The Connector - Spring 2008 - (Page 17)

RWAU Rural Water News Continued… Rural Water Association, and Dave Welch, a representative of Hydro Specialties, (our Associate member of the year), tasted, smelled, and scrutinized the top three water samples before they made the final decision. When the results were in, the Grand Prize winner was Oakley City. Centerville City took second place, and the Upper Country Water Improvement District near Altamont, Utah took third. A representative from Oakley City will accompany RWAU’s Legislative representatives back to Washington DC for the National Rural Water Association’s (NRWA) Water Rally and represent Utah in the National Taste Test. The NRWA Water Rally will be held in April. with the projects. Our very own door prizes were drawn on Friday, with the best ratio of prizes to participants in the land! Thanks to everyone for the great conference—we’ll see you in 2009! Spring 2008 ance for our membership. We realized that many of our members are political entities, cities-towns-districts, and we knew that these members already qualified for insurance coverage by ULGT. It was then discovered that the Trust was willing to extend many of their insurances coverage to our other members. The RWAU Board turned this discussion with the Trust over to the Private Water Systems Committee, because these members could benefit greatly from this offer. Private Water Systems Committee Report By Paul Fulgham, Chair Recently the Rural Water Association was approached by the Utah Local Government Trust, about providing insur- Partner’s Program The Partner’s Program bus tour this year took us on a historic tour of St. 369153_epic.indd 1 George on Thursday. We visited the usual historical sites, with a spin through Coyote Gulch Art Colony in Kayenta. Tour Guide Brenda of ColorDesigning solutions to develop, preserve, and distribute water since 1982. land Tours kept us informed on littleknown facts on just about everything as we got a glimpse into the settlers’ lives! We enjoyed a delicious lunch at Rococo’s, with a fabulous view overlooking the city. On Wednesday, we painted and assembled two craft projects: MagCIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERS netic picture holders and mini clay HYDROLOGISTS AN D GEOLOGISTS pot wind chimes. Friday’s birthday 7324 Union Park Ave #100 Midvale, Utah 84047 card reminder book was a fun scrap (801) 561-1555 booking project. These delightful w w w. e a r t h f a x . c o m make-and-take workshops were presented by VondaKay Lofley of Elmo. Everyone had a wonderful time, and all were delighted (some befuddled!) 4/16/08 7:01:45 PM EarthFax Engineering, Inc. 373348_earthfax.indd 1 17 The 4/10/08 8:08:29 Connector AM http://www.rwau.net http://www.earthfax.com

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The Connector - Spring 2008 Table of Contents President's Message Executive Director's Comments Letters From Readers Legislative Update RWAU Board and Staff Rural Water News Bees on the Pipeline, Jim Watts How Important are our Public Works People? Curtis Ludvigson A "What" Protection Plan? Erin Borger Meter Reading by Radio Communication, Terry Smith Advanced Distribution, Chuck Jeffs Where in Utah?

The Connector - Spring 2008

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