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chair rEportDennis Ross, Chair

On November 8, 2011 I experienced one of the most amazing days all of us fathers always dread - my daughter’s wedding. Now don’t get me wrong, the new son-in-law is a great guy, and they are a very happy couple. But, as a Dad, it’s hard to get over the feeling that no one is ever quite good enough for my little girl. But that little girl has grown up on us, finished high school, spent 6 years in the Army National Guard, spent over a year in Iraq, received her degree from Columbia College in Chicago and has started her career with a little Internet based company call Groupon. It makes a guy sit back and think, where did all of that time go?

As I write this article I reflect on my own life: 32 years of marriage to a wonderful lady, and 35 years in the potable water industry. The last 22 of those years I have been a member of AWWA, and the last 14 years active in the ISAWWA. I became involved within my first year in Illinois. Why? Because someone took the time to ask me. I started as a volunteer on the Education Committee; and, after a few years I was asked to chair that committee. A few more years passed and I ran for Trustee; then went through the chairs; and I sit here today thinking how

honored I am to serve as Chair of one of the greatest Sections in AWWA.

I have met with other officers from around the United States and Canada and, as we discuss our sections, the question almost always comes up “how do you guys do that?” The answer you may think is varied, but really it always comes back to the same core answer: our volunteers. ISAWWA is fortunate to have a great staff that focuses their full time attention to the goals of the Section; but they could never do what they do if it were not for our volunteers. If you are one of those volunteers I want to thank you. If you are already involved with the Section, be sure to ask someone else to get involved. If you have never been asked, consider this your personal invitation to become involved. If you don’t know where you want to volunteer, drop me an email or give me a call. I would be pleased to help you find a place to be involved. Don’t wait until you find yourself saying “where did the time go?”

Looking ahead, it is hard to even think about WaterCon 2012 right now, but we have been working very hard on details for months now. The program

is coming together, the exhibit hall is filling up, operator competitions are planned, social activities are being placed in just the right time slots, and a host of other plans are finding their way into the program for March. What’s missing? The most important part of the entire conference is our members! I know you could see that coming a mile away, but my point is simple: there is no doubt our annual conference could not be the success it is without you attending. We get hundreds of papers that people want to present, but without a full room, who would want to present? Each year the exhibit hall is overflowing, because WaterCon is a great place to see existing customers and find new ones. Meeting rooms are used for several ISAWWA committee meetings, because there are so many committee members in Springfield at one time. As I walk around the conference, I am always amazed at how many water, and now wastewater professionals, are at this conference. Some are a bit grayer than others, so there is a diverse mix of energy and wisdom in the room, each group feeding off of the other groups. I can’t think of a better place to spend my training dollars and my time than WaterCon. If you are attending, be sure and say hi. If you’re not attending please give it another consideration. There is something at WaterCon for everyone.

If you are not involved in ISAWWA but are interested in pursuing opportunities that are available to you, WaterCon is a great place to become involved. Several committees have booths that inform potential members of what each committee does, who should be involved, and how much time it takes to be involved.

I hope to see you in Springfield at WaterCon 2012.

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American Water Works Association (AWWA) is the authoritative resource on safe water, providing knowledge, information and advocacy to improve the quality and supply of water in North America and beyond. AWWA advances public health, safety and welfare by uniting the efforts of the full spectrum of the water community.

The Illinois Section of the American Water Works Association (ISAWWA) has over 2100 members throughout the State of Illinois. Illinois Section AWWA is the resource for seminars, workshops, video rental library and teleconferences. The Association develops and delivers low cost and convenient educational seminars for water industry professionals.

If you would like to place an ad in Splash, please fill out the form in this magazine and return electronically to [email protected] or mail to the address below.

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Chair Report ....................................................................Chair Elect Report ...........................................................Vice Chair Report ............................................................Secretary/Treasurer Report ...........................................AWWA Director Report ....................................................Executive Director Report ...............................................District 1 Trustee Report .................................................District 2 Trustee Report .................................................Operator Training in a Time of Shrinking Budgets ........District 4 Trustee Report .................................................District 5 Trustee Report .................................................Outreach Committee .......................................................Legislative Report ...........................................................2012 Election Package...................................................2012 Election Ballot .......................................................ISAWWA District Map ......................................................Source Water Protection Committee ..............................Safety & Emergency Planning Committee .....................MAC Committee ...............................................................2012 Awards ..................................................................2012 ISAWWA Awards Nomination Form ......................Call for Nominees: George Warren Fuller Award ...........George Warren Fuller Award Nomination Form .............Small Systems Committee..............................................WATERCON 2012 Attendee Registration Form .............Water For People .............................................................Waterworks Museum at WATERCON 2012 ...................SPLASH Advertisement Insertion Form .........................Annual Regulatory Update Seminar ...............................Save the Date! 2012 ISAWWA Visitation Day ................Water Tapping Contest and Demo .................................WATERCON 2012 Exhibitors ...........................................Backflow Committee .......................................................Illinois Public Service Institute .......................................Watershed Management Session ..................................Young Professional Committee ......................................WATERCON 2012 Schedule of Events ...........................ISAWWA New Members ..................................................WATERCON 2012 Sponsors ...........................................Meter Madness Contest Entry Form ..............................Tapping Contest Entry Form ...........................................Top Ops Contest Entry Form ...........................................Index of Advertisers ........................................................2011-2012 Board, Trustees and Committee Chairs ....AWWA Individual Membership Application ....................

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First and foremost . . . thank you to all who continue to serve and assist the Illinois Section as we strive to provide as many training and education opportunities as possible. Remember that this is the cornerstone of our organization and would not succeed without the efforts of our many volunteers. When I think back to my humble beginnings with the Section as a member of the Small Systems Committee in 1988, it is hard to believe how much a few dedicated people can do to assist their fellow operator. I know there are many members out there who would like to volunteer, and I want to encourage everyone to seek out a colleague and volunteer together!

cHair elect reportKevin Lookis, Chair Elect

I cannot stress enough, with each article I write for Splash, that we all owe a big thank you to Laurie Dougherty our Executive Director, as well as Lisa (Jordan) Hoffhines and Sandi McGinnis (our excellent ISAWWA staff) for their efforts in putting together the education opportunities for operators looking to obtain a license and those needing hours to maintain one!

