Press Release                                        October 28, 2003

National Rural Water Association
2915 S. 13th Street
Duncan, OK 73533
580-252-0629   FAX 580-255-4476
Contact:  Kris R. Cash, nrwakc@nrwa.org
 

Minnesota Rural Water Association Receives Newsletter of the Year Award

Officials at the National Rural Water Association are pleased to announce that Minnesota Rural Water received the Newsletter of the Year Award that was presented at the NRWA Annual Leadership and Technology Exhibit Center Forum held in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, October 19-22.

A newsletter can be a valuable tool for keeping the association’s members current on a timely basis in between magazine publication dates or to inform members on individual programs or areas of interest for the association and its members.  The criteria for selection is overall visual appeal, content, ease of readability, promotion of rural water, and input from program personnel.

Formed in 1978, the Minnesota Rural Water Association is a non-profit organization that serves the water and wastewater utilities of the state.  Designed to help systems provide quality water to rural areas, MRWA strives to increase the operational and managerial knowledge of water, wastewater, and source water protection personnel.  The association strives to increase the public awareness of water quality and vulnerability while focusing on professionalism.

Minnesota Rural Water Association was selected as this year’s winner from a field of 48 state associations.

The NRWA Awards in Excellence program was established to recognize the outstanding efforts of the Member State Affiliates, their staff, and special members of the rural water industry. 

The National Rural Water Association is a non-profit federation of State Rural Water Associations.  Its mission: to provide state associations with support services to meet the needs of their membership.

Historically, NRWA’s state associations have trained over 100,000 water and wastewater system personnel a year for two decades and provided over 70,000 on-site technical assistance visits a year. Local communities have adopted over 7,000 ground water protection plans. Additionally, an NRWA goal is to have all community water supplies complete vulnerability assessments and emergency response plans.


 

Photo:  Ruth Hubbard, Executive Director