Kentucky Division of Water

30 Years of the Clean Water Act

Celebrating Progress

Looking Ahead

30th Anniversary Home

History and background

Successess

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

Year of Clean Water logo

Click on the logo above for information about the Year of Clean Water.

 NPDES logo

Click on the logo above for information about the U.S. EPA's NPDES program.

Successes

KPDES

Current inventory of KPDES permits

Municipal
Total number of municipal sources 251
POTWs (publicly owned treatment works)
with required pretreatment programs (active)
66
POTWs with required pretreatment programs (inactive) 10
Total number of SIUs under pretreatment program 700+
POTWs with Combined Sewer Overflows (CSOs) 17
(306 CSOs)
KIMOPs 34
Industrial
Total number of individual permits and general permits 8,532
Individual permits 771
Coal mining general permits 3,296
Noncoal mining general permits 210
Water treatment plant general permits 150
KYA 8
KYC 1
Highway maintenance general permits 129
Groundwater remediation general permits 55
Storm water general permits 3,912
Total number of Industrial KNDOPs
(Ky. No Discharge Operating Permits)
1,801
Agricultural 1,636
Industrial 165
Total number of oil and gas registrations 10,192
Private/Commercial
Total number of individual and general permits 1,976
Individual permits* 870
General permits (individual residence) 1,106
Total number of KNDOPs 298
TOTALS
Individual permits 1,893
General permits (Excludes KIMOPs & KYC) 8,866
KNDOPs 2,099
Oil and gas registrations 10,192
Pretreatment programs (66 active; 10 inactive) 76
(w/700 + SIUs)

State revolving fund successes
Nonpoint source successes

 

Kentucky Division of Water | Department for Environmental Protection

Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Cabinet

9/30/2002