Remember that the election of new officers is approaching and the slate of candidates is in this issue as well as the early bird registration for WATERCON.

On another note, for those who do not know, the Illinois Section has

available for use a trailer which was designed as an excellent educational tool at any function - especially during the summer months. The trailer is set up to provide water via drinking fountains and hand washing stations using a simple hose connection. There are excellent graphics that adorn the trailer with discussions on the water cycle, water efficiency and use. There are photos here and on the website so take a look. I share this with you now so that anyone interested can plan ahead and reserve your date now!

I hope everyone has a Happy Holiday season and see you in March!

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Vice cHair reportJohn H. Van Arsdel, Vice Chair

If you are reading this, consider yourself to be among the privileged. I say “privileged” from the standpoint that, here in our Country, we have access to clean water and basic sanitation every day. Here in our Section we have dedicated individuals who help make access to clean drinkable water a reality. Others are not so fortunate. In a large part of the world people do not have access to clean water or proper sanitation. Imagine, if you will, having to meet with delegates from around the world in order to declare that having access to clean water and sanitation is a basic human right. Well, that is not so far-fetched. The UN last year took such a step by formally recognizing access to water and sanitation as a basic human right.

Fast forward to the recent articles in the news about how water rates in the Chicago metro area are probably going to go up. Way up! Keep in mind that the Great Lakes has about 25% of the world’s fresh water; and a large percentage of our membership helps to insure the safe delivery of that water, as well as its equitable distribution. There

will be conflicts. We have to deal with aging and failing infrastructure while insuring this delivery. While a lot of folks are willing to pay higher prices for cable TV and other media, water and sewer rate increases become a very hot football, being kicked and passed back and forth. Folks from time to time talk about having enough water to go around. That is interesting because the amount of water on this earth has not changed in the several billion years the earth has been in existence. During the Jurassic period, the creatures crawling the earth had the same water we are drinking now, except now the drinkable water and the ability to dispose of the waste is viewed as a commodity to be bought and sold. People line up for the latest I-phone, but will they be willing to line up for the latest designer water (and pay for it)? Hmmmm . . . it is indeed interesting times we live in.

If one considers the above conflicts, these are great reasons for being involved with the Illinois Section of the AWWA. However, again, if you are reading this, you probably are already involved. I was a witness to such a high level of involvement by our members when the technical sessions for WATERCON2012 were being planned. At the meeting where the technical papers were reviewed and placed into various sessions, it was rewarding to see 26 people (I counted heads) from both the IWEA and the ISAWWA at this meeting plowing through about 185 abstracts and working out the details for all the sessions. Of course we had great guidance from our resident facilitator, Laurie, who has done this a few (gazillion) times before. It was amazing to see that, in short order, the tech sessions were set. I can say that I am really looking forward to these sessions in March, and I hope for a great attendance by everyone.

There are by far some very unique and original topics being presented, with something for everyone. I will be sitting in the front row so I don’t miss a beat. If you were selected to be a presenter, I commend your willingness to share your experiences and stories with the rest of us.

In looking at what the ISAWWA has been able to accomplish this year, there have been some interesting details that indicate we have our work cut out for us for years to come. The figures suggest there will be a lot of water operators retiring in the next 10-15 years. This will create a serious shortage of operators. As utilities look for ways to be able to save on costs, that means some of these folks may not get replaced or, worse yet, are replaced with untrained personnel who will need training as well as continuing education. For our Section, this means the continuation and expansion of our current education initiatives. However, this also means the current committees for the Section have to continue to provide the quality support they have been providing to the Section. Again, based on what I have seen with our committees, we seem to be able to produce quality participation. Kudos to all the committee chairs, especially considering the effects of restrictive travel by utilities due to the current economic climate. In the private sector, the economy also has taken a toll on committee participation across all levels. I have visited other sections in my travels and have been able to see how their committees operate. I consider our Section the envy of others because we have been able to maintain our high levels of participation.

I look forward to March 2012 as we prepare for our annual meeting. Please help make out WATERCON 2012 a success by attending!

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As I write this article, the leaves are changing, the weather is getting cooler, and football season is in full swing. With the change of weather for the bad, this provides an opportune time for members to catch up on CEU’s and PDH’s at one of ISAWWA’s numerous educational seminars held throughout

secretary/treasurer reportChad Laucamp, Secretary/Treasurer

the State. Our online webinar offerings continue to increase in popularity and offers alternatives for those in locations where traveling to educational offerings is a challenge.

Over the past couple of months, I have been given the opportunity to deliver opening remarks and promote AWWA membership at a couple of seminars. The first was the Annual Regulatory Update in Countryside on September 21, 2011. This seminar is consistently one of our most highly attended, and this year we again had approximately 150 attendees. Mary Reed from the IEPA provided an update on Stage 2 Compliance Monitoring Plans and the Section 31 Enforcement Process. Andrea Rhodes from IEPA provided updates on Synthetic Organic Contaminant Monitoring and the Maximum Contaminant Level Prevention Law. Finally, Miguel Del Toral talked about the Lead and Copper Rule, Revised Coliform Rule and the Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring

Rule. All of these topics are very important and provide attendees the information and guidance needed to be in compliance with the ever changing regulations in our industry.

The second seminar I attended was Preventing, Detecting & Responding to Drinking Water Contamination Events, which was held at the U.S. EPA Region 5 - Ralph Metcalf Federal Building in downtown Chicago on October 5th and 6th. EPA had representatives from Washington D.C. and other regions throughout the country to share their expertise and experiences on this very important topic. This seminar was also well attended; and there was a lot of beneficial interaction between speakers and attendees.

In order to find out when and where ISAWWA’s upcoming educational events are being held, including the online offerings, visit our website at www.isawwa.org. Hopefully, I will have an opportunity to see many of you at one of our upcoming seminars.

