The Agriculture Water Quality Authority was established by the Agriculture Water Quality Act (KRS 224.71-100 through 224.71-140) by the 1994 General Assembly. The members of the authority are appointed by the governor to represent the state’s agriculture and environmental community while developing and supporting a statewide agricultural water quality plan.
The statewide agriculture water quality plan is an effort to produce a practical, flexible, coordinated natural resources management system that protects the waters of the Commonwealth and complies with applicable government rules and regulations. It is based on pollution prevention through the use of Best Management Practices (BMPs). KRS 224.71 defines BMPs as the most effective, practical and economical means of reducing and preventing water pollution. BMPs establish minimum acceptable quality levels of planning, siting, designing, installing, operating and maintaining agriculture and silviculture facilities and operations.
The current, approved BMPs can all be viewed here.
Upcoming meeting dates are as follows:
Feb. 13, 2020 at 1 p.m. at 300 Sower Boulevard, Frankfort, Ky.
April 23, 2020 at 9:30 a.m. by videoconference. Join Zoom meeting with meeting ID 247 377 815
Aug. 17, 2020 at 12:30 p.m. by videoconference. Join Zoom meeting with meeting ID 856 9167 4954, passcode Education (Education Committee).
Aug. 27, 2020 at 1 p.m. by videoconference. Join Zoom meeting with meeting ID 872 9729 7767, passcode AWQA.
Sept. 25, 2020 at 1 p.m. by videoconference. Join Zoom meeting with meeting ID 837 3020 6792 passcode AWQA (Education Committee).
Nov. 9, 2020 at 9:30 a.m. at 300 Sower Boulevard, Frankfort, Ky.
Agriculture Water Quality Authority Members
| Member | Organization |
| Allan Bryant | Kentucky Association of Conservation Districts |
| Keith Rogers | Kentucky Department of Agriculture |
| Amanda Gumbert | UK College of Agriculture, Cooperative Extension Service |
| Larry Thomas | Kentucky Farm Bureau Federation |
| Paulette Akers | Kentucky Division of Conservation |
| James Wright | Kentucky Division of Forestry |
| Chuck Taylor | Kentucky Geological Survey |
| Todd Clark | Member-at-large Agr. Operations |
| Ron Brunty | Environmental Groups |
| Joseph Sisk | Member-at-large Agr. Operations |
| Greg Stone | National Resource Conservation Service (ex-officio) |
| Vacant | Kentucky Division of Water (ex-officio) |
| Angela Billings | Kentucky Department of Health Services (ex-officio) |
| Mark Burnett | Member-at-large Agr. Operations |