Kentucky Interagency Groundwater Monitoring Network Proposal
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KRS 151.629, Continued.
The committee shall have two (2) nonvoting legislative liaisons who shall be
members of the General Assembly. One (1) liaison shall be a House member
appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and one (1) liaison
shall be a Senate member appointed by the President of the Senate. The chair of
the committee shall be the director of the University of Kentucky Water
Resources Research Institute. The duties and responsibilities of the committee
shall include:
(a) Developing a plan to coordinate agencies for the overall characterization
of the state's groundwater, including occurrence, flow systems, water
quantity, and water quality;
(b) Reviewing the data entry process to ensure that all data collected is placed
into the Kentucky Groundwater Data Repository;
(c) Establishing a long-term groundwater monitoring plan for the
Commonwealth;
(d) Making recommendations for prioritization of the state's groundwater
research needs; and
(e) Annually reviewing and evaluating groundwater data collection and
analysis.
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