John Hoagland serves as Administrator for MRWA. Prior to joining MRWA in 1989, John spent 12 years as water superintendent for the city of Schell City and 10 years in a similar position with C-PWSD#1 of Vernon County.  In 1986 he received MRWA's Operator of the Year Award.

Holder of "A" water and "D" wastewater operator licenses, he is also certified in backflow prevention.  John was the 1986 recipient of the Warren A. Kramer Award, presented by the Southwest Section, Missouri Water and Sewerage Conference; and was named 1990 Rookie Field Representative of the Year, and 1991 and 1995 Field Representative of the Year by the National Association. In 2002, he was honored for Excellence in Member Services by NRWA.
 

Jim Balmer

Jim Balmer joined the Missouri Rural Water Association staff in February 2002. He holds an "A" water certificate and a "C" wastewater certificate. Prior to joining MRWA, Jim worked for the City of Vandalia, where he spent eight years as Chief Operator of Water and Wastewater Treatment Operations. Jim was instrumental in the 1997 formation of Vandalia's Watershed Management Committee; the Governor's Award was received by members of Vandalia's Watershed Committee in August of 2000. Jim was Chief Operator for MRWA's 1999 Water System of the Year, the City of Vandalia.
 

Besides class "A" water operator certification, he is also certified in backflow prevention.  Billy has completed a number of training courses on such topics as submersible motors, wiring and electricity, supervision, and leak and pipe location.  In 2002, Billy was selected by his peers nationwide as "Circuit Rider of the Year."
 

Gerald Webber

Gerald Webber, MRWA's Ground Water Technician, joined the staff of MRWA in March of 2003. Gerald was employed by the city of Unionville since June of 1983. He currently holds an “A” level Water Operator Certification, a “C” level Wastewater Certification, and a “DSIII” Distribution Certification. Gerald has been honored as “Water Operator of the Year” from both the Northeast Region of the Missouri Water and Wastewater Conference and the Missouri Rural Water Association. Gerald has worked closely with community groups to form a Source Water Protection Plan at Unionville which has received endorsement by Missouri Department of Natural Resources.
 

He also has two years experience working with the industrial pretreatment of milk wastes.  Mike received his Associate's of Applied Science Degree in Environmental Health from Crowder College in 1992. He received the Scholastic Award from MRWA in 1995, and the Kramer Award from the Missouri Water and Wastewater Conference in 1998. He currently holds class "A" wastewater and class "A" water licenses.
 

Joe Anstine

Joe Anstine joined the MRWA Staff in December 2002. Prior to joining MRWA Joe was the Superintendent for the City of Leeton where he attended the daily operations of the water and wastewater systems. Joe holds a Class A water certification, a Class D wastewater certification, and a DS III distribution certificate. Joe was Chief Operator for the City of Leeton in 1997 when the system received Water System of the Year from MRWA. In 2000 Joe was named Wastewater Operator of the Year by MRWA and in 2001 Joe was named Water Operator of the Year for the Northwest section of the Missouri Water and Wastewater Conference.
 

While at PWSD#3 Allen earned a “A” level Wastewater Certificate, a “C” level Water Certificate, a “D” level Wastewater Lab Certificate, and a DSIII Certificate.  He initiated laboratory practices at the District while operating multiple extended air package plants and both aerated and non-aerated lagoons.  Allen was recently the recipient of MRWA’s 2002 Wastewater Operator of the Year award.
 

Randy Norden

Randy Norden, Deputy Administrator, has been employed by the Missouri Rural Water Association since April 1994.  He served as the MRWA Ground Water Technician before becoming Program Specialist.

Randy received a BS in Limnology from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1990, then worked as an Environmental Specialist with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources where he conducted inspections and sanitary surveys of public drinking water systems, provided operation and maintenance technical assistance to both surface and ground water systems, handled consumer complaints, and conducted backflow prevention training.  Randy has served on the Missouri Source Water Assessment Technical Advisory Committee and was very active providing technical assistance during the floods of 1993 and 1995.
 

Wayne received MRWA's 1996 Wastewater System of the Year for the City of Ellington.
 

Jim Patton

Jim Patton, MRWA's Source Water Protection Technician, joined the staff of MRWA in January of 2004.  Prior to his employment with MRWA, Jim served as Water Superintendent and Chief Operator with the city of St. Robert which was recently nominated as MRWA’s Water System of the Year.  Jim was also employed by the city of Crocker water/wastewater department. With 6 years experience in water and wastewater, Jim currently holds D Water Treatment & DSII licenses.

 

Tom Hyatt

 Tom Hyatt is MRWA’s Water Training Specialist and holds an "A" level water treatment certificate and a DSIII
distribution certificate. He has spent more than six years working at the surface water plant in Fredericktown, Missouri most recently serving as Chief Operator.

While working as Chief Operator, Tom conducted extensive research and plant trials to promote regulatory compliance without capital expenditure.  Tom continues to be a student of water chemistry and the regulations governing the industry, and wishes to share his passion for
water quality with others.  Before his employment with Fredericktown, Tom served as a journalist and broadcaster in the U.S. Navy.