RuralWaterCon 2027

How it compares

Texas Water brings together the Texas Section AWWA and the Water Environment Association of Texas. Its engineering and technical audience reaches across water and wastewater professionals, with exhibits, competitions, and technical sessions. It is the stronger comparison for a supplier seeking exposure across the wider Texas water industry. RuralWaterCon concentrates the conversation on rural utility management, governance, and the operating conditions of TRWA's member systems.

TRWA Training & Technical Conference & Expo offers another route into the same association community, with training aimed at operators, managers, directors, and office staff. Its summer Galveston gathering suits a visit organized around utility staff development. RuralWaterCon adds the annual convention's board and leadership emphasis, alongside its banquet and association recognition.

TCEQ Public Drinking Water Conference in Austin focuses on drinking-water operator education, current rules, and direct assistance from regulators. It fits a specific compliance or licensing question. RuralWaterCon extends into wastewater, utility finance, legal issues, and supplier relationships, so it makes more sense when the trip involves several people with different responsibilities at the same rural system.

RuralWaterCon is the right trip for suppliers and utility teams whose projects need rural Texas board members, managers, and technical staff in the same conversation.

Who exhibits

The exhibit hall serves the practical needs of Texas rural utilities, and its role extends beyond equipment browsing. TRWA places suppliers alongside the board members, managers, and staff responsible for service delivery. The convention's combination of operational and regulatory discussion makes a booth useful for explaining how a product or service fits a utility's project, financing, and ongoing management. Receptions and meals in the hall have also made it a recurring meeting point during the convention.

This year's list is on its way. A HallBrief brief ranks every exhibitor against your goals and finds who to meet at each. Get a brief

RuralWaterCon 2027

RuralWaterCon 2027 brings TRWA's annual convention to Kalahari in Round Rock after the 2026 gathering in Arlington. The resort keeps meeting space, accommodations, and restaurants on one property. Exhibitor registration now runs through Whova, and TRWA's sponsorship program includes the President's Banquet, exhibit-hall welcome reception, and Great Texas Water Taste Test. The educational brief remains centered on the operational and regulatory problems facing Texas water and wastewater utilities.

• A board member and an operator can use this convention for different parts of the same project; bring the governance or financing question alongside the equipment problem.
• The President's Banquet and exhibit-hall reception sit at the center of TRWA's social program; include those conversations when planning a visit to the association community.
• Kalahari's convention space, hotel, and restaurants share one property, which makes it practical to keep utility-team discussions together between sessions.

Exhibiting

The event offers member and nonmember booth rates, with sponsorship options that connect a supplier to the banquet, reception, taste test, or shared meals. It suits businesses selling into rural utility boards and management teams. TRWA's annual partnerships include booth-selection priority, so a recurring presence across its conferences involves a different package from a single RuralWaterCon stand.