National Rural Water Association is pleased to announce that the Minnesota Rural Water Association won national recognition at NRWA’s Annual Tribute to Excellence Awards Ceremony held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on September 26.

Walking away with two outstanding awards, including the Platinum Pump Award for Excellence in National Legislation, and a Merit Award for Newsletter Excellence, Executive Director, Ruth Hubbard, Cyndi Pederson, and Lori Blair, Publications Coordinator for MRWA, proudly accepted the awards on behalf of the association.   Blair and Pederson were both individually recognized with Peer Leadership Awards, Blair for Member Services, and Pederson for Accounting.  Peer Leadership Awards are voted on by a national group of state association personnel.

Minnesota Rural Water was recognized for their outstanding work as they constantly strive to assist their utility membership in providing clean, safe, affordable water for the residents of their state. 

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 26,292 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 100,000 on-site technical assistance visits a year.

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