THE 41ST ANNUAL TECHNICAL TRAINING CONFERENCE Held On March 17-20, 2019, will be remembered as a Great Conference and many thanks go to our utility members, associate members, Board of Directors, partner agencies and Special Guest that were able to join us. With 1,000 attendees, 125 companies exhibiting and displaying

their products and services, and all others who participated and contributed, the ARWA Staff and Board of Directors thank you for your support.

We hope you enjoy the highlights that follow and please mark your calendars now for the 42nd ARWA Annual Conference which will be held March 15-18, 2020 in Mobile!!!

Attendees are registering and picking up their conference materials at the Registration Desk.

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Our Guest Speaker for the Society of Water Professional Luncheon was Congressman Bradley Byrne, Congressional District 1.

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Everyone enjoying “ A Taste of Southern Hospitality

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41st Annual Technical Training ConferenceB Y: C H R I S L O V E L A C E , P R O G R A M M A N A G E R

With great fanfare, the Alabama Rural Water Association’s 41st Annual Technical Training Conference Exhibit Hall opened

on March 18th, 2019 to a capacity crowd. The Exhibit Hall was bright with the beautiful sunshine, and fully dressed out in Yellow and Black.

A BIG THANK YOU to all the companies who exhibited with us this year. You

truly make our Exhibit Hall shine with your attendance and

showing off your services and product, allowing our attendees

to network and see the great product lines you represent.

The Associate Members were ready for the opening of the Exhibit Hall at 8:30 on Monday, March 18th, 2019, allowing attendees to visit with the exhibitors and see the many products and services offered. The 41st Annual Technical Training Conference Exhibit Hall was once again one of the largest in the southeast.

Many activities took place in the Exhibit Hall this year starting with the Continental Breakfast and an afternoon break. Dinner on Monday night was a fantastic seafood feast. The PAC Raffle started around 6:30 pm to end the evening on a high note with numerous prizes being awarded.

Tuesday morning started with a Continental Breakfast for the early morning arrivals followed by door prize drawing prior to the technical training sessions starting. Door prizes were awarded throughout the morning at the exhibitors booths. The water taste test began at 10:00 a.m. in the exhibit hall followed by our Country Luncheon. The water taste test concluded with the awarding of the Best Tasting Water in Alabama and the drawing for the 2-$500.00 raffles were announced.

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PLATINUM SPONSORS

American Development CorporationARWA Workers’ Comp Insurance Program

Consolidated Pipe & Supply, Inc.NexbillpayServLine

Thornton, Musso & Bellemin, Inc.

GOLD SPONSORS

AmeriFirst BankCentral Pipe Supply, Inc.Donald Smith Company

Eco Tech Inc.Southeastern Tank, Inc.

SILVER SPONSORS Alabama 811

Civil Southeast LLCCoBank

Electric Machine Control, Inc.Energy Systems Southeast, LLC

Engineered Textile Products, Inc.Jim House & Associates, Inc.

ServisFirst BankWater Management Services, Inc.

BRONZE SPONSORS Aldridge Borden & Company, P.C.

All American Auto & Tire CenterAmerican Tank Maintenance

Aqua Products, Inc.David Hicks & Associates, Inc.

Ditch Witch of AlabamaHydra Service, Inc.

Max Federal Credit UnionNeptune Technology Group, Inc.

SensusTeam Support, Inc.

Utility Engineering Consultants LLCWalker360

Ward’s Yamaha, Honda

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THANK YOU TO OUR EXHIBITORSA. Y. McDonald Manufacturing, Co.

Alabama 811

American Control Service, LLC

American Development Corporation

American Flow Control

American Tank Maintenance, LLC

Apollo-Hubbell/Tim Morales & Associates, Inc.

Aqua Products, Inc.

Aqualine Sales, Inc.

Belzona Alabama

Cahaba Water Solutions, Inc.

Calhoun Meter Company

CedarChem, LLC

Central Pipe Supply, Inc.

Cintas Corporation

Civil Southeast LLC

Clow Valve Company

CoBank

Computer Network, Inc.

Consolidated Pipe & Supply, Inc.

Core & Main

Cornerstone H20

Cowin Equipment Company, Inc.

Data Flow Systems, Inc.

David Hicks & Associates, Inc.

Dent Moses, LLP

Dexter Fortson Associates, Inc.

Ditch Witch of Alabama

Donald Smith Company, Inc.

Dorsett Technologies, Inc.

Duke Instrument Service LLC

Eagle Utilities & Vault Company

Eco-Tech, Inc.

Electric Machine Control, Inc.

Energy Systems Southeast, LLC

Enersolv Corp.

Engineered Textile Products, Inc.

Ferguson Waterworks Meter & Automation

First Capital Insurance Agency, Inc.

Flomatic Corporation

Ford Meter Box Company, Inc.

Forestry Suppliers, Inc.

Fortiline Waterworks

G & C Supply Company, Inc.

Gilbert Pump & Mechanical, Inc.

Green Equipment Company

Greenhill Engineering Consultants, Inc.

Griner Drilling Service, Inc.

Guardian Systems, Inc.

Gulf Coast Pump & Equipment, Inc.

Gulf Coast Underground, LLC

Hach Company

Harco Fittings

Harcros Chemicals Inc.

HCP Pumps America Inc.

Hydra Service, Inc.

HYMAX by Krausz USA

Induron Protective Coatings, Inc.

Infiltrator Water Technologies

Inman & Associates, Inc.

J. H. Wright & Associates, Inc.

Jackson Thornton & Company, P. C.

JCM Industries Inc.

Jim House & Associates, Inc.

Kazmier & Associates, Inc.

Ladd Environmental Consultants, Inc.

Layne-Christensen Company

LEC

Master Meter, Inc.

Mister Chlorinator Company Inc.

Morrow Water Technologies, Inc.

Mueller Company

Municipal Workers Comp Fund

National Water Services LLC

Neptune Technology Group, Inc.

Nexbillpay

Nicor Inc.

Oldcastle/Hall Marketing

Pace Analytical Services, Inc.

PFM Development Company, LLC

Poly, Inc.

Porter Associates, Inc.

Power-Tel Utility Products

ProShot Concrete, Inc.

PUBLIQ™ Software

Pump & Process Equipment, Inc.

Red Bud Supply

Red Flint Sand & Gravel

Reliability Point, LLC

RMM Systems, LLC

S & S Utility Sales

Sansom Equipment Inc.

Sensus

ServLine

Sheppard Electric Motor Service

Silvers Sales Inc.

Smith Industrial Service

Southeastern Sales Company

Southeastern Tank, Inc.

Southern Engineering Solutions, Inc.

Southern Pipe & Supply Co., Inc.

SUEZ Water Advanced Solutions

Swan Analytical USA

Tank Pro, Inc.

Taylor Power Systems

TestAmerica Laboratories, Inc.

The Sherwin-Williams Company

Thornton, Musso & Bellemin, Inc.

TNEMEC Company, Inc.

Tracer Electronics LLC

Tyler Union

Underground Solutions, Inc.

United Systems & Software, Inc.

USA Bluebook

Utility Defender

Utility Engineering Consultants LLC

Vacuum Truck Sales & Service, LLC

Vermeer Southeast Sales & Service, Inc.

Volkert, Inc.

Wachs Utility Products

Water Girl Consulting

Water Treatment & Controls Company

YSI, a Xylem brand

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