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Fall is in the air and the temperatures are getting cooler, even if I haven’t turned my heat on yet. I am already thinking about the end of biking outdoors and having to move the training inside. It was a very successful cycling season (just short of 3000 miles, which I will reach). I even started cross-training with a little running and competed in my first 5K!!

None of that has to do with ISAWWA, almost. Biking has a connection. In an effort to stave off the week full of sitting in meetings and wonderful networking and dining opportunities that come along with WATERCON, we held our first ever “Biking and Breakfast” at this year’s conference in Springfield. Regrettably, the only participants were the organizers; but we are holding out hope and are going to offer this opportunity again at WATERCON2012. It is a non-competitive, early morning bike ride on a FLAT route to get the

awwa director reportKyla Jacobsen, AWWA Director

blood pumping and work off some of the previous day’s overindulgences. Bring your own bike or rent one from a local bike shop. There is more information here in SPLASH or you can contact me, Jon Meyer or Lisa at the Section office for more information.

The main focus at AWWA headquarters these days seems to be Membership. There has been much discussion over the last year on restructuring the membership tiers; and a lot of attention was given to the category of Life Member. It seems that people are shifting over to this category at an exponential rate. The expense that AWWA incurs providing membership benefits to the Life Members is no less than any other member, but the revenue stream is lost once they achieve that milestone. Those who have already achieved Life Member status will remain at that designation. Going forward, there will be a reduced membership rate – no longer free. This change begins in January with the next fiscal year.

Membership: Recruitment and Retention. AWWA wants to make sure that we spread the word on the benefits of membership: educational opportunities, notification of regulatory issues, publications, member rate at conferences and seminars, standards, networking, etc. It seems that during these trying economic times, employers are no longer automatically renewing memberships. I believe that many of the benefits of membership are less tangible than the monetary issues listed. AWWA IS the authoritative leader in the water industry; and, as water

professionals, we need the community that AWWA provides.

And while we’re discussing recruitment, I wish to commend the AWWA YP Committee and the ISAWWA YPs for taking on the Student Recruitment Challenge. The AWWA has challenged all sections to recruit 400 new student members by the end of this year. By recruiting them as students, we increase the likelihood that they will retain their membership after graduation; plus, we can help focus their educational goals towards the water industry. If any of us know of any students we should recruit, let’s go for it. We don’t have to stop recruiting!!

The AWWA Communities of Interest have begun to roll out. AWWA members can use this platform as a robust interface for networking and exchanging ideas. For each topic, specialized community Web pages will be dedicated to resources such as news, research, forums, products, tools and events. The Conservation Community was launched successfully on 10/3/11. Each community will be tailored to highlight the relevant news and activities in a specific topic. So the Conservation Community is where water professionals can gather to share knowledge and find out what the Association has done, and is currently doing, in the area of water conservation. The target public launch of the Customer Service Community is the end of November, 2011 and the target public launch of the third community (most likely Desalination) is planned for early 2012. Feel free to get involved on-line with the Community that interests you. This is networking at its best.

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executiVe director reportLaurie Dougherty

I am so excited I can hardly contain myself! Our new website is going to be so much more than “just a website.” After starting down the road and making a few u-turns we have found the product perfect for our membership. Here are just a few things that you will be able to accomplish on the new member site.

MEMbEr ONLy bENEfITS:built-in buyers GuideYes - when you fill out your profile, you will be able to list all of the products and services that you sell. There is no additional cost for this – it’s a member

benefit for any type of member. This information will be searchable by both members and non members producing an automatic online directory.

Contacting Other Members You will be able to network and contact any member in the site without giving out your email address. You can set your preferences to not show your email address, yet other members can send you a message through the site without having your personal information.

resume Service As part of your personal profile, you can fill in your own resume information. If you want to apply for any jobs posted in the online career center, all you do is click, and your resume is sent automatically to the listing employer.

Career OpeningsThe career job postings are more extensive. Still free for members, and non members will be able to purchase a listing for $25.00. As a “lister” of the opening, you’ll be able to see who has applied online through the career center.

buy, Sell and TradeYou can join the group “Buy, Sell and Trade”. Sell your unused water treatment equipment or your fishing

boat. We don’t care what you place on it, as long as it’s legal. People like to buy from people they know so here’s a great opportunity.

Who’s Going ?When you RSVP to an event, such as WATERCON, you’ll be able to see who else is going and send them a message. If you want to meet up with a client at the event, and you can message them to set up an appointment.

We are getting really, really, really, really, close to completing this site. The current progress is uploading the data for pages and creating events. There are many more benefits to this new site. I will try and cover a few more in each article of Splash and we will also be publishing and posting online some “how to” videos after its launch.

In the meantime, if you want to follow the progress on the “demo site” you can see it at http://isawwa.site-ym.com Anything you do on this demo site will be removed prior to importing your real data, but feel free to explore it and check out what’s coming! Maybe you know someone who might just want to join now before we launch! A member application is included in this issue of Splash on page 72.

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district 1 trustee reportGreg Swanson, Trustee

Greetings fellow water supply professionals. I am looking out the window of my office at the beautiful fall colors on the trees lining the Mississippi River shoreline. I find myself wondering where 2011 has gone. It seems like we were just celebrating the arrival of springtime and now autumn is upon us. What an interesting and challenging year it has been for Illinois water supplies. Mother Nature again revealed her omnipotence, as droughts, floods, wind storms and other weather related events had significant impacts on many ISAWWA

member water utilities and operators. While some utilities contended with diminishing source water, others enjoyed increased water demand, which at least temporarily countered the current downward trend in water demand. Activation of emergency response plans and calls for ILWARN mutual-aid accompanied power outages caused by several powerful storm systems. Through all of this, Illinois water utilities kept the water flowing to the homes and businesses they serve.

