Big Sandy River Basin Coordinator - In this unit, the Kentucky Division of Water provides the services of a full-time basin coordinator.

Temporarily Vacant
Contact John Webb for more information
E-mail: john.webb@ky.gov

Focus Watershed Information - The focus watersheds are watersheds selected by the Watershed Steering Committee as areas for focused restoration and protection efforts and resources. 

• Background Information:  This link provides a summary of issues and information for this focus watershed.
  • Elkhorn Creek
• Updates and status reports:  The links below are summaries of reports provided to the Watershed Steering Committee on status and other information related to activities in the focus watersheds.
  • Elkhorn Creek 

Big Sandy Basin Status Report - The status report, published in 2002, was produced as part of Kentucky's Watershed Management Framework.

Watershed Viewer - Links to a clickable basin map. More detailed information is revealed by "zooming" into the map (with the "magnifying glass"). "Identify HUC11" produces links, at the bottom of the map, to a table and narrative information about each subwatershed.

Volunteer monitoring connection

• Water Watch - Volunteers protecting Kentucky waterways.
• Big Sandy River Watershed Watch - Volunteer organization focused on water quality monitoring and improvement efforts in the Big Sandy River basin.

Assessments

• List of impaired waters for Kentucky (303d List) - Pursuant to Section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act, the state of Kentucky has developed a list of waterbodies presently not supporting designated uses as required by 40 CFR 130.7(b)(4) and needing Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) development.  (PDF document)