Press Release                                        October 28, 2003

National Rural Water Association
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Duncan, OK 73533
580-252-0629   FAX 580-255-4476
Contact:  Kris R. Cash, nrwakc@nrwa.org
 

Pennsylvania Rural Water Association Receives Magazine of the Year Award

Officials at the National Rural Water Association are pleased to announce that Pennsylvania Rural Water Association received the Magazine of the Year Award that was presented at the NRWA Annual Leadership and Technology Exhibit Center Forum held in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, October 19-22.

Publications are an integral part of the overall public relations and marketing program of any association.  The magazine of the year is based on overall visual appeal, balanced content, reading ease, originality, pictorial appeal, promotion of rural water programs, and input from program personnel.

Unique as a member-supported, non-profit, non-governmental organization, the Pennsylvania Rural Water Association has established and maintains a reputation for integrity and technical excellence by providing leadership in the operation, maintenance, and management of systems responsible for providing safe drinking water and wastewater management.  PRWA’s “hands-on” approach to providing state-of-the-art system level technical assistance and training enables its members access to services that represent the forefront of water and wastewater system technology; thus, providing them the opportunity for self-improvement in maintaining safe and efficient operations.

As the voice of Pennsylvania’s rural water and wastewater utilities, PRWA represents the collective interests of its membership to various state and national government agencies, enabling even the smallest system to benefit from a united effort based on strength in numbers.

Pennsylvania Rural Water Association was selected as this year’s winner from a field of 48 state associations.

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.

Historically, NRWA’s state associations have trained over 100,000 water and wastewater system personnel a year for two decades and provided over 70,000 on-site technical assistance visits a year. Local communities have adopted over 7,000 ground water protection plans. Additionally, an NRWA goal is to have all community water supplies complete vulnerability assessments and emergency response plans.

Photo:

John McCready and John Hood