silver Creek)
- 19 Acre Reservoir
- 81,457,000 gallons
- Kale Lake (Upper Silver Creek)
- 5 Acre Reservoir
- 22,482,000 gallons (emergency use)
Water System
The water system itself is comprised of two raw water pump stations. They are located at:
- Owsley Fork Reservior
- Cowbell Hollow Reservoir
The system currently has 3.5 million gallons of water storage capacity at the following two locations:
- Three million gallons of ground storage at a tank near the water treatment plant
- 1/2 million gallons on the west end of Berea in an elevated storage tank
The system is comprised of approximately 74 miles of water lines.