Membership

AWWA maintains three individual membership categories and two organizational membership categories:

 Individual Membership Types:

1. Individual Active Member—An individual such as a water utility employee, municipal official, public health professional, engineer, scientist, educator, consultant or other person interested or serving in the field of water supply.

2. Operations/Administrative Member—An individual employed in any operating or administrative position by a water utility that has 1,000 or fewer service connections or any employee below the supervisory level in a utility that has more than 1,000 service connections.

3. Student Member—A student enrolled in a minimum of 9 credit hours (or the equivalent) of accredited classes.

US Individual Application †

International Individual Application †

Organizational Membership Types:

1. Utility Members

• Small Water Systems—water systems that supply 5,000 or fewer customer service connections.

• Water Supplier—a water supply organization that continuously supplies water to the public, with greater than 5,000 customer service connections.

• Wastewater System—a wastewater treatment organization with any number of collection system connections.

• Water Wholesaler—a water supply organization that provides water to other utilities or organizations at wholesale. 

• Contract Operations Firm—an organization contracted to operate and/or maintain a water supply system or water wholesaler. 

US Utility Application †

International Utility Application †

2. Service Provider Members

• Companies engaged in the manufacturing, sales, or distribution of products or services to the water industry.

• Companies engaged in the construction of water supply and/or treatment facilities.

• Companies engaged in the contract operation of water utilities.

• Firms engaged in providing consulting/professional services to the water industry.

US Individual Application †

AWWA Membership Benefits (by member type)

Individual Active Members:

• Networking with professional peers

• Member pricing for education and conference registration

• Keeping up to date on industry developments

• Membership in their local AWWA section*

• AWWA periodicals, including Journal AWWA, Opflow and MainStream**

Operations/Administrative Members

• Member pricing to register for training

• Earning CEUs for training, including online courses

• Practical operations magazine, Opflow**

• Member pricing on all AWWA Bookstore products

• Membership in their local AWWA section*

Student Members

• Peer networking

• Access to AWWA Career Center

• Member pricing on education and training

• E-periodicals, including Journal AWWA, Opflow and MainStream**

• Information on industry developments

• Membership in their local AWWA section*

Utility Members

• Plus+Points provided for flexible benefits (see below)

• Access to the recently released Only Tap Water Delivers campaign, which is a great way to raise public awareness of the value of water 

• Regulatory alerts—immediate information on proposed and final federal regulatory actions impacting utilities

• Drinking Water Week assistance—helps raise public awareness of the benefits of safe drinking water

• Public Affairs advisories—summaries of national events and news stories that impact utilities, including suggested language or tactics to assist in responding to public inquiries

• Section membership

• Career Center—the most popular water industry-specific job board for finding qualified, experienced job candidates

• Sourcebook—a comprehensive directory of industry vendors

• Journal AWWA**—the world’s most respected technical publication for water professionals

• Opflow**—monthly magazine covering hands-on solutions to common utility problems

• MainStream**—news and feature items about events and issues important to water professionals, as well as information on AWWA programs and conferences

• WATERNET—part of AWWA’s vast technical library, this database includes over 50,000 article abstracts members may access through a quick phone call

• WATERWEEK—this weekly email newsletter provides the latest updates on legislative and regulatory issues

• Member discounts—Bookstore manuals, handbooks, CDs and DVDs are available to ALL UTILITY EMPLOYEES at substantial savings (up to 33% off)

 *In addition to their own section membership, they may also join other AWWA sections.
**All members outside of North America (regardless of grade), student members, and members with APO/FPO addresses will receive e-periodicals only. Print periodicals may be purchased for an additional fee

Service Provider Members

• Plus+Points provided for flexible benefits (see below)

• Preferred rates to exhibit at AWWA conferences, as well as those hosted by local sections

• Up to 10 free listings in the AWWA Sourcebook, the water industry’s most comprehensive product and service directory

• Member discount for AWWA membership mailing list rentals

• Member pricing for ALL EMPLOYEES OF THE MEMBER SERVICE PROVIDER

• AWWA periodicals, including Journal AWWA, Opflow, and MainStream**

• Local section membership. (Many service providers also join other AWWA sections beyond their own for face-to-face networking and sales opportunities.)

 *In addition to their own section membership, they may also join other AWWA sections.
**All members outside of North America (regardless of grade), student members, and members with APO/FPO addresses will receive e-periodicals only. Print periodicals may be purchased for an additional fee

Plus+Points

Both utility members and service provider members can customize their membership benefits with Plus+Points.  Qualifying members are awarded a specific number of Plus+Points based on their size and can spend them on benefits that are most valuable to their organization.

Bonus Plus+Points

We provide one-time “Bonus” Plus+Points to help new members stock their libraries from the AWWA Bookstore items shown below when their membership is activated.

Water/Wastewater Interest Areas

• Dual Water Systems Manual (M24) = 20 points

• Basic Water Chemistry for Water and Wastewater Operators = 10 points

Water Interest Area

• Routine Coliform Sampling for Water Systems (DVD) = 20 points

• Operator Certification Study Guide = 10 points

• Water Distribution Operator Handbook = 10 points

• Water Treatment Operator Handbook = 10 points

• Standards for Small Systems (7 pre-selected specifically for small systems) = 20 points

     Wastewater Interest Area

• Basic Science Concepts and Applications for Wastewater = 20 points

• ASTM Wastewater Standards = 300 points

Renewal Plus+Points

We provide "Renewal" Plus+Points to utilities and service providers every year their membership is active (including their first year) to select the number of AWWA Standards Subscriptions and/or Additional Active members they would like. 

• AWWA Standards Subscriptions = 75 points each (one copy available in print; all other copies will be on CD-ROM)

• Additional Active members = 50 points each

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