Table of Contents
Introduction 1
1 The Waters of Kentucky Daniel I. Carey 3
2 A Cartographic View of Kentucky's Watershed and Landscapes: The Early Years and Modern Accomplishments Daniel I. Carey 17
3 Springs and the Settlement of Pioneer Kentucky Gary A. O'Dell 27
4 Water and Wastewater Service for the Commonwealth of Kentucky Roger Recktenwald 40
5 The American Dream and the Water Bounty in Appalachian Kentucky John R. Burch Jr. 54
6 Appalachia: Gathered at the River Sam Adams 62
7 Life on the River Jamey Wiglesworth 69
8 The Martin County Coal-Waste Spill and Beyond: Reflections and Suggestions Shaunna L. Scott Stephanie M. McSpirit 73
9 Protecting Water Resources with Streamside Management Zones at Robinson Forest Christopher D. Barton Emma L. Witt Jeffrey W. Stringer 81
10 The Mighty Elkhorn: Our Home Creek Zina Merkin 88
11 Where Five Rivers Meet: The Far Western Waters of Kentucky Susan P. Hendricks 103
12 Karst: Shaped by Water from the Inside Out James C. Currens 116
13 Water Quality and Natural Resources in the Green River Basin Brad D. Lee Tanja N. Williamson Angela S. Crain 133
14 Wetlands of Kentucky: Connecting Landscapes and Waterways Stephen C. Richter Michelle Guidugli-Cook David R. Brown 151
15 Reconnecting through Stream Restoration Carmen T. Agouridis 163
16 Urban Water Management: Responding to Federal Regulation Jack Schieffer 170
17 Looking to the Past, Designing and Demonstrating Alternative Methods Today to Address Urban Stormwater Challenges Jason Hale 179
18 Who Pooped and How It Was Pound: One Scientist's Story of Source Tracking Fecal Bacteria in an Inner Bluegrass Watershed Tricia Coakley 189
19 The Watershed Atlas Project: A Different Way to Look at the Commonwealth Brian D. Lee Corey L. Wilson Angela Schörgendorfer 193
20 Reinventing Water-Landscape Monitoring and Management in the Age of Geoenabled Environmental Sensor Webs and Social Networks Demetrio P. Zourarakis 202
21 Water as the Context for Community-Based Science Projects: Teaching the Next Generation Carol Hanley Kelly Taylor 213
22 Using Market-Based Tools to Protect and Improve Water Quality in Kentucky Wuyang Hu 223
23 Water and People at the Confluence Amanda Abnee Gumbert 226
Contributors 233
Index 239