Kentucky Water Science Center (KY WSC)
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Jean Brennan
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last modified
Apr 08, 2013 04:55 PM
The Kentucky Water Science Center provides information and conducts research concerning hydrology including ground water, water quality, streamflow, precipitation, and lake and river elevations in Kentucky. Additional research activities include:
- Watershed assessment, management and monitoring using GIS
- Regional karst hydrogeologic systems mapping using GIS methods
- Analysis of stream/water interaction
- Nutrient data and diatom/macroinvertebrate community structure evaluation
- Suspended sediment concentration analysis
- Source water assessment programs
- Water contaminants and their effects on fish and aquatic wildlife
- Investigation of abandoned wells that may contaminate ground water by oil, gas and other pollutants
- Hydrology of coal producing areas in Appalachia
- The effects of abandoned landfills on water quality
- The operation of streamflow gauging stations throughout Kentucky
The Kentucky Water Science Center provides information on their current projects and staff on their website: http://ky.water.usgs.gov/
