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  • Awards of Excellence

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  • 2006 - Alabama, Platinum Pump - State Association of the Year

  • 2006 - Bobby Scott, Platinum Pump Man of The Year

  • 2006 - Dwight Calhoun, Star Award

  • 2006 - Ken Hay, Special Recognition

  • 2006 - Bill Parnell, Special Recognition

  • 2006 - Village of Wellsville New York, Crystal Globe
  • 2006 - Town of Charlotte, Michigan
  • 2006 - Town of Lyons, Kansas

  • 2006 - West Virginia, Platinum Pump Magazine of the Year

  • 2006 - Michigan - Magazine of the Year

  • 2006 - Texas - Magazine of the Year

  • 2006 - Washington, Platinum Pump Member Services

  • 2006 - Michigan, Platinum Pump Member Services

  • 2006 - Alabama - Member Services

  • 2006 - Kentucky - Member Services

  • 2006 - Washington, Platinum Pump National Legislation

  • 2006 - California - National Legislation

  • 2006 - Louisiana - National Legislation

  • 2006 - Minnesota, Platinum Pump Newsletter of the Year

  • 2006 - Massachusetts - Newsletter of the Year

  • 2006 - Utah - Newsletter of the Year

  • 2006 - Alabama - Public Relations Quality On Tap

  • 2006 - West Virginia  - Public Relations Quality On Tap

  • 2006 - Alabama, Platinum Pump Rural Water Response

  • 2006 - Florida, Platinum Pump Rural Water Response

  • 2006 - Louisiana, Platinum Pump Rural Water Response

  • 2006 - Mississippi, Platinum Pump Rural Water Response

  • 2006 - Texas, Platinum Pump Rural Water Response

  • 2006 - Alabama, Platinum Pump State Legislative Affairs

  • 2006 - Illinois  - State Legislative Affairs

  • 2006 - Minnesota - State Legislative Affairs

  • 2006 - West Virginia - State Legislative Affairs

  • 2006 - Texas, Platinum Pump Technical Training and Assistance

  • 2006 - Delaware -  Technical Training and Assistance

  • 2006 - Michigan -  Technical Training and Assistance

  • 2006 - Illinois, Platinum Pump Website of the Year

  • 2006 - Alabama -  Website of the Year

  • 2006 - Wyoming -  Website of the Year

  • 2006 - Clay Lutz, West Virginia - Dell Cornell

  • 2006 - Mike Hill, North Carolina - Dell Cornell

 

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October 2005

  • Mississippi's Bay of St. Louis - Unsung Hero! “Is Buddy all right?”  Mama yelled into the phone.   “Yeah,” my friend who had seen me on the Bay’s city streets answered.  “He’s running around trying to get the water.”   So, the first reports were made on Buddy Zimmerman, Public Works Department for the Bay of St. Louis, Mississippi.  Buddy’s city was in the direct path of Hurricane Katrina, which barreled through the Gulf Coast on Monday, August 29, 2005.

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September 2005

Wisconsin Rural Water Association Wins  Rural Water State Association of the Year!

The prestigious State Association of the Year award is selected from a compilation of scores from other individual and association awards presented, as well as association growth and other efforts in assisting rural water systems.  It projects a team effort in all areas of professional association operations and membership services.  -MORE  

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May 2005

Representative Dicks (WA D-6th) Awarded NRWA Green Key, (Washington, DC) Evergreen Rural Water of Washington (ERWOW), Washington's largest community based environmental organization, and the National Rural Water Association (NRWA) awarded Representaive Dicks their 2005 Green Key Environmental Award ... more on the story

April 2005

U.S. Senator Thomas (WY) Awarded NRWA Green Key, (Washington, DC) Wyoming Association of Rural Water Systems (WARWS), Wyoming's largest community based environmental organization, and the National Rural Water Association (NRWA) awarded Senator Craig Thomas their 2005 Green Key Environmental Award ... more on the story

Lower Kuskokwim School District / Kipnuk of Bethel, Alaska Wins America's Best Tasting Water!

Finishing in the Top 5 at the Great American Water Taste Test Winners!

USDA Grants $3.1 Million to Continue Source Water Protection Program
WASHINGTON, April 18, 2005 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced a $3.1 million grant to the nonprofit National Rural Water Association (NRWA) for continuation of the Source Water Protection Program. This initiative educates agricultural producers in 33 states about measures they can take on their land to help prevent water pollution ... more on the story

Ray Hyde, NRWA Director in Phoenix,: David Helps Goliath “I went representing National Rural Water,” Hyde said. Hyde is director of Idaho Rural Water’s board of directors and thus Idaho’s delegate to the National Rural Water. “But look at the perspective here. When EPA goes out to decide how to implement a new wastewater regulation, they are mandated to try to make the greatest population safer ... more on the story

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Meets with North Dakota Rural Water Systems Association

March 2005:

Bastin Receives Sagamore of the Wabash Award ... This award is the highest honor that any Governor of Indiana may bestow upon an individual. It is a personal tribute usually given to those who have rendered a distinguished service to the state or to the governor.  ... more on the story

Rates Large and Small ... There has long been the perception, that small utilities do not charge enough for their water, however, this perception is seldom if ever applied to major metropolitan systems.  ... more on the story 

February 2005:

Rural Water Ahead of the Pack on Environmental Issues ... National growth continues to explode in the western part of the United States.  Rural water systems tend to jump ahead of the pack when faced with environmental issues.  This is exactly the case with the Hidden Valley Lake Community Services District located near Clear Lake, California. 

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September 2004:

  • NRWA featured in IEG Sponsorship Newsletter:  Creating Year-round Packages Works For Small, Upstart Property, IEG - 9/27/04

  • National Rural Water Association urges EPA to rethink finalizing the Stage 2 Disinfection and Disinfection By-Products (Stage 2) Proposed Rule We are concerned that this rule may result in unintended consequences including exposure to the public of “certain dihalogenated disinfection by-products and iodo-trihalomethanes.”
    EPA's web page on subject.

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  • The Foundation of NRWA: A Moment In History Duncan, OK-- On Tuesday, the original incorporators of NRWA visited the National Headquarters and met with the NRWA staff to provide a bit of history on the beginning of the organization in 1976 and the events leading up to the formation of the national organization.

Please visit industry archives for all stories prior to August 2002

 

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