I suggest that we give each other a hardy pat on the back in celebration of our 2011 successes. After all, we collectively provided billions of gallons of safe high quality water to the people we serve, during a year of economic, operational and logistical challenge. Let’s take some time to celebrate and share our appreciation with each other and all those who support us. You will create an even greater spirit of resolve and appreciation that will enhance your work and strengthen your water utilityI am completely serious, as life and successes should be celebrated! We should thank the people we work with to keep the water flowing. Make sure you include the vendors, consultants, and regulators you work with in your

celebration. You will be glad that you did, as we all flourish when we receive support and acknowledgement.Additionally, take a few moments to review the various ISAWWA award categories listed in Splash and on the ISAWWA website. Please take the time to nominate any deserving water professional you may know. Your nomination may have a profound positive impact on that individual’s life. Your nomination will also help perpetuate ISAWWA efforts to recognize the success, contributions and dedication of our peers. If we don’t do this, who will?

Lastly, we would be remiss if we failed to include ISAWWA staff and volunteers in our celebration and appreciation. 2011 has been filled with many exciting and beneficial activities. From Watercon to Visitation Day, from countless webinars and training sessions to YP outings, ISAWWA has provided great opportunities for its members to learn, grow, network and have some fun at the same time. We are indeed fortunate to be members of such a vital and effective association. Let’s celebrate ISAWWA’s 2011 successes and resolve to keep the association strong and productive in the years ahead. Thank you!

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district 2 trustee reportTheresa O’Grady, Trustee

As I look outside my window, leaves have turned from green to various shades of yellow, orange and brown. Another year is almost behind us. Once again it has been a busy year for ISAWWA with WATERCON 2011 in March, the annual Distribution Conference in Countryside in April, Visitation Day in Joliet in July and the Regulatory Update in September. We are fortunate to have so many excellent learning and networking opportunities in District 2.

One initiative I have been involved in over the past year is the updating of

the website. In May 2010, ISAWWA held a Strategic Planning Session. One of the major initiatives identified in the strategic planning session was updating the website. Since that time, many people (ISAWWA Section staff, the Website Committee and all the ISAWWA committees) have been working behind the scenes to develop a website that members will want to visit regularly – to get updates on education opportunities and committee activities, to track training hours, to discuss topics, and to share information. Last week, the Website Committee met and got a sneak peek at the new website. The plan is to unveil the website in the next couple of months, so look for more information coming soon! In the meantime, you can see our progress here: http://isawwa.site-ym.com

Plans are well underway for events that will be held in 2012. •WATERCON 2012 – the joint ISAWWA/IWEA Conference –will be held March 19-22, 2012 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Springfield, Illinois. •2012 Water Distribution System Conference will be held in April 17, 2012 in Countryside. The Water Distribution Committee has done a great job with this annual conference with a mix of speakers and exhibits.

•Visitation Day will be held on July 26 and 27, 2012 in Champaign, Illinois. This is the last Visitation Day currently on the schedule. If you are interested in hosting Visitation Day at your facility for 2013 or beyond, please contact me. This is an excellent way to show off your facility to your colleagues. Hope to see you at these events!!

As always, ISAWWA cannot thrive without volunteers. If you currently volunteer, whether it is on a committee, presenting at a seminar, or in any other capacity, thank you! If do not currently volunteer, please consider serving on a committee. A listing of current committees can be found on the ISAWWA website at www.isawwa.org.

If you have any questions/comments about getting involved, please feel free to contact me. My contact information is as follows:Theresa O’Grady [email protected] Don Jensen and I represent District 2 on the ISAWWA Board. District 2 covers the northeastern part of Illinois – McHenry County, Lake County, Kane County, DuPage County, Cook County, Kendall County Grundy County, Will County and Kankakee County.

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In a time of shrinking budgets, it is increasingly difficult for Water Plant Operators to obtain the Continuing Education Units necessary to maintain their State certification.

There are ten Certified Water Plant Operators at our Plant in Highland

operator traininG in a time of sHrinKinG budGetsDon Jensen, District 2 Trustee

Park. Traditionally, we’ve obtained our CEUs through attending local, regional and state waterworks organization meetings and conferences with the Utility paying for our time, travel and expenses. Now that we are operating under an austerity budget, funds for these expenses are scarce.

Fortunately, there is a low-cost alternative – Webinars. While they can’t replace attending a training event in person, these are a great way to stretch your training dollars.

Of course our first choice for Webinars is ISAWWA! This year, Webinars are FREE for ISAWWA members. Check the Section Web page at: http://tinyurl.com/isawwa-training for a list of upcoming Webinars. In addition to live webinar, ISAWWA offers an extensive library of archived webinars, also free to ISAWWA members.

Also on this page are upcoming ISAWWA training events which are low-cost and

held at locations selected to keep your travel and time investments to a minimum.Other webinars that we’ve taken advantage of include:•AWWA: Some AWWA Webinars are free, others are around $100 for members. For an up-to-date listing of AWWA Webinars visit: http://tinyurl.com/awwa-webcast•Water ISAC: Webinars are free to members, often in conjunction with DHS (Introductory 12 month membership is FREE). See: https://portal.waterisac.org/web/

Shift work brings additional training challenges. If, like us, you operate three shifts, all of your operators will not be able to attend either in-person training or live webinars. For those graveyard shift workers, ISAWWA offers plenty of options for you as well!:•60+ archived webinars •50+ videos and DVDs•40+ online courses available 24/7•4 home-study programs•4 annual night course opportunities

WATERCON HOTEl REsERvATiONs The host hotel for WATERCON 2012 is the Crowne Plaza located at 3000 S. Dirksen Parkway, Springfield. IL

Crowne Plaza reservations 217-529-7777. $119.00 for single or double occupancy

Holiday inn Express reservations 217-529-7771. $102.00 for single or double occupancy

Ask for local reservations and the ISAWWA Group Rate. Be sure not to overbook. You will be charged for a minimum of one night for all rooms not cancelled in advance.

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district 4 trustee report Jeff Kaiser, Trustee

Here we are again in the fall of the year. It’s often a time to finish up some construction projects and finalize next year’s budget. We also have to start thinking about winter main breaks and completing the maintenance work that lower treatment demands allow us to complete late in the year. Unfortunately, winter is also often one of the worst times of the year for work place injuries and accidents.

