- Provide drinking water that supports public health and well-being.
- Provide water that supports environmental and economic benefits to the state and supports interstate agreements.
- Use the best available science, data, tools, practices, and technologies to support water resource planning and management for current and future needs.
- Maintain and improve water supply, wastewater, stormwater, and flood control infrastructure and plan for future infrastructure needs.
- Maintain, protect, and improve water quality to support designated uses of waterbodies.
- Reduce the impacts of future flooding events on people, property, infrastructure, industry, agriculture, and the environment.
The update to the Arkansas Water Plan is being completed in two phases. Phase II is scheduled to begin before the end of the 2024 calendar year.