James McCarty Joins Beaver Water District
By Beaver Water District
On Feb. 13, James McCarty of Fayetteville joined the staff of Beaver Water District (BWD) in Lowell, Ark. McCarty will move into the Manager of Environmental Quality position upon the retirement in April of Dr. Robert Morgan of Springdale.
McCarty earned a M.S. in Biological Engineering (2015) and a B.S. in Biological Engineering (2006), both from the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. He plans to graduate in spring 2018 with a Ph.D. in Biological Engineering, also from UA-Fayetteville. Since 2011, McCarty has served as a Research Associate and Graduate Student with the UA-Department of Biological Engineering, where he has been responsible for authoring grant proposals, conducting research, report and manuscript writing, presentations, and supervision of graduate research. Noted research projects include development of a watershed management plan and stakeholder engagement group for the Lake Conway Point Remove watershed and a decision support tool to help prioritize watersheds for nutrients.
