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Kentucky American Water Science Fair, Coordinated by Fayette County Public Schools:

Each February, Fayette County public, private and home-school students in grades four through 12 compete in the annual Kentucky American Water Science Fair coordinated by Fayette County Public Schools in Lexington. The Kentucky American Water Science Fair was established in 1985 to help celebrate the company’s centennial anniversary. Students participating in the event have either earned advancement to the district fair by receiving honors at their respective schools’ science fairs or otherwise earned recognition for their projects to advance to district competition.

H2O to Go Water Trailer:

We are pleased to offer Kentucky American Water's H2O To Go water trailer for various community events to help provide quality, chilled water to customers and to help reduce waste that comes from single-use beverage bottles.

Community events held from Memorial Day through Labor Day in areas served by Kentucky American Water (Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Franklin, Gallatin, Grant, Harrison, Jackson, Jessamine, Nicholas, Owen, Rockcastle, Scott or Woodford counties) are eligible to request the use of our H2O To Go water trailer.

Firefighting Support Grant Program:

Kentucky American Water is proud to partner with the men and women who volunteer for and support our local fire departments. To show our appreciation, Kentucky American Water created the Firefighting Support Grant Program to benefit local fire departments.

Kentucky American Water Firefighting Support Grants provide financial assistance to uniformed professional and volunteer fire departments serving communities in the company’s designated service territories. Grants are awarded to cover the costs associated with purchasing personal protective gear, communications equipment, firefighting tools, water handling equipment, training and related activities/materials used to support community fire protection. Reimbursement for specific fire training classes, including the cost of training manuals and student workbooks, is eligible. The maximum grant amount is $500.

Tap in a Snap Water Bottle Refilling Station Program:

Our Tap in a Snap program is designed to help make safe and healthy hydration easily accessible in public spaces while also promoting environmental stewardship, since it helps reduce the number of beverage cans and plastic bottles that end up in landfills.

Our Tap in a Snap program provides grants to select nonprofit organizations and public facilities/properties to help purchase water bottle refilling stations at their locations. To be eligible to apply, organizations must receive their tap water service from Kentucky American Water. Individuals are not eligible for Tap in a Snap grants. Grants are provided as funds permit. Grant recipients are responsible for ordering and installing the water bottle refilling units.

H2O Help to Others Program:

Kentucky American Water’s H20 Help to Others Program^™ provides financial assistance for our income-eligible, residential water and wastewater customers in need. The program is funded through a corporate donation as well as customer and employee donations.

We offer the H20 Help to Others Program^™ for our income-eligible, residential water and wastewater customers who find themselves unable to pay their Kentucky American Water bill(s).

Community Donations:

We offer general charitable contributions for community events, activities and organizations that focus on water and the environment, water and healthy living, environmental education, and community sustainability. Click here for more information.

Speaker Requests:

We are also frequently asked to speak at conferences, industry events, organizations and schools. If you are interested in tapping into our water industry expertise for your event or conference, please email kentuckyamericanwater@amwater.com.