WaterBonham, TX

Bois d'Arc Lake Permitting and Construction

Water Project Construction Communications

The North Texas Municipal Water District was building its $1-billion Bois d'Arc Lake project — the first reservoir to be built in Texas in 30 years — in Fannin County. The project included the construction of the dam/reservoir, pump stations, 60 miles of raw and finished water pipelines, and a 70 MGD water treatment plant. NTMWD needed assistance communicating about the project to encourage positive public sentiment and communicate construction impacts.

Sigler developed the strategic communications and outreach plan to support construction of the new lake including a project website, groundbreaking and milestone events and digital communications including advertising, social media and eNewsletters, a monthly project report for the board of directors and community elected officials, community public meetings, property owner outreach, communications of shoreline management plans, watershed protection and mitigation measures.

Bois d'Arc Lake and its associated projects including the Leonard Water Treatment Plant were finished on time, and the lake is now filling. The public has widely embraced the project.

Flagship Texas Water Infrastructure Project

The project at a glance

Project investment

$1 billion

Water infrastructure

Dam/reservoir · pump stations · 60 miles of pipeline

Treatment capacity

70 MGD water treatment plant

Outcome

Finished on time; lake now filling

Project Arc

Construction communications with environmental obligations

The project required communications that addressed construction impacts while also explaining shoreline-management plans, watershed protection, and mitigation measures. The available project record documents those topics as part of the public-outreach program.

Stakeholder Map

Who had to understand the work — and how

Property owners and nearby communities

Provided outreach and public meetings focused on construction impacts and the new lake’s role in North Texas water supply.

Board members and elected officials

Produced monthly project reporting to keep decision-makers current throughout the build.

General public

Used a project website, milestone events, advertising, social media, and eNewsletters to build informed, positive public sentiment.

Communications Artifacts

What the project team put into the field

Project website
Groundbreaking and milestone events
Advertising, social media, and eNewsletters
Monthly board and elected-official reports
Community public meetings and property-owner outreach
Shoreline, watershed, and mitigation communications

What the Work Demonstrates

The documented communications challenge was not only to explain a major build, but to communicate construction impacts and environmental measures in a way that encouraged positive public sentiment over multiple years.

Project Questions

What prospective clients often want to know

What did the Bois d’Arc Lake project include?

The program included a dam and reservoir, pump stations, 60 miles of raw and finished-water pipelines, and a 70 MGD water treatment plant.

Who was the client?

North Texas Municipal Water District was building the project in Fannin County.

What communications artifacts did Sigler create?

The work included the project website, public meetings, milestone events, eNewsletters, social media, advertising, board reporting, and property-owner outreach.

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