Kentucky River Authority

Kentucky River Authority

The Kentucky River Authority is an agency of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Its major purpose is to operate and maintain a set of locks and dams (specifically Locks 5 through 14) along the course of the Kentucky River which was originally built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and are now in the process of being deeded over to the Authority. The KRA was established in 1986.

This system makes the Kentucky River navigable throughout its entire 259 mile (437 km) length from its mouth into the Ohio River all the way up to its headwaters at the confluence of the North and South Forks. However, it is not available for efficient use by many of the modern barge tows due to the relatively small size of the locks and the fact that the channel is maintained to only a six-foot draft rather than the nine-foot draft that is more typical and the standard used on most major river systems in the U.S. The Authority also works to prevent water pollution as much as is practicable along the Kentucky River Basin, in large measure because the stream is the source of the drinking water for approximately one-sixth of all Kentucky residents. The Authority's responsibility for water quality was added to its mission in 1988 after a serious and prolonged drought brought issues of water quality and availability to the fore. In fact, the system is now operated more for the purpose of maintaining a secure supply of drinkable water for Lexington and other communities than it is to maximize navigation.

ee also

*Tennessee Valley Authority


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужен реферат?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Kentucky River — Einzugsgebiet des Kentucky Rivers Daten Gewässerkennzahl …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Kentucky River — Origin Beattyville, Kentucky Mouth Ohio River Basin countries …   Wikipedia

  • Kentucky River Museum — The Kentucky River Museum is located in Boonesborough, Kentucky, USA.It is at the site of the former lock operator s home and storage and maintenance building for Lock 10, one of fourteen locks on the Kentucky River which were originally built by …   Wikipedia

  • Kentucky — Kentuckian, adj., n. /keuhn tuk ee/, n. 1. a state in the E central United States. 3,661,433; 40,395 sq. mi. (104,625 sq. km). Cap.: Frankfort. Abbr.: KY (for use with zip code), Ken., Ky. 2. a river flowing NW from E Kentucky to the Ohio River.… …   Universalium

  • Kentucky — This article is about the Commonwealth of Kentucky. For other uses, see Kentucky (disambiguation). Commonwealth of Kentucky …   Wikipedia

  • Kentucky — • A state situated between the parallels of latitude 36° 30 and 39°6 N., and between the meridians 82° and 89°38 W Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Kentucky     Kentucky      …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • Kentucky Lake — 〚after the state〛 reservoir in SW Ky. & W Tenn., on the Tennessee River: 247 sq mi (640 sq km); 184 mi (296 km) long * * * Reservoir, western Kentucky and western Tennessee, U.S. One of the world s largest manmade lakes, it is 184 mi (296 km)… …   Universalium

  • Kentucky Dam — is a dam on the Tennessee River on the dividing line between Livingston County and Marshall County in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It impounds Kentucky Lake, which is 184 miles (296 km) long, and is the largest artificial lake in the eastern… …   Wikipedia

  • Kentucky Lake — Infobox lake lake name = Kentucky Lake image lake = LBL.jpg caption lake = image bathymetry = caption bathymetry = location = Kentucky / Tennessee coords = type = reservoir inflow = outflow = catchment = basin countries = United States length =… …   Wikipedia

  • Kentucky Synod — In the history of the Presbyterian and Reformed tradition in the United States, there have been a number of judicatories named Kentucky Synod. Kentucky Synod, PC(USA) The first, and probably most well known, of these was that established by the… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”