WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Rural Water Association presented Senator Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas with a Friend of Rural Water Award today, during the National Rural Water Association’s 2010 Rural Water Rally in Washington, D.C.
        The award is to honor individuals who have been a friend and supporter of rural water. The award is presented on behalf of NRWA’s 26,696 member utilities, and state affiliates.
        “Senator Lincoln is a true Friend of Rural Water. Her efforts on behalf of Rural Water are well known as is her fierce and loyal dedication not only to small utilities in Arkansas, but for small and rural community systems across America,” said Fred Sheldon, President of the NRWA. “With this award we thank her for her years of tireless work and honor her for her friendship. In Rural America, friends are always there when you need them.”
        Senator Lincoln is currently the Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and serves on the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and the Finances Committee’s Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure.
        “Words will never express the depth of our appreciation to Senator Lincoln for all she has done for Rural Water,” said Steve Wear, Arkansas’s member of the NRWA National Board of Directors. “We so appreciate her willingness to brave D.C. traffic and snow to be with us today. She is a willing partner, defender and most of all a friend to rural water. We appreciate her more than she knows.”
        The Friend of Rural Water is part of the NRWA’s Awards in Excellence program, which was established to recognize outstanding efforts in the rural water industry. The NRWA, American’s largest utility association, trains over 60,000 water and wastewater personnel each year through its state affiliates. State personnel in all 50 states and Puerto Rico also make over 100,000 on-site technical assistance visits a year.

Pictured are Senator Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas and Steve Wear, Arkansas's member of the NRWA National Board of Directors.

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