American Water Works Association

Water for the people - the pnws water for the people committee accepts monetary donations to support integrated, sustainable water, sanitation, and hygiene projects in designated water for people focus countries including guatemala, bolivia, honduras, malawi and india. In addition, six new focus countries are being added to water for people's international program - dominican republic, nicaragua, ecuador, rwanda, uganda and peru. Projects are typically small in scale and rely heavily on in-country, local organizations and volunteer labor. Our committee also seeks to raise awareness of the pacific northwest residents, especially those working in the water supply and related fields, about current conditions on those countries and how we can help. Funds are passed through to the national water for people in denver, co where they are distributed.

Scholarships, prizes/awards and other committees - the section's scholarship committee works closely with the education and training endowment fund board for the promotions and expansion of the section's scholarship program. The program provides scholarships for college students who plan to attend a university, college or technical school. Of the 27 committees, some of them are: publications, memberships, young professionals, water resources, water treatment, conservation, safety, research, customer service, public information, and water distribution.

Water utility councils - the purpose of this committee is to monitor and educate legislation as it affects water utilities in idaho, oregon and washington,and to keep members informed. We inform and educate the legislative activities to be coordinated with policies of the awwa. The mission is to educate and promote public policies, legislation and regulations which ensure an adequate quantity of high-quality potable water at the lowest reasonable cost.