Watershed Watch in Kentucky

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Watershed Watch in Kentucky

• Judith Petersen, Executive Director
• Kentucky Waterways Alliance
• 107 E. Court St., Greensburg, KY 42743
• Director_at_KWAlliance.org
• Web site www.KWAlliance.org

Kentucky Waterways Alliance Mission To protect
and restore Kentuckys waterways.
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Watershed Watch History
In 1997 Cumberland Chapter of the Sierra Club,
Kentucky Waterways Alliance and Kentucky Division
of Water Watch program formed the Kentucky River
Watershed Watch. Following the watershed approach
adopted by the DOW Framework process we grew the
program to a statewide network by 2000.
Watershed Watch Mission Statement Watershed
Watch in Kentucky is a statewide citizens
monitoring effort to improve and protect water
quality by raising community awareness, and
supporting implementation of the goals of the
Clean Water Act.
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Watershed Watch Sampling Sites
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Watershed Watch 2006 Capacity
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Inter-basin Coordinating Committee
Watershed Steering Committee
Sampling Event Coordinator
Lab Manager
Science Advisor(s)
County Area coordinator
County Area coordinator
County Area coordinator
Supervising Sampler
Supervising Sampler
Supervising Sampler
Supervising Sampler
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Organizational Structure
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Analytical Parameters and Resources
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Siltation is the 1 problem in Kentuckys
streams. Watershed Watch and Kentucky Waterways
Alliance are designing a training program for
volunteers to help address the problem.
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Get the Dirt Out

• Design and print training materials
• Work with several MS4 communities to pilot
  program
• Communities/Watershed Watch/KWA train volunteers
  and distribute Field Guide and Report Cards
• Volunteers send reports to designated contacts in
  community MS4 program
• MS4 stormwater inspectors follow-up on report
  card
• Flexible pilot programs Recognize Good
  Contractors as well as Bad Actors?

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Any Questions?