A Message from the President

I hope everyone is staying cool and enjoying their summer. It seems like only yesterday that we were at our June conference, which was a roaring success. Our members, presenters, and vendors were all very happy. A big thank you to our staff for working to pull this off.

As you may know, we voted to change our name to the Connecticut Rural Water and Wastewater Association at the conference this year. This means we will be one State Association, only representing Connecticut. While we are still in the process of officially changing, soon we will be introducing a new logo, website, and all communication will change to CTRWWA. I want to assure you that while our name may be changing, our mission is not. We still are here to serve all our members and all the public and private utilities who help provide safe drinking water and treat wastewater in our beloved state. Our mission is to provide training and technical expertise to the Nutmeg State.

In addition to changing our name, I am pleased to announce we have hired T.J. Clarke II to be the next Executive Director of our association. We are very excited about the experience he brings to the table. Our current Executive Director- Don Carver, will be staying on throughout the transition to show our new ED all the ropes. We thank Don for his efforts to move our Association forward and help provide much needed services to our members. On another note, is Jiger Patel, will be working as our Circuit Rider for the immediate future, as Bob Horn has taken a different job outside of the association. Included in this newsletter is information about the open position and I encourage you to share with everyone so we can get the position filled soon.

If you ever have any questions or concerns, please reach out to us as we would love to help. I hope to see each and everyone of you at WaterPro Conference in September!

– Marty Cormier, Board President