Between 1992 and 2004, the EQC published reports tracking environmental trends and indicators. This information can be used to assess how well the state has been protecting Kentucky's environment. Copies of these reports are available from the EQC.
Between 1992 and 2004, the EQC published reports tracking environmental trends and indicators. As the result of budget cuts and staff reductions, the commission stopped producing the State of Kentucky's Environment Report in its entirety. Instead, in 2004 the EQC released a report on specific indicators every other month and report about children's environmental health.
Environmental Indicator of the Month
The EQC Environmental Indicator of the Month highlighted important or emerging environmental issues to our Web site visitors. Additional sources of information were also provided so that visitors can learn more about these and other environmental issues in Kentucky.
The first released chapter is Forest Indicators and Trends in Kentucky.
September/October Indicator - Logging Trends on Public Forestlands
July/August Indicator - Mercury in Fish Tissue in Kentucky
May/June Indicator - Birth Defects and the Environment
March/April Indicator - Waterborne Diseases and Issues
January/February Indicator - Childhood Lead Poisoning
November/December Indicator - Childhood Asthma
Children's Environmental Health
Protecting the health of our children will require that we work to better understand the relationship between environmental conditions and health outcomes. The Kentucky Environmental Quality Commission’s Children’s Environmental Health in Kentucky report is intended to provide a snapshot of children’s health and potential relationships to the environment in order to promote a greater state dialogue on environmental health in Kentucky. This report contains embedded spreadsheets, which can be accessed by double clicking on the orange chart icons or the paper clip icons.
Printed copies of the report and CD-ROM are also available from EQC. Contact EQC to request a report and CD-ROM.
Chapters in PDF format
Tables in Excel format
Childhood Asthma
Learning and Behavioral Disorders
Childhood Cancer
Waterborne Diseases
Birth Defects
- TRI Mercury and Mercury Compound Releases by Source, County, 2002 (pounds)
- TRI On-site and Off-site Reported Releases of Trichloroethylene by Source, County 1988-2002 (pounds)
- TRI On-site and Off-site Reported Releases of Toluene by Source, County (pounds)
- TRI On-site and Off-site Reported Releases of Cadmium by Facility, City, County, 2002 (pounds)
- TRI On-site and Off-site Reported Releases of Arsenic by Facility, City, County, 2002
The 2000-01 State of Kentucky's Environment is the fifth update on the health of Kentucky's environment and natural resources. The 172-page report prepared by the Kentucky Environmental Quality Commission includes more than 200 indicators detailing trends and conditions in Kentucky. The entire document is linked below in chapter format.
Cover
Introduction
Highlights
Drinking Water
Water Resources
Air Quality
Waste Management
Toxic Pollutants
Natural Resources
Resource Extraction
Energy
Map and Index
The 1998-99 State of Kentucky's Environment report revealed that Kentucky had made significant progress in restoring the quality of the land, water and air. This progress was made while the state's population increased and the economy had grown. The report contains information and data pertaining to the quality of Kentucky's drinking water, water resources, air, waste management and toxics. The entire document is linked below in chapter format.
Cover
Introduction
Overview
Drinking Water
Water Quality
Air Quality
Waste
Toxics
Appendices
During 1996-97 EQC published its third trends update through a series of seven reports detailing drinking water, air quality, waste management, toxics, water quality, natural resources and resource extraction trends. Each of the seven reports is linked below.
Drinking Water
Air Quality
Waste Management
Toxics
Water Quality
Natural Resources
Resource Extraction
The State of Kentucky's Environment: 1994 Status Report updated the 1992 trends report. The report charts Kentucky's environmental health in the areas of water and air quality, waste management, toxics, forestry, agriculture, wildlife, coal mining, oil and gas and energy.
The State of Kentucky's Environment: 1994 Status Report
The 1992 State of Kentucky's Environment report provided the first complete picture of Kentucky's environment. Seven major areas were reviewed in the report: water resources, air quality, waste management, toxics, natural resources, coal mining and energy. In each chapter, environmental indicators are assessed in order to determine if the investments Kentucky has made in protecting the environment are achieving results. The report is intended to provide state policy makers, as well as the citizens of the commonwealth, a better understanding of the environmental conditions in Kentucky and the many challenges facing the state in the 1990s and beyond.
State of Kentucky's Environment: A Report of Progress and Problems
