Kentucy Rural Water Association Walks Away From
National Leadership Forum with Three Major Awards
Including State Association of the Year!

Officials of the National Rural Water Association are pleased to announce that Kentucky Rural Water Association received top honors in three award categories including: State Association of the Year, Excellence in Training and Technical Assistance, and Excellence in Member Services at NRWA’s Annual Tribute to Excellence Awards Ceremony held in Biloxi, Mississippi October 13.

The prestigious State Association of the Year award is selected from a compilation of scores from other individual and association awards presented, as well as association growth and other efforts in assisting rural water systems.  It projects a team effort in all areas of professional association operations and membership services.

The Training Award takes into consideration numbers, support letters from utilities, State Primacy Agencies and/or Rural Development, and compliance issues.  Consideration is also given to session topics, agendas, and evaluations from State and National conferences, as well as participation as speakers, moderators, or session leaders.

The Member Services Award is based on all the tangible and intangible services that associations provide their members. This award is presented to the State Association leading the way in the support of its members.

Kentucky Rural Water Association is a non-profit organization of rural and small publicly owned waster and wastewater systems.  KRWA’s goal is to help water and wastewater utilities help themselves.

Members receive assistance in many areas including: leak detection, meter testing, line location, Consumer Confidence Reports, wellhead protection programs, water and wastewater training classes, plant operations, and other specialty areas.  

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.  NRWA is America’s largest utility association with over 24,550 members.

Historically, NRWA’s state associations have trained over 55,000 water and wastewater system personnel each year for two decades.  They also provide over 90,000 on-site technical assistance visits a year.

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