Water Supply Planning

Additionally, the Water Resource Information System (WRIS) was developed through the cooperative efforts of water and wastewater treatment systems and local, regional, and state agencies. The WRIS Portal provides much of the information needed for all aspects of water and wastewater planning and emergency management decision making. The Portal was designed to bring together information from a multitude of sources and display that information in one easy to use web application. The Portal is linked to databases at the Division of Water, the Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection, the Kentucky Department for Local Government, the Kentucky Public Service Commission, the Kentucky Department of Education, the Kentucky Department of Parks, KyWARN, and KIA.

WRIS Portal information originating from KIA is maintained by the ADDs through system visits performed annually to each drinking water system and wastewater treatment system in the Commonwealth. In addition, the ADDs facilitate the Area Water Management Councils, encompassing the Commonwealth. These Area Water Management Councils meet quarterly and by statute assume the role and function of long range planning efforts for the Public Water and Wastewater Systems represented on the Council. It is important to recognize the growth of public water and wastewater systems in the Commonwealth over the past several years and the collaborative efforts that have set the framework for continued growth of sustainable infrastructure throughout the Commonwealth of Kentucky.