RMWEA 90th Anniversary

Looking Back on Nine Decades of Members, Milestones, and Mission.

What were you doing in October 1962? Check out some content from an old RUMBLES issue highlighting the preliminary program for a Fall Section meeting and some fun photos! #90yearsofRMWEA

RMWEA 90th Anniversary Quiz - Q1 2026

RMWEA is excited to be celebrating our 90^th Anniversary this year! We’ll be sharing fun facts and historical info each month. To kick off the celebration, we’re launching a round of RMWEA trivia that all members can participate in. Complete the online quiz by January 31^st – members with the highest scores will be entered to win a gift card.” RMWEA 90th Anniversary Quiz - Q1 2026 – Fill out form

The results are in and SIX members tied for first place with 100% of responses correct:

Greg Woodard, Burns & McDonnell
Stephanie Sansom, Garney
Feng Xiang, Jacobs
Ashley Firl, City of Grand Junction
Daniel Richardson, Boxelder Sanitation District
Evelyn Rhodes, City of Arvada

These six members were entered into a random draw to win a gift card and the winner is: Daniel Richardson! Congratulations!

In January 1962, RMWEA issued this first Rumbles newsletter. At this time, members had just voted to rename the organization the “Rocky Mountain Water Pollution Control Association (RMWPCA). The RMWEA Historian shares that the magazine was originally supposed to be called “Rumblings”, but somehow it got misspelled to "Rumbles" and so they just decided to stay with that going forward and it never got corrected