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Press Release -
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
Members Ready to
Serve on National Rural Water Committees
National Rural
Water Association members believe in protecting the environment and
letting people know about their work. Recently, NRWA President Rodney
Tart announced the appointment of the 2006-2008 Committee Chairs who
will lead rural water during his presidency.
Dennis Schwartz, General Manager for Rural Water District No. 8, in
Kansas and the state’s National Director has been appointed to head the
By-Laws Committee. Much of his service will focus on keeping NRWA’s
By-Laws in order so the association can continue to lead the charge for
clean, safe and affordable drinking water in rural America.
Dan Sweeney Nevada’s National Director and the Town Manager for Round
Mountain, Nevada heads the Credentials and Nominating Committee.
Alaska’s National Director, Bill Harvey, Deputy Director of Public Works
for Wasilla, Alaska leads NRWA’s Program Review Committee. This
committee focuses on NRWA’s Programs utilizing an in-depth Quality
Assurance Program.
Leading the Finance Committee is NRWA Treasurer, Charles Hilton. Hilton
is General Manager for the Breezy Hill Water & Sewer Co., in South
Carolina.
Mel Aust, National Director for California and Executive Committee
Member, who is also the General Manager for the Hidden Valley Lake
Community Services District, chairs NRWA’s Legislative Committee. The
Vice Chair is Steve King, Director of St. Mary’s County Metropolitan
Commission and National Director for Maryland. This committee is key in
developing the overall legislative message that speaks for the
association in Washington D.C.
Wyoming National Director, Earl McKinney, Utility Systems Operator for
Yellowstone National Park’s Lake District has been appointed to head
NRWA’s Awards Committee. This group focuses on reviewing key issues and
selecting future award winners.
The National Director from Pennsylvania who is quite new to the NRWA
Board is Sam Scarfone and he will chair the Convention Committee. This
committee is responsible for selecting meeting sites for the
association. Among his committee duties, Scarfone, and the Pennsylvania
Rural Water Association will host the Annual Conference in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania September 23-26, 2007.
Immediate NRWA Past President Bobby Scott of Tennessee will head the
Long Range Planning Committee, which sets the vision for the
association. Helping to communicate this Long Range Plan will be the
Marketing and Public Relations Chair, Steve King from Maryland.
Jim Dunlap, NRWA Past President, from Farmington, New Mexico will head
the Professional Development Committee.
The Scholarship Committee, which gave out over $55,000 in scholarships
to children of State Rural Water Association employees, will be lead by
Beverly Griffin, National Director from Oregon. Her Vice Chair is Gary
Ensign, Hugo Town Manager and National Director from Colorado.
The Regulatory
Committee headed is headed up by NRWA Vice President Joe Liles. Liles
in the National Director from Kentucky and is General Manager for
Warren, Simpson, & Butler CWD. His Vice Chair is NRWA Secretary, Doug
Anderton, and National Director from Georgia. Anderton is General
Manager for the Dade County Water and Sewer Authority.
Randy Van Dyke, another NRWA Past President, is the current committee
chair for the International Rural Water Association Committee. Van Dyke
is the National Director from Iowa and is General Manager for Clay
Regional Water.
Leading the Ad Hoc National Emergency Response Committee is Kathy Horne,
Executive Director for Alabama Rural Water Association.
As you can see,
through the dedicated efforts of our National Directors and other
interested parties, NRWA is able to focus on key issues. All of this is
done to continue the delivery of clean, safe and affordable water to the
citizens of the United States of America.
The National Rural Water Association is
a non-profit federation of State Rural Water Associations. Its mission
is to provide state associations with support services to meet the needs
of their membership.
NRWA is America's largest utility association with more than 25,735
members. Historically, NRWA's state associations have trained more than
55,000 water and wastewater system personnel each year for two decades.
They also provide more than 100,000 on-site technical assistance visits
a year.
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