Lower winter treatment and pumping demands allow us to complete some unique annual maintenance and capital improvements at our treatment plants which we typically cannot complete during the higher summer demand periods. Winter is also a time for fixing main breaks in cold and icy conditions. Winter ice and snow also make everyday tasks like meter reading a little more injury prone.

Just like the summer heat, working in the winter weather and the tasks we will be completing create unique safety concerns for our field and plant crews. Many of these safety issues are different than our summer concerns and may include things like working in bulky boots and clothes, frostbite, slips on ice, working in basins and plant areas with limited access, working in poor light, and don’t forget winter driving. All of us in the water industry have the greatest regard for the safety of those men and women who keep our systems operating. This is a good time to start safety training for those unique winter conditions to help keep them safe.

As always, if I or any of the other AWWA representatives can be of assistance, please feel free to contact us. My contact information is 618-239-3231 or [email protected].

district 5 trustee reportTim Kite, Trustee

As my second term as District 5 Trustee comes to an end, it seems like it went by very fast, I enjoyed learning how the Illinois Section operates and meeting so many volunteers from different areas of the State who came together to keep the various

programs and training seminars moving forward. I do want to take a moment to thank all the volunteers that have donated their time over the past few years, bringing a wealth of knowledge and experience as well as some great ideas to the table.

If you want to volunteer for something, just ask. I know you won’t get turned down. There is always room for someone new. With the March conference right around the corner it’s the right time to volunteer.

We are also always looking for water operators for the Quarter Century Service Award. This award is for operators, as well as anyone else who works in the water industry, who have been in the business for 25 years. It is presented at the annual conference; and you don’t even have to have belonged to AWWA for the 25 years to receive this award. If you think you meet the requirements, please let us know so we can get your name on the list.

While representing central Illinois as District 5 Trustee, I have been very vocal about and on behalf of the small and medium system operators. These operators supply water to customers that meet the same water quality requirements as the bigger systems but on a much smaller budget. These operators wear many hats in the course of a day; and, when the 8-hour shift is over, the operator is still on call 24/7 just in case a storm passes by or an alarm goes off. I will still be volunteering for the Illinois Section, but in different ways - helping with the tapping contest and attending some of the upcoming seminars collecting some of the much needed CEU’s . I want to thank all the central Illinois operators for their support during my venture as a ISAWWA trustee.

Hope to see ya in March . . .

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outreacH committeeKristin Rehg, Chair

IT’S (PAST) bACK TO SCHOOL TIME – EASy WAyS TO HELP WITH STUDENT OUTrEACHWith school back in session, it’s time to ramp up student outreach efforts again. ISAWWA has made a commitment to promote our mission and careers in the water industry to Illinois students, and it takes the combined effort of many members all over the State to make this initiative a success. Here’s how you can help:

Promote FREE Money! The Section allocates $3,500 toward scholarships each year for students pursuing a water-related field of study in technical

schools, universities, and continuing education programs. Scholarships ranging from $500 to $1,000 are available for the 2012-13 school year, including the summer of 2012.

The scholarship application is available now on the ISAWWA web site on the Outreach Program page. Do your part to promote this program to friends and relatives and at local schools. The more applicants we get, the better chance we have that we can award all of the scholarship money to deserving winners.

Engage High School Students at WATERCON 2012. Our next annual conference will be here before you know it. We will again be hosting a group of up to 40 Springfield area high school students. They will learn about the water cycle, source water quality, and drinking water treatment by participating in the Water Investigators laboratory activity, as well as visiting the exhibit hall to learn more about water industry careers. Last year’s students and their teachers found this to be a great opportunity to supplement their curriculum on the water cycle, which is severely lacking in most Illinois schools. Last year’s student visit at WATERCON was a success due to the contributions of many volunteers, and we’re now looking for volunteers for the 2012 event. If you live in the Springfield

area and want to make sure your local school is invited, contact Lori Cox at [email protected] to add the school to our contact list. If you are a vendor and would like to volunteer your booth as a stop in the students’ exhibit hall tour, or if you would like to be an exhibit hall guide, contact Linda Henry at [email protected].

The opportunities don’t stop there. From hosting students for a tour of your treatment plant, to attending career education events at local schools, to participating in Section outreach events, there are many ways you can help. The Outreach Committee has created several how-to guides for outreach activities, available by visiting www.isawwa.org and clicking on the Outreach Program link at the top. Or contact Kristin Rehg for more information at [email protected].

A visit to a booth in the exhibit hall

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silENT AuCTiON AT WATERCON:

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PEOPlEMarch 20 & 22, 2012

WATERCON Please consider participating in our Silent Auction event. Your donation

will help the Section raise the funsd needed to benefit thousands of people in developing countries. You can help by bidding on many

of the items donated by your exhibitors and attendees. Bidding ends on Wednesday at 3:15pm. Items can be picked up and paid

for in the exhibit hall following the conclusion of the bidding.

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The annual legislative veto session is scheduled to begin at the end of October. Veto session is designed to allow the General Assembly to take action on the bills that the Governor either vetoed or amendatorily vetoed during the summer. Of the 6,278 bills introduced in the spring 2011 session, 640 passed both chambers. Of those 640, the Governor signed 610 into law. Five of the remaining bills were budget bills that either had line item vetoes or reductions. That leaves only 25 substantive bills for the General Assembly to consider during the two veto session. Why in the world would legislators need 2 weeks to make decisions on only 25 bills? During the regular session they can work through that many bills in a single day.

Well, veto session has become more than just the time to deal with “vetoes”. The “issues table” began being set in the summer with a rather open fight between the Governor, Mayor Emmanuel, legislative leaders, and industry members interested in gambling expansion. The legislation that passed both chambers was a very carefully crafted house of cards. When the Governor started grumbling in late

leGislatiVe reportTerry Steczo and Maureen Mulhall

spring about his opposition to some of the elements being considered, Senate President Cullerton used a parliamentary maneuver to put the bill on hold, thus not giving the Governor the opportunity to take action on the bill. Senator Cullerton has expressed a willingness to look at the bill a second time with an eye toward compromise. Expect this to be a major topic during veto session.

