The Department of Defense, through the Defense Logistics Agency / Energy (DLA Energy) has accepted a proposal from Hardin County Water District No. 1 (HCWD1) to assume ownership of the Fort Knox water system. HCWD 1 will operate the system with Louisville Water as a partner. The agreement was signed September 30 and includes a four month transition period.
John Dix has joined the Warren County Water District as Manager of Engineering and Construction. In this position, Dix will be responsible for system planning, design and construction for Warren, Butler and Simpson County Water Districts. Dix was previously employed at the water districts from 1992 to 2001 as Project Engineer and then Manager of Operations.
The Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) has initiated a review of 807 KAR 5:001 (Rules of Procedure) and 807 KAR 5:011 (Tariffs). These regulations were last revised in 1993 and 1984 respectively. PSC indicated this review should take several months and the Commission would like to involve stakeholders at all stages in the process. As part of the first stage, the PSC requests written comments and suggestions on these two regulations.
One of the highlights of last week’s H2O-XPO was the Tribute to Excellence awards ceremony held on October 4 when the National Rural Water Association (NRWA) presented an “Excellence in Legislative Representation” award to Kentucky Rural Water Association. NRWA President Joe Liles reminded rural water that the close relationships the organization has established with government have been built through consistent contact at local, state and national levels.
The just-held ICUEE 2011 was a tremendous success, attracting nearly 16,600 registered attendees to make it the second largest in show history. More than 800 exhibitors took more than 1.1 million net square feet for product displays and extensive hands-on equipment demonstrations in job-like conditions.
The 2011 International Construction and Utility Equipment Exposition (ICUEE) was held October 4-6, 2011 at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, Kentucky.
The Kentucky Farm Bureau is alerting motorists that now is the time to be especially on the lookout for roaming deer who wander onto roads, causing auto accidents .
In a news release, it cited statistics from the Kentucky State Police showing that nearly 47 percent of all collisions with deer take place during October, November and December.
If you haven’t gotten enough of Kentucky’s Turtle Man through viral videos of his animal-taming exploits, Animal Planet is about to give you six more hours of him.
Starting at 10 p.m. Nov. 6, Ernie Brown Jr. will be featured in 12 half-hour episodes of Call of the Wildman, a program featuring the Lebanon man digging snapping turtles out of lakes and ponds and engaging in other animal-taming exploits
