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Description
In fiscal year 2010-2011, the Kentucky Geological Survey (KGS) participated in the
Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Unregulated Drinking Water Initiative (UDWI) with a pilot
project entitled “Compilation and Cost Estimate for Digitization of Agency Groundwater Data
for Entry into the Kentucky Groundwater Data Repository.” One objective of that project
identified bacteria analyses of groundwater compiled by local health departments from private
water wells. There are 57 health departments in Kentucky covering 120 counties. During the
pilot project, discussions with health department personnel from eight of these agencies indicated
that their bacteria data are in diverse format (paper, spreadsheets, lab reports, etc.), with varying
degrees of general site information such as well type, location and construction. These data have
not been stored under any unified system.
It is proposed for the current funding opportunity to select ten health departments across
Kentucky, review any bacteria datasets that they have compiled, and determine whether these
data are of sufficient quality and completeness to be of benefit to the UDWI (now Public Water
Initiative) and the Kentucky Groundwater Data Repository (KGDR). If review of the available
bacteria data indicates that they are useful datasets, the bacteria data will then be captured,
digitized and entered into the KGDR for use by the general public and public health researchers.
Status | Finished |
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Effective start/end date | 11/1/12 → 6/30/13 |
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