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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

Alabama Rural Water Association water circuit rider territories, 2026 Alabama counties shaded by 2026 water circuit rider territory: North, East, and West. Autauga County, East Baldwin County, West Barbour County, East Bibb County, West Blount County, North Bullock County, East Butler County, East Calhoun County, North Chambers County, East Cherokee County, North Chilton County, East Choctaw County, West Clarke County, West Clay County, East Cleburne County, North Coffee County, East Colbert County, North Conecuh County, West Coosa County, East Covington County, East Crenshaw County, East Cullman County, North Dale County, East Dallas County, West DeKalb County, North Elmore County, East Escambia County, West Etowah County, North Fayette County, North Franklin County, North Geneva County, East Greene County, West Hale County, West Henry County, East Houston County, East Jackson County, North Jefferson County, West Lamar County, North Lauderdale County, North Lawrence County, North Lee County, East Limestone County, North Lowndes County, West Macon County, East Madison County, North Marengo County, West Marion County, North Marshall County, North Mobile County, West Monroe County, West Montgomery County, East Morgan County, North Perry County, West Pickens County, West Pike County, East Randolph County, East Russell County, East Shelby County, West St. Clair County, North Sumter County, West Talladega County, East Tallapoosa County, East Tuscaloosa County, West Walker County, North Washington County, West Wilcox County, West Winston County, North Autauga Baldwin Barbour Bibb Blount Bullock Butler Calhoun Chambers Cherokee Chilton Choctaw Clarke Clay Cleburne Coffee Colbert Conecuh Coosa Covington Crenshaw Cullman Dale Dallas DeKalb Elmore Escambia Etowah Fayette Franklin Geneva Greene Hale Henry Houston Jackson Jefferson Lamar Lauderdale Lawrence Lee Limestone Lowndes Macon Madison Marengo Marion Marshall Mobile Monroe Montgomery Morgan Perry Pickens Pike Randolph Russell Shelby St. Clair Sumter Talladega Tallapoosa Tuscaloosa Walker Washington Wilcox Winston
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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
North

Darrell Brewer

Circuit Rider · 22 counties

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
East

Justin Gardner

Circuit Rider · 24 counties

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
West

Ryan Lavender

Circuit Rider · 21 counties

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.

Consumer Confidence Reports Due to your customers by July 1 each year.
Compliance calendars The year's obligations laid out before they are late.

Monitoring and reporting

The routine sampling and paperwork that proves the water is what you say it is.

Bacteriological monitoring Help with routine sampling requirements.
Sampling site plans Where and when samples get pulled.
Monthly Operating Reports Including moving MOR submission to electronic transfer.

Out in the field

The things a small crew never quite gets time for.

Leak detection surveys Finding water you treat and pump but never bill for.
Valve location For the valves nobody has put hands on in years.
Inspection binders Records organised before an inspection, not during one.
Water conservation plans

Money and management

The side of a utility that decides whether the rest of it stays affordable.

Energy audits A review of your pumps and power bills.
Water rate analysis Whether your rates actually cover what the system costs to run.
Funding and loan applications Help working out which programs fit and getting the paperwork together, including the ARWA Revolving Loan Fund.
Management and financial assistance Board questions, budgets, and the decisions around them.

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.

(334) 396-5511

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.