Press Release

 10/15/02

Arkansas Rural Water Association Receives Magazine of the Year

Officials at the National Rural Water Association are pleased to announce that Arkansas Rural Water Association received the Magazine of the Year Award at the NRWA’s Annual Leadership Conference held in Spokane, Washington October 6-9.

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.

Arkansas Rural Water Association was selected as this year’s winner from 47 other 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 55,000 water and wastewater system personnel a year for two decades and provided over 60,000 on-site technical assistance visits a year. Over 7,000 ground water protection plans have been adopted by local communities.

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Carol Shaw & Dennis Sternberg