Water Quality
Land Reform Committee Meeting
KFTC's Land Reform Committee develops strategies for working on all land and natural resource issues, including developing and implementing the strategy for the Canary Project. All KFTC issue committee meetings are open to all KFTC members, but for planning purposes we would like you to let us know that you plan to attend.
Surface Coal Mines Failing to Keep Kentucky’s Waters Clean
Forty years after the passage of the Clean Water Act, it is still not being fully implemented and enforced by the states, a fact that is readily apparent here in Kentucky.
KFTC members put focus on Beshear, not EPA
KFTC members delivered a strong message Tuesday evening that the Beshear administration needs to be accountable for failing to enforce the Clean Water Act, and that the U.S. EPA should be allowed to do its job.
By not enforcing the law, there are serious health consequences for people who live near coal mining operations and downstream, members emphasized.
"Each time a [water pollution] permit is issued, the Beshear administration is killing citizens," testified Samantha Cole of Beattyville.
H2O-rganizing Trainings Get Underway
About 20 KFTC members from 10 counties met in Prestonsburg last week for a training about ways to use community organizing and community science to enforce the Clean Water Act and protect the health of their communities.
"Knowledge is power," noted one participant from Magoffin County. "Water testing is a good way to get other people involved. To be honest, lots of people don't pay much attention to so-called experts. But information they get from their neighbors holds more water."
Organizing and Water Testing Training Saturday, May 12th
KFTC is hosting an Organizing and Water Testing Training Saturday May 12th, from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM at the Floyd County Public Library in downtown Prestonsburg. This workshop will focus on helping KFTC members identify streams they want to begin testing and then developing skills to reach out and involve members in the local community in order to build community ownership in understanding the results of the initial testing.
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