New Mexico Rural Water Association Wins

National Recognition


National Rural Water Association is pleased to announce that the New Mexico 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 the Environmental Achievement Award, shared with association member Philmont Scout Ranch, Executive Director, Matt Holmes, proudly accepted the awards on behalf of the association.   Holmes was individually recognized with a Peer Leadership Award as Outstanding Executive Director.  Peer Leadership Awards are voted on by a national group of state association personnel.

New Mexico 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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 10/03/2007

 


Matt Holmes,
Executive Director,
New Mexico Rural
Water Association
accepts the
Platinum Pump Award for
Excellence in National  Legislation