Veto session issues continued to gain momentum after some controversial budgetary announcements initiated by the Governor. These began with his announcement during the summer that union employees under his jurisdiction would not receive their pay raises this year. That proclamation has the Governor battling in court with the union. This was followed by, perhaps, the more contentious announcement - the closure of seven State facilities and the possible layoff of over 1,900 State employees. Again, the Governor is battling the union in court on this issue as well. State facility closures impact much more than just the State employees, however. The communities in which the facilities are located are greatly affected. But far more

importantly are the hundreds, and perhaps thousands, of developmentally disabled and mentally ill citizens who will be displaced, let alone the closure of prisons. Where are all of these people to go?

The Governor indicated that much of this pain could be remedied if the General Assembly allowed him to reallocate $376 million that he reduced from the budget that the General Assembly sent to him in June. Some of that reduction was at the expense of the Regional Superintendents of Schools and transportation funding for students. Throughout the summer this particular reduction has been controversial – look for a resolution of this issue during veto session.

Currently, budget estimates indicate that the State coffers have taken in nearly $2 billion over the estimates the 2012 budget was based on. Speaker Madigan issued a statement shortly after the Governor’s facility closure announcement indicating that he might be amenable to discussing a reallocation; however, under no circumstances would there be any consideration to approve expenditures beyond the level that was approved by the legislature at the end of May. Any new dollars are expected to be used to pay down the State debt. But that hasn’t stopped the Governor from requesting over $700 million in budget restorations.

Other issues that will be hot during veto session include the Governor’s amendatory veto regarding who can receive legislative scholarships and “Smart Grid” legislation.

rEAPPOrTIONMENT MAPS IN COUrTA federal court decision on the validity of the Illinois state and federal reapportionment is expected sometime in November. In the meantime, candidates for the State legislature

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have begun making plans, preparations and announcements to run in the newly designated districts. And some prospective candidates, incumbents in particular, are grappling with very difficult decisions regarding residency. In a redistricting year the Illinois Constitution allows a candidate to run from any district that contains any part of their former district. The catch is that if you run and win then you have to move into the district you were elected from by May 1 of the following year. The thought of uprooting families and selling homes has caused many over the years to retire, and a number of incumbents have made such announcements with a more probably yet to come.

LEGISLATIVE TUrNOVErThe following legislators have announced their intentions to retire at the end of their current terms rather than seek re-election: Sen. John Millner (R-West Chicago), Sen. Susan Garrett (D-Lake Forest), Rep. Kimberly du Buclet (D-Chicago), Rep. Lisa Dugan (D-Kankakee), Rep. Connie Howard (D-Chicago), Rep. Joe Lyons (D-Chicago), Rep. Karen May (D-Highland Park), Rep. Kevin McCarthy (D-Orland Park), and Rep. Jerry Mitchell (R-Sterling). In addition to these changes, Rep. Dan Reitz (D-Steeleville) has already retired and was replaced by Rep. Jerry Costello. Rep. Ron Stephens (R-Troy) resigned and was replaced with Rep. Paul Evans. Finally, Rep. Mark Beabien

(R-Barrington Hills) passed away this summer and was replaced with Rep. Kent Gaffney.

TErM LIMITS???There is often an erroneous perception that, once elected, legislators never leave willingly; rather, they stick around one election too long and suffer defeats or are carried out. This perception is often the basis for the cry for term limits. While that is true for some, the numbers show that there is a great deal of turnover in legislative seats during the course of each ten-year period from one reapportionment to another. While sitting incumbents are still deciding whether or not to begin the process of putting their names on the ballot for the upcoming 2012 election cycle, a cursory review shows that there has been a fairly large legislative turnover since January, 2003, the date when legislators elected under the current maps were sworn into office.

Fifty-nine senators took the oath of office in 2003. How many are still serving today? Twenty seven - a turnover of 54%. While a few did leave for other elective offices, most of the 32 departures simply completed their service by way of election defeat or retirement.

The turnover rate in the House is just as telling. Seventy of the 118 House members who took the oath of office in January, 2003 are no longer serving

today, a turnover of 59%. Of those 70, seven moved across the rotunda to the Senate, but the other 63 left via deaths, defeats or retirements.

The departure numbers cited above do include legislators who have vacated offices by death or resignation this summer, but do not include those who have announced their intentions to retire at the end of their terms. Additionally, there will be a further winnowing of some incumbents because the new legislative maps have forced head-to-head primary election fights, and a few others that may not survive the general election next November. When the dust clears after the election season and legislators gather in Springfield in January, 2013 to begin the legislative session, expect that at least 60% of senators and 65% of representatives were not around ten years prior.

These numbers should be very meaningful to those who promote and engage in advocacy because it fractures the presumption that legislative membership is a constant and never-changing. It verifies that there is always a new coterie of legislators to educate and to tell our story to.

VETO SESSION DATESThe General Assembly will convene on October 25, 26, 27 and November 8,9,10 for its veto session.

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Illinois Section AWWA2012 elecTion pacKage

Officers | Trustees | All Districts

The Illinois Section of the American Water Works Association is pleased to offer you a slate of candidates for election to Board and Trustee positions. This is your ballot package. In order to encourage you to cast your vote, the Illinois Section of the American Water Works Association is offering you a choice of voting procedures. The options are:

1. Paper ballot returned by U.S. Mail2. Paper ballot faxed to the Illinois Section Office3. Internet secure anonymous ballot via website at http://www.isawwa.org

Whichever method you choose, you are allowed to vote only one time. In order to ensure that each member casts only one ballot, the ballots are randomly numbered. When you cast your vote, please enter the number that appears on the back mailing panel of this issue of SPLASH . This number is not tied to your name or member number, is is randomly numbered only to alert us to duplicate ballots. Biographies have been submitted by the candidates.

