By Robin Hartman Source: Rob Blair (EEC) – Map showing pump station distribution, color-coded based on auxiliary power availability. Immediately following the devastating floods in Eastern Kentucky in June 2022, power outages or storm damage left 22 drinking water systems and 18 wastewater systems without service. It took […]
Miller Riddell is one of 73 interns learning new skills while getting paid this summer at the Cabinet. He, along with Abbey Bleuel, Jesse Trost, Bella Bailey-Sims, and Jack Koontz, shared what it’s been like to work alongside environmental professionals.
Development can take a toll on the natural environment by creating a major issue: storm water runoff.
An occasional flood is good for overall stream health and biodiversity, but regular torrents of stormwater coming from surfaces like roads, roofs and parking lots damage our local creeks.