JACKMAN UTILITY DISTRICT - Key Persons
Big Wood Pond has served as Jackman and Moose River's primary source of water since 1911. Jackman Utility District provides drinking water to about 1,000 people. Big Wood Pond is a 2,150-acre (3.4 square miles) pond located west of Jackman. It holds approximately 17.8 billion gallons of water, which flushes 5.4 times per year. This means all the water in the lake flows through and down the Moose River 5 and a half times in a one year period, a fairly swift turnover rate.
As the pond is used for various activites, we encourage all users of Big Wood Pond to take into consideration that the lake is our public drinking water source when enjoying the lake and surrounding watershed. We have worked to develop a Source Water Protection Plan that allows safe drinking water to coexist with the use of Bigwood Pond and the watershed. We have a very active educational outreach program that was started in 2006 where we visit the school each spring to do education on water quality and our watershed. We also host tours and open houses, are part of a community leadership team, mail quarterly newsletters with our billing on various topics, continually post to social media educating the community about the work we do.