Saddler Elected to
National Rural Water Association’s Executive Board

The National Rural Water Association announced that David Saddler of Arizona was just elected to NRWA’s Executive Board.  National Rural Water is America’s largest utility association dedicated to rural and small community water and wastewater systems.   

Saddler’s new position with the 2005 National Rural Water Association Board of Directors will include addressing regulatory, environmental, and legislative challenges facing America’s rural water industry.

First appointed as the Arizona representative to NRWA in 1998, Saddler has served in a number of capacities including positions on the Regulatory/Research and Program Review Committees. 

With an extensive background in the water industry, Saddler began his association work with the Arizona Small Utilities Association in 1991.  The Native American Water Association named him Manager of the Year in 1998 and ASUA named him Manager of the Year in 2001.

Saddler is active in the American Public Works Association, Arizona Well Drillers Association, American Water Works Association and Gethsemane Lodge No. 28 A.F. & A.M.

He is the Manager of  the Water/Wastewater & Propane Department for the Tohono O’odham Utility Authority.

Saddler received his appointment at the NRWA Board of Director’s Meeting on October 9, 2004 in Biloxi, Mississippi.

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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