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Kentucky (Region 4)

Contacts for Kentucky

Contact Category:
Source Water Protection Program
Sole Source Aquifer Program

Source Water Protection Program

• Peter Goodman
  Kentucky Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Water, Ground Water Branch
  14 Reilly Rd
  Fort Boone Plaza
  Frankfort, Kentucky 40601
  Phone: 502-564-3410  
  Email: peter.goodmann@ky.gov
  

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Links for Kentucky

• Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection: Water Supply Planning

   State Drinking Water Protection Web Sites

• Kentucky: State and Local Drinking Water Information - Provides information about state drinking water offices, local drinking water suppliers, and trends among drinking water systems.

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Publications for Kentucky

Lexington Sinkhole Ordinance ( PDF 4 pp , 10 K )

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Case Studies for Kentucky

Title: California: Hidden Valley Lake

Subtitle: CA Rural Water Association Assists Subdivision Committee

Case Study Type: Protection

Description: California's Hidden Valley Lake community of 5,500 people relies on groundwater that is vulnerable to contamination from residential, agricultural, urban and industrial sources. To confront these threats, the Hidden Valley Lake Steering Committee and the California RWA jointly developed a SWP plan focusing on outreach and the development of more robust source protection schemes. Planned educational efforts include community meetings to introduce the plan to residents, outreach to schools and businesses on storm water impacts to drinking water sources, and demarcation of storm drains. In addition, the plan suggests that the Community Services District consider paying for proper abandonment of wells that threaten the water supply. Finally, the plan encourages the County to enact a WHP ordinance and to expand WHP zones to make vulnerability analyses more inclusive.





Title: Kentucky: Lincoln Trails Area Development District, Fort Knox

Subtitle: Long-Range Water Supply Planning

Case Study Type: Protection

Description: On the Fort Knox Military Reservation, 26,000 people rely on ground and surface waters that are threatened by gas and oil wells, beauty parlors, car washes, residences, and agriculture. A team comprised of the Fort Knox Military Reservation, the Kentucky Division of Water (KDW), a contractor, and the Lincoln Trails Area Development District devised a set of protection measures that combine education, cooperative pollution prevention, and well protection activities into a long-range water supply plan for Fort Knox and its surrounding residents. The plan promotes BMPs, and includes a demonstration project with a homeowners' association and golf club membership that depicts lawn care, vehicle maintenance, and household hazardous waste BMPs. The effort was funded by EPA and KDW.





Title: Kentucky: Murray

Subtitle: Murray Implements Wellhead Protection

Case Study Type: Assessment and Protection

Description: ground water, 20 K + population, semi-confined aquifer The City of Murray, population 22,000, is located in western Kentucky and is home to a variety of industries, including manufacturing, chemical production and dairy farm operations. Murray has historically provided its own drinking water from 5 wells set in a semi-confined aquifer ranging from 200 to 300 feet in thickness. The water quality of the public supply wells within the City of Murray continues to meet or exceed all drinking water standards set at the state level Starting in 1996, the city developed a phased approach to managing land uses surrounding each of its public supply wells. There is a strong public outreach effort and continuing cooperation between the local water supplier and the state officials responsible for reviewing Groundwater Protection Plans from local businesses.