News Releases issued by the Kentucky Division of Water and other newsletters and publications by the agency.

News Releases

News releases issued during 2006  

News releases issued during 2005

News releases issued during 2004

News releases issued during 2003

News releases issued during 2002

Publications

See all Division of Water publications listed on the Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet's publications database.  Click on the water link and then on "Display Publications."  For a specific topic, use the Search box.  For instance, to see a list of all publications that deal with nonpoint source pollution, click on the water link, then type "nonpoint source" in the search box and then click on "Display Publications."

Newsletters

Information produced periodically by Division of Water program staff for specific interest groups.

• Kentucky Driller Quarterly - produced for water well and monitoring well drillers. 
 
Some new documents from the Division of Water include the following.  Some of these are PDF documents.  You will need Adobe Acrobat to view them.  Download Acrobat free.

• Effects of Surface Mining and Residential Land Use on Headwater Stream Biotic Integrity in the Eastern Kentucky Coalfield Region.  This report documents biological impairment to macroinvertebrate communities in headwater streams primarily disturbed by surface coal mining and residential land use in eastern Kentucky.  It is divided into two parts to make it faster to open.  Part One.  Part Two.  (PDF documents)
• 2004 Kentucky Report to Congress on Water Quality (305[b] Report)
• Methods for Assessing Biological Integrity of Surface Waters in Kentucky  (PDF) 
• A Macroinvertebrate Bioassessment Index for Headwater Streams of the Eastern Coalfield Region, Kentucky.  (PDF) 
• Statewide Macroinvertebrate Bioassessment Index  (PDF)  
• Development of Tolerance Values for Kentucky Crayfishes (PDF)  
• The Kentucky Index of Biotic Integrity (KIBI) is a multimetric index that uses fish as the bioindicator for assessing stream health.  It will provide a numerical value and corresponding narrative classification for headwater and wadeable streams.  An Excel KIBI template has been established to simplify the calculation process.  See more information about the document and links to it.