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The Kentucky Water Resources Research Institute (KWRRI) is one of 54 Water Resource Research Institutes or Centers located throughout the United States and its territories. The state water resources research institutes are authorized by the Water Resources Research Act of 1964 (P.L. 88-379 codified at 42 U.S.C. 10301 et seq.) through the Water Resources Research Institutes Program administered by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and organized as the National Institutes for Water Resources (NIWR). NIWR cooperates with the US Geological Survey (USGS) to support, coordinate and facilitate research. The KWRRI administers several state-level USGS grant programs for water research including the Annual Base Grants (104b) and National Competitive Grants (104g). The annual base grant program is authorized by the provisions of section 104b of the Water Resources Research Act. Under Section 104b, annual base grants are awarded to serve the needs of the state, region and nation by supporting and encouraging research and technology transfer in the area of water resources. KWRRI’s annual base grant program supports the following objectives specified in the Water Resources Research Act: 1. Plan, conduct, or otherwise arrange for competent applied and peer reviewed research that fosters: a. improvements in water supply reliability; b. the exploration of new ideas that address water problems and/or expand understanding of water and water-related phenomena; c. the entry of new research scientists into water resources fields; and d. the dissemination of research results to water managers and the public. 2. Cooperate closely with other colleges and universities from the State that have demonstrated capabilities for research, information dissemination, and graduate training in order to develop a statewide program designated to resolve State and regional water and related land problems. 3. Cooperate closely with other institutes and other organizations in the region to increase the effectiveness of the institutes and for the purpose of promoting regional coordination. Each year, proposals are submitted to further these objectives and promote the national mission and objectives of the USGS, which are focused on providing water quality and quantity information, understanding water availability, addressing the influence of climate on water resources, and responding to water-related emerging needs. This report summarizes the projects funded in FY 2019 through the section 104(b) annual base grant program. The technical reports and supporting information for each project are authored by the project’s PI. In FY 2019, five research projects were funded, three at the University of Kentucky, one at Eastern Kentucky University, and one at Western Kentucky University. An information transfer project managed by KWRRI was also funded in FY 2019. The current focus of the program is to support water-related research efforts in a wide range of disciplines conducted by students at universities and colleges in Kentucky. In FY2019, 11 undergraduate and 3 graduate students were supported through Kentucky’s 104b program.

The Kentucky Water Resources Research Institute (KWRRI) is one of 54 federally authorized water resource institutes or centers throughout the United States and its territories. It operates under the authority of the Water Resources Research Act of 1964 (P.L. 88-379 codified at 42 U.S.C. 10301 et seq.) through the Water Resources Research Institutes Program administered by the United States Geological Survey (USGS). KWRRI’s annual base grant program under section 104(b) supports the following objectives specified in the Water Resources Research Act: 1. Plan, conduct, or otherwise arrange for competent applied and peer reviewed research that fosters: a. improvements in water supply reliability; b . the exploration of new ideas that address water problems and/or expand understanding of water and water-related phenomena; c. the entry of new research scientists into water resources fields; and d. the dissemination of research results to water managers and the public. 2. Cooperate closely with other colleges and universities from the State that have demonstrated capabilities for research, information dissemination, and graduate training in order to develop a statewide program designated to resolve State and regional water and related land problems. 3. Cooperate closely with other institutes and other organizations in the region to increase the effectiveness of the institutes and for the purpose of promoting regional coordination. Each year, proposals are submitted to further these objectives and promote the national mission and objectives of the USGS, which are focused on providing water quality and quantity information, understanding water availability, addressing the influence of climate on water resources, and responding to water-related emerging needs. This report summarizes the projects funded in FY 2018 through the section 104(b) annual base grant program.

KY 1 is primarily a grid system in Kentucky with the following assets: 2 Tanks, 1 Pumps, 0 Pumping Stations, 0 Water Treatment Plant, and approximately 215,282 feet of pipe. KY 1 provides 2.0 million gallons of water per day to its 6,400 customers at approximately $8.00 and per 1,000 gallons of water. Water loss for KY 1 is estimated at 21% of the water produced., Copyright: © 2016 Lindell E. Ormsbee This dataset is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided that the dataset creator and source are credited and that changes (if any) are clearly indicated.

Description: The ASCE Task Committee on Research Databases for Water Distribution Systems was formed in 2013 for the purpose of developing a database for use by the water distribution system community in developing and testing new algorithms for network design, analysis, and operations. This effort has led to the identification and collection of data files and supporting narratives for over 40 different distribution systems. This paper provides an overview of the database along with instructions for how the system data may be accessed for use. Researcher ORCID Identifier: Lindell E. Ormsbee: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6762-5847

Graduate course in water resource systems analysis offered at University of Kentucky, Lexington in Fall 2015.