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Over 3 million Kentuckians could lose legal protections for the source of...

Over 3 million Kentuckians could lose legal protections for the source of their drinking water. The Commonwealth of Kentucky could lose the legal authority to protect over ½ the streams miles in our...

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Protect the Ohio River!

Hello Everyone! As you may have heard through the grapevine, the Ohio River is being threatened again.   If you’ll recall, the Ohio River Valley Sanitation Commission (ORSANCO), under pressure from the...

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Our Vision for the Ohio River

I grew up near where the Ohio River is born in Pittsburg, PA. Today, my Kentucky Waterways Alliance office is only a few blocks from the river. Like most of the folks reading this blog, the Ohio River...

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Guest Post: Surface Coal Mines Failing to Keep Kentucky’s Waters Clean

Clean water is a necessity of life.  We ALL need it – businesses, industries, and citizens alike.  A business or industry will not be successful in a town if there is not clean water for its employees....

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July 31 Deadline to Comment on Mercury in the Ohio River

  Striped Bass from Ohio River ORSANCO, the multi-state agency that establishes pollution limits for the Ohio River has approved a request from PPG industries in West Virginia to continue discharging...

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Happy 40th anniversary – Clean Water Act!

Water, our most precious resource, defines life. Unlike other natural resources, such as oil or natural gas, there is no substitute for water. Clean water is essential for our health, environment and a...

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Common Ground on Poisoning Fish and Other Life?

Kentucky Waterways Alliance and allies are frankly appalled at the proposal by the Kentucky Division of Water to increase the legal levels of selenium in streams – in some case by more than 12 times...

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April 21, Harrods Creek Paddle

  Participants will converge at 6313 River Road on Sunday, April 21 for the 3rd annual Harrods Creek Paddle, a celebration of Earth Day benefiting Kentucky Waterways Alliance. The paddle will begin at...

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What is Clean Water Worth to You?

Kentucky Waterways Alliance is celebrating 20 years of working for clean water here in Kentucky on June 8th. And we’re throwing a party! We hope that all our friends and anyone who wants to know more...

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It’s time for Green River Fest!

Come out to Thelma Stovall Park on Saturday to help clean up the Green River. This annual tradition will, for the first time in many years, include several new routes downstream of Munfordville. There...

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2013 Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone Larger than Connecticut

CONTACT:  Tim Joice Phone:  (502) 589-8008 Email:  tim@kwalliance.org   MASSIVE GULF DEAD ZONE SIGNIFIES LACK OF ACTION BY EPA, STATES New Orleans, LA—This week, scientists from the Louisiana...

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Mercury in the Ohio River

Tomorrow is the deadline to tell ORSANCO that you don’t want more mercury and other toxic chemicals in the Ohio River. Industries have ten years to reduce their discharge of toxic chemicals or apply...

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Toxic Algae Blooms

Victories are often hard fought and take a long time in the environmental world. On Friday a court ruled in our favor in a decision that could help us control the types of toxic algae blooms we’ve...

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A Few Ugly Little Truths About the West Virginia Chemical Spill and Water

As every news program for days has highlighted the chemical spill in West Virginia I’ve been giving it a lot of thought as well. We get the inevitable questions at Kentucky Waterways Alliance, “could...

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Spill-pocalypse

Have you seen the cover of yesterday’s Courier Journal?  Following W.VA Chemical Spill, Louisville Looks at Ways to Ensure CLEAN WATER. By now, you’ve heard plenty about this spill – some even said...

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When Does It End?

The current situation is no longer defensible.  Government is failing to protect our water.  Big industry and business is failing to protect our water.  Collectively, regular citizens are failing our...

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What do Kentucky’s lakes, Toledo’s water supply, and the Gulf of Mexico have...

From Toledo to the Gulf, Water Pollution Threats Increasing Just two days after hundreds of thousands of Toledo residents were advised not to bathe in or drink their own tap water, today scientists...

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The Clean Water Protection Rule

On April 21, 2014 the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) jointly released a proposed rule  intended to clarify and restore historic Clean Water Act...

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DOW Water Maps

Hello, our name is KWA.  We stand up for clean water, and for the health of our communities. The Kentucky Division of Water (DOW) has a mission to manage, protect and enhance the quality and quantity...

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