(1) It is hereby declared to be the policy of this Commonwealth to conserve the waters of the Commonwealth for public water supplies, for the propagation of fish and aquatic life, for fowl, animal wildlife and arboreous growth, and for agricultural, industrial, recreational and other legitimate uses; to provide a comprehensive program in the public interest for the prevention, abatement and control of pollution; to provide effective means for the execution and enforcement of such program; and to provide for cooperation with agencies of other states or of the federal government in carrying out these objectives.
(2) The following are among the purposes of KRS Chapter 224: to safeguard from pollution the uncontaminated waters of the Commonwealth; to prevent the creation of any new pollution of the waters of the Commonwealth; and to abate any existing pollution.

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 224.70-100

  • Animal: includes every warm-blooded living creature except a human being. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Federal: refers to the United States. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • waters of the Commonwealth: means and includes any and all rivers, streams, creeks, lakes, ponds, impounding reservoirs, springs, wells, marshes, and all other bodies of surface or underground water, natural or artificial, situated wholly or partly within or bordering upon the Commonwealth or within its jurisdiction. See Kentucky Statutes 224.1-010

Effective: June 17, 1978
History: Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 384, sec. 87, effective June 17, 1978. — Created
1950 Ky. Acts ch. 69, secs. 1 and 2.
Formerly codified as KRS § 224.020, and also previously codified as KRS § 220.590.

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