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Rob Turner, one of 12 operators with Beaver Water District, collects a sample of lake water from the south intake station Monday near Hickory Creek in Benton County. A sample of lake water is collected every day, including holidays, to monitor the levels of naturally occurring chemicals, minerals and pollutants in the water to determine how it needs to be treated that day. Turner has been an operator for 26 years and works every Memorial Day and Labor Day