paper ballot returned by U.S. Mail. To vote via paper ballot, please mark your choices and mail your ballot to: Laurie Dougherty, Exec. Director Illinois Section AWWA, 545 S. Randall Road, St. Charles, IL 60174 paper ballot faxed to the illinois Section aWWa office To vote via fax, please mark your choices and fax your ballot to: 866-521-3591 toll free

internet anonymous ballot via website To vote online, locate your district and ballot number on the back panel of this issue of SPLASH, and use the appropriate url listed below:

LINK TO VOTE FOR DISTRICT 1: http://tinyurl.com/ELECTION-DISTRICT-1 LINK TO VOTE FOR DISTRICT 2: http://tinyurl.com/ELECTION-DISTRICT-2 LINK TO VOTE FOR DISTRICT 3: http://tinyurl.com/ELECTION-DISTRICT-3 LINK TO VOTE FOR DISTRICT 4: http://tinyurl.com/ELECTION-DISTRICT-4 LINK TO VOTE FOR DISTRICT 5: http://tinyurl.com/ELECTION-DISTRICT-5 LINK TO VOTE FOR OUT OF STATE: http://tinyurl.com/ELECTION-OUTOFSTATE Ballots must be cast by December 31, 2011.

illinois Section american Water Works association 545 South Randall Road, St. Charles, IL 60174

Phone: 866-521-3595 Fax: 866-521-3591

web: www.isawwa.org

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Chair (vote for one, one year term)

Kevin lookis

Kevin Lookis graduated from Eastern Illinois University with a Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree in Science with an emphasis in water quality.

He began his career as the Laboratory Supervisor for the City of DeKalb, Illinois in 1983. In 1985 he became part owner of Hydronics, Inc. a Midwest based water treatment company specializing in corrosion control and biological re-growth research and remediation. He remained with the company until it was sold in late 1998.

He continued to act as a consultant in the water treatment industry as well as teach at the Middle School level until joining the City of Evanston as Revenue Manager in May of 2001. Kevin was appointed to the position as Water Production Superintendent of the Evanston Water Utility in May of 2008 where he maintains responsibility for the management of the Water Treatment Process which includes the Pumping, Filtration and Laboratory Divisions.

Kevin has been a member of the ISAWWA since 1983. During this time he served as Chair-Elect, Trustee for District 2 from 1994-1998, Awards Committee Chair, Chair of the Small Systems Committee and currently serves as Vice Chair.

Chair - ElECt (vote for one, one year term)

John Van arsdel

John H. Van Arsdel is Vice President with M.E. Simpson Co., Inc. He is a graduate of Valparaiso University with a B.A. in Geography. He has completed water operators’ classes and seminars on water filtration and distribution. He has over 22 years experience directing projects for water utilities concerning water loss, water audits, mapping programs, metering programs, condition assessment programs, and flushing programs. He has presented seminars for water operators for over fifteen years. This includes various topics for the ISAWWA Education Committee, several papers at Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan AWWA Section meetings, as well as papers at ’07 ACE, ’09 ACE, ’10 DSS and ’11 DSS. He has maintained an active role in local and state water works organizations including holding offices on various boards and committees. As Vice President of M.E. Simpson Co., Inc., John serves as the main point of contact for client development and customer relations for the eastern U.S.

John joined the AWWA in 1991 and currently is a member in several sections including Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Georgia, North Carolina, the Chesapeake Section, Virginia, and Florida. In 2003 he was one of two trainers for the “RAM-W Modified” Vulnerability Assessment training for the Illinois Section. He has served as the ISAWWA Vice Chair for 2011 and Secretary Treasurer for 2009 and 2010. He served as Chair for the Membership Committee, 2006-2009, and received the Zenno Gorder Award and a Diamond Pin Award twice at ACE 2007 and 2009 for membership, as well as the Ambassador Award for Membership in 2009. John also serves on the Education Committee, Water Efficiency Committee, and Water For People Committee. John is the current Chair of the national AWWA Water Loss Committee, a member of the Apparent Water Loss sub committee, and was involved with review and editing of the rewrite of the M-36 Manual in 2009. At the 2011 ISAWWA WATERCON he received the “Water Professional of the Year” award. Local water works memberships include the South Suburban, Mid Central, North Suburban Water Works Associations, and the West Shore Water Producers.

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greg Swanson

Greg Swanson is Utilities General Manager for the City of Moline, where he has worked in the public water supply field since 1977. Greg holds an Illinois Class A Water Operator’s Certificate and was selected as IPWSOA Surface Water Operator of the Year in September 2000. He served as Project Manager throughout all phases of Moline’s comprehensive $25 million water treatment plant improvements project, along with numerous other water utility planning, construction and service enhancement projects.

Greg has presented on a variety of drinking water topics at various ISAWWA functions and among a diverse group of professional, civic, and educational organizations. He is a strong advocate of public outreach efforts that promote knowledge and appreciation of water supply system benefits and challenges. Greg is currently involved with on-going multi-agency efforts to establish an early warning monitoring network on the Upper Mississippi River, the ISAWWA source water protection committee and serves as ISAWWA District 1 Trustee. Greg values the many resources and opportunities that ISAWWA provides to Illinois drinking water professionals and appreciates the opportunity to serve the Association and its membership.

Theresa o’grady

Theresa L. O’Grady, P.E. is a Senior Water Resources Engineer with Crawford, Murphy & Tilly, Inc., where she serves as the Group Manager of the Water and Wastewater Group in the firm’s Aurora office. She has been with CMT for 17 years and has served as the project manager for water-related municipal design and construction projects in Northeastern Illinois including water treatment plants, wells, well houses, ground storage tanks, elevated storage tanks, pump stations and watermains.

Theresa has been an active member of AWWA and ISAWWA since 1996. She has served on the ISAWWA Board for the past four years as District 2 Trustee. She has served on various ISAWWA committees including the Young Professionals committee for six years and is currently serving as Chair of the Website Committee. In addition, Theresa has authored and presented papers at the Illinois Section, Indiana Section and Missouri Section AWWA conferences. Theresa has also been an active member of the Mid Central Water Works Association since 1997 and served as Program Chair for six years.

Theresa graduated with a Bachelors degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana in 1994 and is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Illinois.


