Press Release

 10/15/02

Wisconsin Rural Water Association Receives Excellence in National Legislation

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

This award is presented to the State Associations that has provided leadership through its involvement in national legislative issues and by attending the Rural Water Rally in Washington, DC. 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.

Wisconsin Rural Water Association was selected as one of two winners for this prestigious award out of  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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Bob Selchert