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CWA in Kentucky - Trends

Celebrating Progress

Looking Ahead

See information about the Clean Water Act and its effects in Kentucky at the following Web sites:
CWA in Kentucky Home Page  
History and Background  
Successes (KPDES / Nonpoint Source / State Revolving Fund)
Trends
What We Are Doing  
Challenges for the Future  
Calendar of Events  
National Water Monitoring Day  
National Youth Watershed Summit   
World Watershed Summit

Trends

Water quality in Kentucky, over the years of the Clean Water Act, has improved steadily.

1972: 71 percent of waterways in Kentucky that were assessed because information was available did not support their designated uses.

2000: 44.2 percent of assessed waterways did not support designated uses, as reported in the 2002 Report to Congress on Water Quality (305[b] Report).

Current state of waterways in Kentucky
(From 2002 Report to Congress on Water Quality )

Graph showing overall use support

Graph showing major causes of river impairment

Graph showing sources of impairment

See more information on Trends here.

DEP Division of Water
200 Fair Oaks Lane
Fourth Floor
Frankfort, KY 40601
Phone: 502-564-3410
Fax: 502-564-0111
E-mail: water@ky.gov