Rural Water Rally will be Rescheduled
Due to the Omicron variant and current restrictions recently imposed by Washington, D.C. city officials, the 2022 Rural Water Rally has been rescheduled. NRWA carefully considered options to continue the […]
Due to the Omicron variant and current restrictions recently imposed by Washington, D.C. city officials, the 2022 Rural Water Rally has been rescheduled. NRWA carefully considered options to continue the […]
On behalf of all small and rural communities in the country, the National Rural Water Association (NRWA) is grateful for the President’s prioritization of the complete removal of all lead […]
Late on Friday December 10 and early Saturday December 11, storms and a reported more than 30 tornadoes tore through several states in the central and southern region of the […]
In September USDA hosted a National Briefing on Drought for elected officials and public officials, and as a to this briefing has provided the USDA Drought Tool Kit for Elected […]
The National Rural Water Association and the Kansas Rural Water Association honor the life and public service of former Senator Robert Joseph Dole. This courageous leader from Russell, Kansas touched […]
Rural Water’s small and rural community membership secured a massive legislative victory on Friday when the House passed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (H.R.3684) by a 228-206 vote. This […]
Investments Will Help 270,000 People Living in Rural America Matt Holmes, on behalf of the National Rural Water Association, participated in a press call with U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom […]
The National Rural Water Association has been monitoring the low inventory and supply chain issues of essential water treatment products and equipment needed to provide safe, clean water and wastewater […]
On Thursday, October 7, 2021 the U.S. Senate confirmed Xochitl Torres Small unanimously to serve as Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development. Torres Small’s nomination by the White House […]
This year at the WaterPro Conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, NRWA held the first annual Rural Water On Display Photo Contest. Entries were sent in from across the country and were […]
The Opening Session video was one of the most talked about features of the WaterPro Conference! We know many of you were not able to join us in person, and […]
Tea, SD – Sioux Center and Hull officials joined engineers, contractors, pipe suppliers and staff from the Lewis & Clark Regional Water System (L&C) on September 14 to celebrate the […]
The National Rural Water Association, America’s leading water utility organization representing over 31,000 rural communities, applauds Congressman Hal Rogers in reaching the milestone of the longest serving representative for the […]
The National Rural Water Association is excited to welcome Vern Steel and Steve Harper to the NRWA team. Vern Steel is joining NRWA as the Chief Operations Officer. He was […]
Sophia Oberton, an operator from the Town of Delmar, located on the Delaware and Maryland border, testified with other water experts before the Senate Committee on Environmental and Public Works […]
Tropical Storm Elsa first impacted the Keys of Florida and then scrapped along the western peninsula on the Gulf Coast. Before making landfall, the Tropical Storm shifted to hurricane level […]
On June 16, 2021 the Senate voted to confirm Radhika Fox to be the Assistant Administrator for Water for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). With a vote of 55-43, Fox […]
On May 12, 2021, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced over $17 million in grant funding which will help provide training and technical assistance to small drinking water and wastewater […]
On Monday, February 8, 2021, Sheriff Bob Gualtieri held a press conference surrounding the unlawful intrusion to the City of Oldsmar’s water treatment system. During the press conference, Sherriff Gualtieri […]
This report contains important information on PFAS contamination and a cost recovery program for testing, treatment and remediation initiated by the National Rural Water Association on behalf of rural water […]
It has been a busy week for water and wastewater operators across the U.S. as they respond to winter weather and all that comes with it. From water main breaks […]
View the 2021 Great American Water Taste Test Finals and find out who has the best tasting water in the U.S. The Great American Water Taste Test is the nation’s […]
Sheriff Bob Gualtieri gave a press conference on Monday, February 8, 2021 surrounding the unlawful intrusion to the City of Oldsmar’s water treatment system. Mayor Eric Seidel and City Manager […]
This past Friday, February 5, Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) reintroduced bipartisan legislation to provide rural communities under economic strain during the COVID-19 pandemic with direct […]
By Gabrielle Minton, Physical Scientist, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency The services provided by drinking water and wastewater utilities are vital to the health and resilience of a community. However, extreme […]