ARWA Circuit Riders
ARWA Circuit Riders are field staff who come to your system. They work on site with operators, managers, and boards across Alabama on compliance, day-to-day operations, and the cost of running a utility. Assistance is free and available to all water utilities in Alabama. Just ask, and we will sort out the details from there.
Find your Circuit Rider
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Click your county on the map to see who covers it. Every Alabama county is served. If you would rather just ask, call the office and we will point you to the right person.
Darrell Brewer
Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Etowah, Fayette, Franklin, Jackson, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Marion, Marshall, Morgan, St. Clair, Walker, Winston
Justin Gardner
Autauga, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Chambers, Chilton, Clay, Coffee, Coosa, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, Elmore, Geneva, Henry, Houston, Lee, Macon, Montgomery, Pike, Randolph, Russell, Talladega, Tallapoosa
Ryan Lavender
Baldwin, Bibb, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Dallas, Escambia, Greene, Hale, Jefferson, Lowndes, Marengo, Mobile, Monroe, Perry, Pickens, Shelby, Sumter, Tuscaloosa, Washington, Wilcox
What Circuit Riders do
This is the common work, not the limit of it. The first group carries deadlines; the rest is whatever your system needs.
Compliance and deadlines dated
These arrive on a schedule whether or not anyone at the utility is watching for them.
Monitoring and reporting
The routine sampling and paperwork that proves the water is what you say it is.
Out in the field
The things a small crew never quite gets time for.
Money and management
The side of a utility that decides whether the rest of it stays affordable.
Ask before you spend money
No list of ours will ever be complete, and the work above is only the part that comes up most often. If you are facing something that is going to cost your system money, call us first. There is a fair chance a Circuit Rider can help you with it at no cost, or tell you what you are actually dealing with before you commit to an engineer, a consultant, or a purchase.
The worst outcome is a system paying for something we would have done for free. Asking costs you a phone call.
Ask for help
Call the ARWA office and ask for your Circuit Rider, or email the rider for your territory directly using the addresses above.
Tell us your water system name when you call. It saves a round trip and lets your rider look up your records before the visit.

