Texas Rural Water Association Receives
Excellence in National Legislation Award

 

National Rural Water Association is pleased to announce that Texas Rural Water Association is the recipient of the Excellence in National Legislation Award presented during NRWA’s Annual Tribute to Excellence Awards Ceremony held in Biloxi, Mississippi October 13.

This award is presented to the State Associations that has provided leadership on a national basis. Through their support of national legislative priorities, rally activities and success in involving their membership; this association has gained the backing of their congressional delegations in insuring funding for training and technical assistance & rural development loans and grants. 

Texas Rural Water Association was selected for this prestigious award 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.  NRWA is America’s largest utility association with over 24,550 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 90,000 on-site technical assistance visits a year.

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10/13/04