Mississippi Rural Water Association Wins National Recognition at the 2007 Awards of Excellence Ceremonies


National Rural Water Association is pleased to announce that Mississippi Rural Water Association made a great showing at NRWA’s Annual Tribute to Excellence Awards Ceremony held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on September 26.

Walking away with the Platinum Pump Award for Magazine Excellence, retiring Executive Director, Pete Boone, proudly led the way on stage along with several members of the staff and association. 

Mississippi 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.  Boone was also personally recognized with a Dedicated Service to Rural Water Award for his longtime contributions to the National Association and Mississippi. 

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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 10/03/2007

 

Pictured: Left to Right

Pete Boone, Executive Director
Cecilia Garris,
Office Manager
Mississippi Rural
Water Association