Sheldon Elected Vice President of the
National Rural Water Association

The National Rural Water Association just announced that Fred Sheldon has been elected Vice President of America’s largest utility association assisting rural and small community water and wastewater systems. 

It’s a position that carries and lot of responsibility in the association’s dedication to clean, safe and affordable drinking water. 

Sheldon will help the 2005 National Rural Water Association Board of Director’s as it continues to meet the regulatory, environmental, and legislative challenges facing America’s rural water industry. 

The new vice president from Omak, Washington is the Public Works Director for the City of Omak.  Sheldon was appointed to the NRWA board in 1994 and has served as NRWA Secretary and as a member of the Finance and Long Range Planning Committees.  He also serves on the board for Evergreen Rural Water of Washington. 

Sheldon is very active in state and community programs including the American Water Works Association, Northwest Bio-Solids Management Association, Okanogan County Watershed Committee, APWA and ASWA. 

Sheldon and his wife Sheron were recognized for their service and continued dedication to the water industry at NRWA’s Annual Leadership Forum Banquet on October 13, 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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