Kentucky Waterways Alliance

Water Gives For Good Everyday. 

However, these are challenging times for clean water in Kentucky, and we need your help to protect the waterways we depend on for good health, good drinking water, good farming, a good economy, and good times with with friends and family. 

Federal and state legislators, along with the E.P.A., continue to eliminate and weaken protections of our waterways and our drinking water. These assaults make KWA'S mandates to protect, restore, and celebrate our waterways even more critical. Kentucky Waterways Alliance believes all people have a right to clean water. We want our children's children to be free to wade in creeks, swim in rivers, fish in lakes, experience the joy of discovering a crawdad, and even drink from a faucet, unburdened by worry that their water might not be safe. 

Join us. Give for Good Water Today.

KWA a member-driven organization. We work together with partners, including state and federal agencies and local watershed groups, to bring about change through advocacy, restoration projects, education, and volunteer clean-ups. Our work over the last year includes:

• Read our 2025 Impact Report.
• Dam removals.
• Providing septic repair and replacement programs in the Red River and Red Bird River watersheds.
• Developed a tire pollution reporting tool the public can use to report waste tires in waterways to aid in tire removal efforts.
• Working with legislators on data center regulations that protect people and the environment.
• Advocating for sound clean water policy with federal and state elected representatives.
• Galvanizing tens of thousands of people across the Commonwealth to speak up in protest of legislation that reduces protection of drinking water.
• Stopping SB 178, a bill that removed water and public health protections from becoming law in Kentucky.
• Funding seed grants to help local groups restore their waterways and prevent non-source point pollution.
• Publishing the NewsStream magazine that celebrates Kentucky's waterways and has featured Q&A's with Kentucky's artists including The Local Honeys, Silas House, and Frank X Walker.
• Celebrating the Red River by hosting Red RiverFest and a concert featuring such artists as The Local Honeys, Bendigo Fletcher, and many other local musicians.
• Removing thousands of pounds of trash from Kentucky waterways as part of the Commonwealth Sweep program.
• Providing opportunities to community members who historically have had limited access to waterways through the Commonwealth Splash program.
• Responding to dozens of concerned citizen's calls about water issues.
• Gathering watershed professionals, volunteers, and concerned citizens for the annual Kentucky Watershed Network Summit.
• Hosting a series of free community conversations and workshops addressing water quality.
• Hosting a webinar on the impact of Data Centers on waterways and the environment.
• Hosting a Town Hall addressing proposed legislation that would impact water quality and public health.

We invite you to Give for Good Water by making a donation to KWA today!

Visit us at kwalliance.org for more information.  #kentuckyiswater #wateriscommonwealth