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or afford. Actively supported by our
members who incinerate, NACWA is
making the case that incineration has
provided an environmentally respon-
sible and cost effective way to manage
biosolids for many years.
And all of this has been achieved in an
election year!
The pages of the Year-At-A-Glance will
provide additional detail on many of
these initiatives. We’ve worked hard
this year to ensure that we stay in close
contact with our members and provide
opportunities for them to be a promi-
nent part of the larger water quality
conversations happening nationally.
David Williams
NACWA President 2011-2012
Director of Wastewater
East Bay Municipal
Utility District, Calif.
Ken Kirk
NACWA Executive Director
Washington, D.C.
Perhaps this is best exemplified by our
expanded engagement in social media.
Today you’ll find NACWA on Face-
book and Twitter; on our blog,
The
Water Voice;
and, most importantly on
Engage™
– our professional networking
and knowledge sharing community.
In the national policy arena it is often
difficult to quantify the impact of an
association’s advocacy efforts. We
believe, however, that the efforts we’ve
described and those showcased in
this
Year-At-A-Glance
demonstrate that
membership in NACWA is an invest-
ment that pays great dividends.
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