Press Release                                        October 28, 2003

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

Rural Water Association of Utah Receives
Excellence in National Legislation Award

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

This award is presented to the State Associations that has provided leadership through its involvement in national legislative issues and by attending the Rural Water Rally in Washington, DC. Through their support of national legislative priorities, rally activities and success in involving their membership; this association has gained the backing of their congressional delegations in insuring funding for training and technical assistance & rural development loans and grants.

Created in 1980, the Rural Water Association of Utah is a non-profit trade association of rural water and wastewater systems.  Since the beginning days of the Association, RWAU has grown to become a nationally recognized Rural Water Association and the preferred provider of training and on-site assistance for small systems in Utah.

RWAU was chosen for this prestigious award 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:  Dale Pierson and Doug Evans