The Commonwealth Water Education Project is a partnership of people in Kentucky, working together to help keep Kentucky's streams and rivers healthy for drinking, swimming, fishing, and boating—for us and for future generations. Why? According to the Kentucky Division of Water, many of Kentucky's assessed streams and rivers are polluted to the point where they can no longer support swimming and fishing! Did you know that?

We think we can do better.
 
This Project is trying to get the word out through educator professional development, training workshops, and a media campaign. The word is that all across the Commonwealth, we have wonderful streams that are good for water recreation, but problems do exist with the health of some streams. The good news is, there are simple things we each can do to help make a difference.

Want to learn more? Get involved!
 
The Kentucky Growth Readiness project offers training workshops that help community leaders learn how to maintain water quality as their communities grow. The Educator Professional Development project offers week-long summer institutes for elementary, middle school, and high school teachers and nonformal educators to give them hands-on activities, skills, and materials they can use in the classroom and other instructional settings.

See the TV documentary.
 
See an Electronic Field Trip to Watersheds.

A media campaign is underway to help get the word out.
 
See the TV ads.
 
Listen to the radio ads.
  
See the print ads.
 

Acknowledgments
 
 
Thanks to all the people who helped in the development of this project.

Commonwealth Water Education Project Steering Committee:

Amanda Abne, University of Kentucky

Joe Baust, Murray State University

Lee Colten, Kentucky Division of Water

Jane Eller, Kentucky Environmental Education Council

Allan Dittmer, University of Louisville

Rosetta Fackler, Kentucky Division of Water

Carol Hanley, University of Kentucky

David Howarth, University of Louisville

Laura Lang, Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources

Joan Martin, Western Kentucky University

Yvonne Meichtry, Northern Kentucky University

Keith Mountain, University of Louisville

Ashley Osborne, University of Kentucky

Judy Peterson, Kentucky Waterways Alliance

Brian Reeder, Morehead State University

Dale Reynolds, Kentucky Division of Water

Lynda Thomas, Kentucky Educational Television

Tom Thurman, Kentucky Educational Television

Jay Webb, Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources

David Wicks, University of Louisville and Jefferson County Public Schools

Terry Wilson, Western Kentucky University


Also, thanks are extended to the following for their participation in the media campaign:

Stephen Ayers, Student Graphic Designer, University Relations, Western Kentucky University.

David Brinkley, Educational Television Services Senior Producer, Western Kentucky University

Ellie Coffey, 9 years old, Bowling Green, Kentucky

Tom Foster, Educational Television Services Graphic Artist, Western Kentucky University

Rafe Heltsley, WKYU-PBS, Western Kentucky University

Kimberly Jones, Location Artist for TV PSAs

Duncan McKenzie, Producer

Tom Meacham, Director of Publications, Western Kentucky University

Kentucky Department of Agriculture

Kentucky League of Cities