Groundwater Research on springs and karst groundwater flows in West Lexington

A number of entities monitor and track springs and other groundwater resources in our area. Here are some links to some of that work:

Kentucky Geological Survey

• KGS Springs and Wells Mapping Project (Zoom in to Fayette County using the map viewer)
• Publication by Jim Currens Et Al at Kentucky Geological Survey on karst springs and groundwater (1.1mb PDF)

Kentucky Division of Water
Non-Point Source Pollution Study
Rob Blair, Joe Ray, Phillip O' Dell and others have been sampling springs in the South Elkhorn Watershed. They will be releasing their findings soon in a report published through the Kentucky Division of Water.

• Preliminary Monitoring Data from Gardenside Spring (MS Excel File)
• Preliminary Monitoring Data from Kenton Blue Hole (MS Excel File)
• Preliminary Monitoring Data from Kay Spring (MS Excel File)

Watershed Watch Volunteer Monitoring

Friends of Wolf Run through Kentucky River Watershed Watch regularly monitors McConnell Springs and Gardenside Springs for pathogen bacteria. (Take home lesson, don't drink the water from any of our springs without disinfection!) For data from that monitoring visit the Watershed Watch Monitoring Results Map Service, Zoom in to Fayette County.

Contact us if you have questions about technical data related to springs in the Wolf Run Watershed or would like to participate in monitoring our springs.