The National Rural Water Association
is a non-profit federation of
State Rural
Water Associations. Our mission is to provide
support services to our State Associations who have
more than 25,735 water and wastewater systems as
members.
Member
state associations
are supported by their water and wastewater utility
membership and offer a variety of state specific
programs, services, and member benefits. Additionally,
each state association provides training programs and on-site assistance in areas of operation,
maintenance, finance, and governance. Whether you need
help developing a new rate schedule, setting up proper
testing methods, maintaining or upgrading your
operator license, or even understanding those
ever-changing and complex governmental regulations,
contact your state rural water association for
available services and find out how membership can
benefit you and your utility!
Our support for a clean and healthy
environment is second to none. Our State
Associations have historically trained over
40,000 water and wastewater system personnel a year
for two decades and provided over 60,000 on-site
technical assistance visits a year. Over 2600 ground
water protection plans have been adopted by local
communities, and another 2300 are in the process of
being adopted. NRWA and its S/A’s do more than just
talk about a better environment – we make our dreams
become reality. We know that
regulations don’t protect public health, people do.
NRWA Board of Directors
Comprised of elected board members from each state
association, NRWA's Board of Directors strives to
improve the quality of utility services for rural
Americans while protecting our natural resources. Meeting twice a year,
the NRWA board helps determine the direction and
positions of the association.
Asset Management Program
A unique program
developed to provide industry related management,
operations, regulatory and technical assistance to
borrowers whose loans were sold in the 1987 FmHA loan
sale.
Circuit Rider & Wastewater Technical
Assistance Program
Managed by NRWA and operated by state
rural water associations, this program provides on-site,
hands-on assistance to rural and small community water
and wastewater systems. In the 48 contiguous
states, Circuit Riders and Wastewater Technicians assist
and train these systems in all areas of management
compliance, operation and maintenance.
Source Water & Protection
Programs
A specialized program providing on-site,
hands-on assistance to rural and small community water
systems in the design and implementation of ground water
source water protection plans at the local level.
Rural Water Board Development & Technical
Assistance
Developed to assist the Boards of rural
water and wastewater utilities across America, this
program helps in servicing customers by improving the
leadership skills of the rural board members.
Training includes on-site technical assistance to rural
utility boards in their own home district areas.
Wastewater Training & Technical Assistance
Program
Designed to assist systems, this program
focuses on combining formal classroom sessions with
on-site follow-up in Clean Water Act compliance issues
and health protection related to wastewater management
and operational issues.
About NRWA
01/14/2008