Please join the Kentucky Water and Wastewater Agency Response Network (KYWARN) and representatives from the Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection, Kentucky Rural Water Association (KRWA), Kentucky/Tennessee Section American Water Works Association (AWWA), Kentucky Water and Wastewater Operators Association (KWWOA), and the Rural Community Assistance Partnership (RCAP) for a free workshop focused on emergency preparedness and response to an incident affecting water and wastewater utilities.
The Utility Management Institute has been offered to KRWA members with no tuition cost for the last twelve years because of funding provided by EPA through a grant to Western Kentucky University. Unfortunately, this funding ceased over a year ago. Nevertheless, KRWA has continued to offer the six courses that make up the UMI through the use of internal Association funds.
Administrative Training Session for Utility Office Personnel
(Western Kentucky Region)
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. (CDT)
There will be a gathering of Rural Water Folks to participate in a Sporting Clay Shoot on Monday October 3, 20011, 2:00 pm EDT at the Indian Creek Shooting Center located at:
INDIAN CREEK SHOOTING CENTER
5950 Gun Club Road NE
Georgetown, IN 47122
On August 29-31, 2011, representatives of Kentucky’s public drinking water and wastewater utilities gathered for Kentucky Rural Water Association’s (KRWA) 32nd Annual Conference and Exhibition held in Lexington, Kentucky. Over 700 utility professionals gathered at the Lexington Convention Center to hear presentations from industry experts, network with peers, tour Kentucky’s largest exhibition of products and services available to public utilities, and participate in discussions regarding the Waves of Change affecting the water and wastewater industry.
Monday’s activities began with the KRWA Golf Scramble at the beautiful Kearney Hill Golf Links, while …
EPA has initiated the process to develop a national primary drinking water regulation (NPDWR) for perchlorate. An NPDWR will establish a legal limit on the level of perchlorate in drinking water. The legal limit will reflect both the level that protects human health and the level that water systems can achieve using the best available technology.
The Kentucky Rural Water Association, Inc. (KRWA) strongly supports the proposed revisions to the Alternative Rate Filing (ARF) regulation, 807 KAR 5:076. The Public Service Commission should be commended for its efforts to simplify the process for obtaining a general rate adjustment, to reduce the rate case expenses, and to substantially increase the number of utilities eligible to utilize the ARF procedure. KRWA made the following specific comments concerning the proposed ARF regulation:
