Clark Cronquist Waterline Award: This award is given to someone who through their distinctive leadership and perseverance has gone above and beyond the call of duty in the promotion, development, or enhancement of rural water on a state or national level. This is our most prestigious award.
| 1979 | Eileen Benzinger | 2002 | LaVonne Althoff |
| 1980 | Clark Cronquist | 2003 | Warren Jameson |
| 1981 | Dick Fiala | 2004 | Dave Koland |
| 1982 | Neil Modin | 2005 | Patrick Denne |
| 1983 | Vern Kaldor | 2006 | Don Flynn |
| 1984 | Doran Miller | 2007 | Congressman Earl Pomeroy |
| 1985 | Fay Waxler | 2008 | Douglass Neibauer |
| 1986 | Jerome Olson | 2009 | LeRoy Johnson |
| 1987 | Dr. Stanley Brumleve | 2010 | Senator Byron Dorgan |
| 1988 | Alfred Thompson | 2011 | Jack Long |
| 1989 | W. Ross Brown | 2012 | No Award |
| 1990 | Vernon Anderson | 2013 | Bill Link |
| 1991 | Vic Ertmann | 2014 | Joe LaFave |
| 1992 | Dave Sandell | 2015 | Jack Hancock |
| 1993 | Gordon Johnson | 2016 | Cal Thelen & Ray Bieber |
| 1994 | Neal McClure | 2017 | Dave Lang |
| 1995 | Lloyd Sondreal | 2018 | Keith Nilson |
| 1996 | Roger Stallman | 2019 | Gordon Johnson |
| 1997 | Richard Herrmann | 2020 | Gordy Blixt |
| 1998 | Francis "Fritz" Schwindt | 2021 | No Award |
| 1999 | Rodger Berntson | 2022 | Larry Schultz |
| 2000 | Kermit Ueland | 2023 | James Schmidt |
| 2001 | K.B. Finneseth |
Friend of Rural Water Award: This award is given to someone who provides outstanding service and exceptional contributions to further the goals of rural water in North Dakota.
| 1988 | Erv Rolfstad & Hank Trangsrud | 2006 | Jerome Jungling |
| 1989 | Lee Nerdahl & Glen Kellerman | 2007 | Cal Thelen |
| 1990 | Gene Lilly & Carl Sandager | 2008 | Galen Satrom |
| 1991 | Northern Water Works & Fargo Water | 2009 | Joe Bichler |
| 1992 | Senator Orlin Hanson & Vern Hedland | 2010 | Bob Shelstad |
| 1993 | Glennis Sanden & Jerald Engelman | 2011 | Bob Keller |
| 1994 | Gary Warner & Burleigh Water Users | 2012 | No Award |
| 1995 | Alfred Underdahl & Karl Limvere | 2013 | Jim Lennington |
| 1996 | Ray Scheetz & Jack Hancock | 2014 | Jerry Blomeke |
| 1997 | Vernon Johnson | 2015 | Larry Amundson & Rod Beck |
| 1998 | Austin Gillette & Gene Davison | 2016 | Neil Breidenbach |
| 1999 | Ray Mount & Gene Hagen | 2017 | Lyle Gravseth |
| 2000 | Maurice Johnson | 2018 | Ken Royse |
| 2001 | Earl Magnuson | 2019 | Kenneth Rogers |
| 2002 | Tillie Walker | 2020 | Charlie Vein |
| 2003 | Steve Burian | 2021 | No Award |
| 2004 | Rick Wanner | 2022 | Geoff Slick |
| 2005 | Tex Hall | 2023 | Jeffrey Mattern & John Bearman |
Outstanding Water Works Employee: This award is given to a water operator or rural water system manager with outstanding leadership abilities and extraordinary accomplishments in water operations beyond the normal requirements of their job.
| 1993 | Larry Amundson & LaRay Ries | 2009 | Perry Kapaun |
| 1994 | Gary Grindberg & Roger Nelson | 2010 | Ross Carter |
| 1995 | Joel Heitkamp & Bill Link | 2011 | Mary Massad |
| 1996 | Randy Loeslie & Bill Sager | 2012 | Steve Hansen |
| 1997 | Doug Neibauer & Edward Braunagel | 2013 | Gordon Johnson |
| 1998 | Chris Helgeson & Dan Schaefer | 2014 | Randy Thompson & Guy Mischel |
| 1999 | "Frenchie" Leintz | 2015 | Nels Halgren |
| 2000 | Mike Kemnitz & George Motl | 2016 | Geneva Kaiser |
| 2001 | Barry Schulz | 2017 | Dan Roller |
| 2002 | Neil Breidenbach | 2018 | Gus Cronquist |
| 2003 | Ray Christensen | 2019 | Mike Thompson |
| 2004 | Alvin Carlson | 2020 | Larry Kassian |
| 2005 | Lee Messer | 2021 | No Award |
| 2006 | Mike Blessum | 2022 | Grace Rixen |
| 2007 | Ralph Packulak & George Azure | 2023 | Jeff Shaffer |
| 2008 | Gary Schultz & John McDonald |
Outstanding Office Employee: This award is given to those unsung heroes working quietly in the background; office managers, secretaries, clerks, city auditors, whatever their title may be – they are the backbone of every organization and we want to recognize those that have gone that extra mile in promoting water issues to their boards, councils, management, and communities.
| 2009 | Shirley Albrecht | 2017 | Sally Herda |
| 2010 | Kathryn "Pat" McCollum | 2018 | Deb Foertsch |
| 2011 | Sandy Nelson | 2019 | Liz Suhr |
| 2012 | Shari Hagen | 2020 | Sandy Burwick |
| 2013 | Linda Aubol | 2021 | No Award |
| 2014 | Brad Hejtmanek | 2022 | Alice Pekarski |
| 2015 | Connie Halldorson | 2023 |
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| 2016 | Janice Elshaug |
Water Taste Contest Winner: This award is given to the North Dakota Water System with the tastiest water. EXPO Conference attendees vote for their favorite sample and narrow the contest to three samples. The three water samples are then tasted by a panel of distinguished judges to select the winner. The winner competes in the nationwide competition in Washington, D.C.
| 1993 | City of Sherwood | 2009 | South Central Regional Water District |
| 1994 | North Valley Water District | 2009 | Valley City Public Works (Best of the Best) |
| 1995 | North Valley Water District | 2010 | South Central Regional Water District |
| 1996 | Southeast Water Users District | 2011 | City of Garrison |
| 1997 | Ramsey County Rural Utilities | 2012 | South Central Regional Water District |
| 1998 | Ramsey County Rural Utilities | 2013 | State Line Water Cooperative |
| 1999 | Tri-County Water District | 2014 | Cify of Wahpeton |
| 2000 | North Valley Water District | 2015 | Southwest Water Authority |
| 2001 | City of Cooperstown | 2016 | City of Steele |
| 2002 | Grand Forks-Traill Water District | 2017 | Southeast Water Users District |
| 2003 | Grand Forks-Traill Water District | 2018 | Northeast Regional Water District |
| 2004 | Southeast Water Users District | 2019 | City of Bismarck |
| 2005 | Cass Rural Water Users District | 2020 | Valley City Public Works |
| 2006 | Cass Rural Water Users District | 2021 | Southwest Water Authority |
| 2007 | Valley City Public Works | 2022 | Cass Rural Water District |
| 2008 | City of Noonan | 2023 | Walsh Rural Water District |