Associations and organizations that support the Kentucky Division of Water in primacy and supervision of the Safe Drinking Water Act.

Drinking Water Associations

ASSOCIATION	PHONE    NUMBER	E-MAIL ADDRESS	WEB SITE
Association of State Drinking Water Administrators (ASDWA): ASDWA is the professional association, formed in 1984, serving state drinking water programs.	703-812-9505	info@asdwa.org	http://www.asdwa.org/
American Water Works Association (AWWA): The AWWA is an international nonprofit scientific and educational society dedicated to the improvement of water quality and supply.	303-794-7711	Contact: http://www.awwa.org/About/ContactUs.cfm	http://www.awwa.org/
AWWA Kentucky-Tennessee Section	502-550-2992	executivedirector@kytnawwa.org	http://www.kytnawwa.org/
EPA Office of Groundwater and Drinking Water: Protects public health by ensuring safe drinking water, protecting ground water and overseeing implementation of the Safe Drinking Water Act.	202-564-3750	Call the Office or refer to EPA's online employee directory.	http://www.epa.gov/safewater/index.html
Kentucky Division of Plumbing	502-573-0397	tim.house@ky.gov	http://ohbc.ky.gov/plb/
Kentucky Infrastructure Authority (KIA): KIA was created in 1988 to provide the mechanism for funding construction of local public works projects.	502-573-0260	Jane.Gritton@ky.gov	http://kia.ky.gov/
Kentucky Rural Water Association: Statewide association that offers training, technical assistance, advocacy and a variety of other services and benefits to water districts under 10,000 in population as an affiliate of the National Rural Water Association.	270-843-2291	Contact: http://www.krwa.org/contact.cfm	http://www.krwa.org/
Kentucky Water and Wastewater Operator's Association (KWWOA): Statewide not-for-profit association offering membership to all water and wastewater operators throughout the state of Kentucky.	502-695-9662	Contact: http://www.kwwoa.org/?Page=contactus.cfm	http://www.kwwoa.org/
National Rural Water Association (NRWA): is a nonprofit federation of state rural water associations whose mission is to provide support services to their state associations that have more than 24,550 water and wastewater systems as members.	580-252-0629	nrwakc@nrwa.org	http://www.nrwa.org/
NSF: Nonprofit, nongovernmental organization, is the world leader in standards development, product certification, education, and risk management for public health and safety.	800-673-6275	nsf@nsf.org	http://www.nsf.org/
Water Environment Federation (WEF): not-for-profit technical and educational organization with members from varied disciplines who work toward the WEF vision of preservation and enhancement of the global water environment.	800-666-0206	Contact: http://www.wef.org/apps/wef_feedback/wef_feedback.asp	http://www.wef.org/Home
WEF Kentucky - Tennessee Association: not-for-profit educational and technical organization and is a member association of the WEF.	502-468-4772	jimdeming@comcast.net	http://www.kytnwea.com/
Western Kentucky Technical Assistance Center for Water Quality: Funded by the EPA, partnered by Western Kentucky University and the Kentucky Rural Water Association, the TACWQ serves the small water systems of Kentucky and EPA region 4.	270-745-8895		http://waterky.org/