LRWA Board Member Pre-Qualification Information to Serve on the Board
Louisiana Rural Water Association (LRWA) has five board position terms that will expire in July 2025.
If you wish to run for one of these positions, please complete the following:
1) Click the button below to check eligibility to run for a position by reading Section 4. Qualification to Serve, of the LRWA By-Laws.
2) Complete the Pre-Qualification and Consent Form through the button below if you determine that you quality; this includes current board members wishing to rerun.
3) Email (lrwa@lrwa.org) or mail the completed form to the LRWA office. (Pre-Qualification and Consent Forms will be accepted from April 1-30, 2025 and must be received by April 30, 2025.
Elections will be held at the Annual Membership Meeting on July 14, 2025, at 1:30 PM in conjunction with the LRWA Annual Conference at the Lake Charles Event Center in Lake Charles, LA.
If you have questions regarding Prequalifying or Board Member positions, contact the LRWA office at 800-256-2591.
LRWA provides our water and wastewater utility members with the highest quality of leadership, representation, support services, and Emergency Response Services in the event of a disaster.
Louisiana Rural Water Association (LRWA) is governed by a membership elected board of directors. LRWA is a non-profit organization established in 1978 to assist small water and wastewater systems through training, on-site technical assistance, and state operator certification. Our assistance is geared toward the operation and maintenance of water and wastewater systems and to assist them in understanding the rules and regulations of said operation. LRWA has been the driving force providing water and wastewater training and technical assistance to small towns and rural areas of all sixty-four parishes of Louisiana.
In short, LRWA has a proven track record of providing the highest quality training, technical assistance and information products and services necessary for promoting public health and environmental protection. The professional staff of LRWA is skilled in all areas of water and wastewater operations and management. The goals of LRWA, through the Safe Drinking Water Program, is to protect the public’s health by ensuring the provision of safe drinking water and compliance with federal and state rules, regulations, and standards as we have in years past.
Technical assistance is a key ingredient in LRWA’s effort to improve the quality of utility services in rural Louisiana and America. More than 2,700 water and wastewater systems benefit from this assistance each year. Our dedicated group of professional technical assistance providers makes over 7,700 on-site visits annually. They assist systems with their efforts to comply with complex regulations and to protect the public’s health. LRWA provides assistance by telephone, on-site technical assistance, and classroom instruction training. We have various programs in place with qualified field technicians per program. By simply calling the office at 1-800-256-2591 or 337-738-2896 you will be provided with the necessary information or your message will be relayed to the proper field technician, followed by a telephone call and/or an on-site visit.
