Abandoned Mine Lands (AML) Program:  The AML Program can, under certain limited conditions, provide water to areas impacted by past mining practices.

American Water Works Association (AWWA):  AWWA is a professional association for people in the drinking water industry, providing information and research on water treatment techniques, waterborne contaminants and other services for water professionals. AWWA has a Kentucky/Tennessee Chapter composed of utilities and individuals interested in the supply of public drinking water.

Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC):  The ARC administers federal grants for various projects, including water, in the Appalachian area of the state.

Area Development Districts (ADDs):  Kentucky’s 15 ADDs are regional planning agencies for local governments. They work with counties and municipalities to develop funding packages, facilitate LPCs, help develop the long range county water supply plans and are responsible for much of the planning required by Senate Bill 409. There is also a “Small Issuer Loan Program” administered by the ADDs.

Dental Health Program in the Cabinet for Health and Family Services:  The Dental Health Program provides supplemental fluoridation equipment to certain water systems to promote dental health.

Department for Local Government (DLG): The DLG administers the Community Development Block Grant Program, which provides grants for various community development projects, including water and wastewater. 

Kentucky Association of Counties (KACo):  The KACo represents county governments generically. KACo sponsors the Peer Review Program in cooperation with KRWA. In addition, water districts are organized under the jurisdiction of county governments. KACo has some limited ability to loan money for water projects.  

Kentucky Infrastructure Authority (KIA): The KIA provides banking functions for a number of infrastructure loan programs, including the Clean Water State Revolving Fund, which lends money for wastewater projects, and the DWSRF, which lends money for drinking water projects.

Kentucky League of Cities:  The KLC represents city governments generically. Like KACo, the agency has a limited amount of money it can make available for loans. Most community water systems in the state are city-owned and not regulated by the PSC.

Kentucky Rural Water Association (KRWA):  The KRWA provides on-site technical assistance to its member public water systems and wastewater systems. This assistance can take the form of circuit riders who assist a water system operator in solving operational problems, a leak detection program to help a water system find and correct water losses, assistance in establishing a Wellhead Protection (WHP) program, or other technical assistance.

Public Service Commission (PSC):  The PSC regulates water districts and water associations for issues relating to rates, service areas, and quality of service). The Commission has very broad regulatory powers over systems it regulates, but it does not regulate municipal water systems. The PSC has the authority to designate service areas for regulated water systems, to order service to areas within the service area, to set rates and to order mergers.

Rural Community Assistance Program (RCAP):  The RCAP provides technical assistance to very small communities (usually serving a population under 500), including assistance for small water systems.

U. S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development (RD):  The RD program funds water projects through both grants and loans. RD money is frequently matched with KIA loans and/or CDBG funds to provide a larger pool of money or lower effective interest rates.