Kentucky Division of Water

The small western Kentucky city of Marion has faced a critical water shortage for months, and now local officials are planning on testing water in a nearby abandoned mine as a potential short-term water supply.

The small city of less than 3,000 people has been facing a critical water shortage in the months since in large part because of this decision to breach the dam, a decision that’s left some Marion residents wondering if it was the best option available at the time.

Residents in the small western Kentucky city of Marion heard updates from state officials Thursday evening about potential short-term and long-term solutions to the community’s critical water shortage. Some of the more than 40 people at the special-called city council meeting also shared their frustration at what they see as slow progress at trying to solve the ongoing emergency.

Kentucky’s Department for Environmental Protection sampled every major watershed in Kentucky and found PFAS in 90 percent of the surface waters.

The Kentucky Division of Water is offering funding for projects protecting water resources. Projects can include cleaning up polluted streams, rivers,…

Utility regulators in Kentucky say water utilities are no longer required to send copies of "boil water" advisories to the state Public Service…

In the rich land of Christian County, wheat is milled for McDonald’s biscuits, corn is turned into ethanol, and grazing cows support the state’s leading…

Kentucky is receiving a $200,000 federal grant to research ways to better monitor dams and warn nearby residents of flooding.State Division of Water…

Kentucky is still several months away from implementing the federal coal ash disposal regulations set by the Environmental Protection Agency last year.The…

Widespread lead contamination in Flint, Michigan is prompting Kentucky officials to double check state procedures.A state workgroup has been formed to…