National Ground Water Association

(WESTERVILLE, OH — September 27, 2012) Texas Ground Water Association Executive Secretary Leroy Goodson has received a Life Member Award from the National Ground Water Association for special service in the furtherance of the groundwater industry and NGWA.

The award will be presented in December at the NGWA Groundwater Expo and Annual Meeting in Las Vegas.

Goodson has been executive secretary his entire 31 years at the TGWA. During that time, TGWA’s membership has grown from 400 members to about 1,600 members.

Other highlights of Goodson’s service to the groundwater industry and NGWA include:

• Serving as a member and chair of NGWA’s Affiliate States Committee
• Serving as parliamentarian at NGWA’s Delegates Meeting
• Unbroken attendance at NGWA’s Groundwater Expo and Annual Meeting since 1981
• TGWA’s award-winning newsletter, Fountainhead
• Thirty or more TGWA continuing education classes each year in addition to classes at the TGWA Annual Convention and Trade Show.

“Leroy was instrumental in the development of continuing education for the licensees in the groundwater industry and has a true love for those involved in this profession,” said TGWA President Jason Cadwallader, Goodson’s nominator, noting that the nomination was supported unanimously by the TGWA Board of Directors.

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NGWA, a nonprofit organization composed of U.S. and international groundwater professionals — contractors, equipment manufacturers, suppliers, scientists, and engineers — is dedicated to advancing groundwater knowledge. NGWA’s vision is to be the leading groundwater association that advocates the responsible development, management, and use of water.

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