Kentucky Rivers and streams were tested to determine pathogen levels for the KRWW Round 1 Pathogen Summer Testing Cycle. The results are in and they speak for themselves. All levels that exceeded the water quality standard for recreation of 240…
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Headwaters Inc. Letcher County Google Earth Tour
Cowan Elementary School Summer Camp
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Class Action to move ahead in Diesel Spill Hearing
A procedural hearing was held in the Letcher County Circuit Court on Tuesday, the 28th of June, in order to determine whether the case against Childers Oil could be considered as a class action, as opposed to having 80 separate…
Update for Hearing on Class Action for Whitesburg Water Spills
UPDATE: The hearing to determine the suitability of a class action regarding the contamination of water in Whitesburg by diesel has been moved to next week. The hearing will now be at 2:00PM Tuesday, the 28th of June.
Hearing on Class Action for Whitesburg Water Spill
Today, a hearing in the Letcher County Circuit Court will be held with the intent of determining whether litigation against Don Childers for monetary damages for contamination of the Whitesburg water supply by diesel fuel should be considered a class…
What’s Your Water Story: Pt5
Headwaters Update!
June has been an exciting and busy month for Headwaters, with a number of activities occurring. Recently, team members have participated in the National River Rally in South Carolina, participated in outreach programs through summer camps, as well as continuing…
Water Testing at Jenkins Middle High School
The Headwaters Inc. team headed out to Jenkins Middle-High School from the 25th of May to the 1st of June, to run chemical water testing labs and to inform the students of J.M.H.S. about the importance of water quality in our lives. …
Jenkins KY Incident
Headwaters has gotten reports of a potential chemical spill in Jenkins, Kentucky. There have been substantiated reports of foam present in the stream and a major fish kill. Headwaters volunteers went to one of the reported sites, Smokey Row, and…