By Brad Bowman Remote Kentucky wetlands with a delicate balance of open canopy and the right amount of saturated soil create the perfect habitat for an almost other worldly flower – the white fringeless orchid. The federally threatened species is bone white with blooms that make it […]
With a focus on providing clean, dependable drinking water to Kentucky families, water utilities have looked to regionalization of water services with remarkable results. Since 2000, the total number of public water systems in Kentucky has decreased 55 percent. Systems are working together to solve area water concerns and are realizing regionalization can increase efficiency, better protect the environment and increases a community’s capacity for economic development.
n estimated $16 million construction project will soon be underway to give the city of South Shore reliable, safe drinking water, replacing an emergency temporary waterline that has supplied water from Portsmouth, Ohio since South Shore shut down its city wells that were found in 2019 to contain elevated levels of “forever chemicals.”
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