Technical Assistance Center for Water Quality

Reports are turned in on a quarterly basis.

Watershed levels of the Hardin County area's most widely used pesticide have dropped considerably during the past few years, apparently for two reasons: the weather has cooperated and farmers are adopting greener practices.   Controlling runoff of atrazine — a chemical that's potentially dangerous to people and wildlife — is no easy feat, considering the recent increase in demand for corn because of the ethanol boom.   For more of this story, click on or type the URL below:   http://www.newsenterpriseonline.com/articles/2007/09/10/news/news01.txt

August 2002 Data and one May 2003

Data from SDWIS database

A Source Water Protection Initiative assesses the effects on the quality of water sources of implementing Best Management Practices in both karst and non-karst hydrology environments.

The Water and Wastewater Laboratory Analysis DNA Cloning and Sequencing Operational Troubleshooting Specialized Training Mapping and Modeling Sampling and Monitoring Applications Development Proof-of-Concept and Technology Verification The CWRS is organized into three divisions - The Water Analysis, Training, Education and Research Services laboratory consortium, providing state-of-the-art water, wastewater and microbiological analytical services; the Environmental Informatics and Information Technology division, specializing in expert systems technology and environmental software applications development; and the Field Operations and Outreach division, providing in-field technology verification, mapping and monitoring services.">Center for Water Resource Studies has the task of developing and maintaining the KyWARN site. The committee is made up of  leaders in the water community and state agencies who have joined together to create the Kentucky Water/Wastewater Response Network otherwise KyWARN. This site is a resource to Utility companies in a time of emergency. It cuts through the red tape and makes solutions available. The mission of KyWARN is to support and promote statewide emergency preparedness, disaster response, and mutual assistance matters for public and private water and wastewater utilities. It does this providing its members with emergency planning, response and recovery information before, during and after an emergency. WARN systems are growing and this will make it easier to provide mutual aid to other states as needed. The major part of the site is the emergency equipment database that matches utility resources to a member's needs during an emergency. A member can locate emergency equipment (pumps, generators, chlorinators, evacuators, etc.) and trained personnel (eg. treatment plant operators) that they may need in an emergency. KyWARN will provide a standard omnibus mutual assistance agreement and process for sharing emergency resources among members statewide, the resources to respond and recover more quickly from a disaster, a mutual assistance program consistent with other statewide mutual aid programs, a forum for developing and maintaining emergency contacts and relationships, and new ideas from lessons learned in disasters. There are two sides to this Web site. The public side is open to anyone to view. This side gives you basic information about KyWARN and how to join. The second side, the resource database, is only open to members who have signed the agreement. It is a free service that is available to all water/wastewater utilities.

Progress Reports

Progress Reports

Progress Reports