The fifth annual AmeriCorps Week, taking place May 14-21, 2011, provides the perfect opportunity for AmeriCorps members, alums, grantees, program partners, and friends to demonstrate AmeriCorps’ impact on critical issues, bring more Americans into service, and thank the community partners…
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KRWW Water Sampler Training on Saturday April 16th
Headwaters Inc and the Kentucky River Water Watch will be hosting a Water Assessment Training Workshops, Phase I (Grab Sample/Field Chemistry) Training, on Saturday, April 16th from 12pm to 4pm. The training will allow us to extend our work in…
Jenkins Middle-High School Riverside Clean Up a Success!!!
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What is your Water Story? Pt3
What is your Water Story? Pt2
Jenkins Middle-High School Clean Up
Headwaters Inc. and The Jenkins Middle-High School Present: The Jenkins School Clean Up March 19th, at 9am until 12pm Headwaters Inc. and the Jenkins School are teaming up to address the issue of water quality in our community. This clean…
Whitesburg Water Plant Issued Notice of Violation after Diesel Spill
http://www.kentucky.com/2011/02/22/1643957/whitesburgs-water-plant-issued.html The Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection has issued a notice of violation at Whitesburg’s water treatment plant for problems found during a diesel spill earlier this month into the North Fork of the Kentucky River upstream from the plant.…
Time Line of Diesel Spill Events as Documented by the Kentucky Division of Water
Timeline of events for Whitesburg diesel spill Feb. 12, 2011 Sat., Feb. 12 At approximately noon on Saturday, Feb. 12, the Whitesburg drinking water plant notified the Kentucky Environmental Response Team (ERT) that several customers had called the plant to…
Whitesburg Consumer Advisory Lifted
The Division of Water has reported that the Whitesburg Consumer Advisory, or No Contact Advisory, has been lifted. Citizens are advised to flush out their pipes by turning on all faucets for 20 minutes to rid pipes of all tainted…
Further Update on the Whitesburg Diesel Spill
Here are more recent stories in the Herald Leader on the Spill. Don Childers makes a statement. http://www.kentucky.com/2011/02/14/1634853/whitesburg-water-remains-unusable.html http://www.wkyt.com/wymtnews/headlines/Whitesburg_still_cannot_use_water_116194669.html http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wuky/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1762704 http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewiStockNews/articleid/4888421