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chad laucamp

Chad Laucamp is an Associate at AECOM. His responsibilities include project management of water treatment plant and water distribution system planning and design projects. He has over 13 years of experience working in the water industry.

Chad has been a member of AWWA for over 11 years and cur-rently serves on the ISAWWA Board as Secretary-Treasurer. Prior to this, he was a Trustee for District 2 of the Illinois Section.

Chad has previously been a member of the Technical Program Committee for 7 years, and served on the Young Professionals Committee for 6 years. In addition, Chad also served as Vice Chair on the 2010 AWWA Annual Conference and Exposition Planning Committee that was held in Chicago.

Chad presented a paper entitled “Vulnerability Assessment and Security Applications” at the AWWA Distributions System Symposium in 2004. He also presented “Water Utility Emer-gency Response Planning and Training” at the ISAWWA Security Seminar in Ottawa, IL. In 2005, Chad co-developed a “Planning a Successful Tabletop Exercise” workshop and co-taught the workshop at the 2005 ISAWWA Annual Conference.

Chad attended The University of Iowa where he received his Bachelors Degree in Civil Engineering in 1996 and his Masters Degree in Environmental Engineering in 1998. Chad is a Reg-istered Professional Engineer in Illinois.

amrou atassi

Amrou Atassi is a Principal with CDM in Chicago with over 12 years of experience in the water industry. He is a registered professional engineer in Illinois and is a Board Certified Environ-mental Engineer with the American Academy of Environmental Engineers. Amrou has been an active member of Illinois Section AWWA (ISAWWA) since 2002 serving on different committees, including the Young Professionals Committee and the Annual Program Committee. Amrou has given numerous presentations at ISAWWA Conferences and has also led ISAWWA seminars on a variety of topics related to water supply, treatment and distribution. Amrou has also been active in Water for People. Amrou was the 2002 Indiana Section AWWA Leo Bessozi Youth Delegate. He is active at the AWWA national level and the Water Research Foundation. Amrou holds a bachelors degree in Civil Engineering from Valparaiso University and a Masters degree in Environmental Engineering from Purdue University.



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chris Ulm

Chris Ulm graduated from Bradley University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering in 1996 and accepted a position at Strand Associates in Joliet. At Strand he continuously sought additional responsibilities and became the head of the Joliet office Water Department in 2002 and held that position until 2007. In 2007, Chris became the Assistant Director of Operations for the Joliet office and retains that position today. Chris is a licensed Professional Engineer and remains actively involved as the manager of projects for both public and private water systems in the Northern Illinois region.

Chris has been an active member of ISAWWA since 1998. In 2001 he joined the education committee and served as education committee chair from 2006 to 2010. While serving as education committee chair, the committee increased the number of educational seminars offered and began issuing biannual training calendars. Under his leadership, the committee began offering webinars as a form of training and also recorded some of the training events for future viewing by water professionals. The committee increased its activity to the extent that a new full-time ISAWWA staff member was brought in to greatly assist in the management of the education program. Chris’ involvement in ISAWWA has also included serving on the technical committee and membership committee, attending all of the annual conferences since 2000, and presenting papers at many of the conferences. Chris was honored to receive the Section’s Volunteer Appreciation award in 2009.

Chris resides in Channahon Illinois with his wife Amy and three children. He is also an active member of the Channahon Lion’s Club and Minooka Bible Church.

andrea putz

Andrea R. H. Putz is the Water Research Specialist for the City of Chicago Department of Water Management where she is lucky enough to spend her days working on her passions - drinking water treatment, water efficiency, and water meters. Andrea has been with the City of Chicago since 2004. During her undergraduate studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign she interned as an engineer trainee at the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago. After receiving her BS in Civil Engineering, she began her graduate studies at the University of Texas at Austin where she worked as a Graduate Research Assistant, Teaching Assistant, and Laboratory Manager while earning her Masters degree and Ph.D. in Civil Engineering.

Andrea has been a member of AWWA for 14 years and is actively involved in local AWWA section activities including serving as Chair of the Young Professionals Steering Committee and as a member of the WATERCON Technical Program Committee. Andrea also served on the 2010 Annual Conference and Exhibition Local Planning Committee and the Water Trailer Committee. She is also a Project Advisory Committee member for the AWWA Research Foundation.

Andrea holds a Class A water supply operator certificate and an Engineer In Training certificate (wish her luck on getting her P.E. this spring!) in Illinois. She has presented papers at the annual Illinois Section AWWA conference, national AWWA Annual Conference and Exhibition, Texas section AWWA meetings, and WEFTEC. Andrea has had her work published in Journal AWWA, Journal Environmental Engineering, and various conference proceedings.


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lori Stenzel

Lori Stenzel is currently a Water Quality and Environmental Compliance Specialist II for Illinois American Water. Before joining Illinois American Water in 2010, she was employed by PDC Laboratories, Inc., named previously Daily Analytical Laboratories, as the Lab Drinking Water Project Manager. She has worked in the certified water laboratory industry for twenty three years developing, managing, and marketing the Drinking Water Program which consisted of 46% of the Illinois Public Water Systems. Lori has developed long term relationships and good rapports with both the IEPA and IDPH agencies. She is an Augustana Illinois College Graduate with a Bachelor’s degree in Science along with having a current water operator’s license for IDPH Non-community, Non-transient Water Systems.

She was the first recipient of the 2008 Illinois Section American Water Works Association Water Professional of the Year Award. In 2011, Lori was named Illinois Rural Water Association’s Person of the Year Award. The criteria for this award includes being a friend and promoter of our water industry, which she goes above and beyond to help water operators and systems in complying with the regulations associated with testing of their water as well as helping them in other water issues, which is her passion. Over the years, she has provided training at different water operators groups and conferences such as: 15 County Water Supply Operators Association, Midstate Water Operators Group, the Southwest Central Illinois Water Operators Association, Clean Water Celebration (representing ISAWWA), Tazewell Health Department Environmental Days, Mississippi Earthtones Festival, Lewis and Clark Green Living Fair, Illinois Science Education Conference.

Lori is a long standing member of ISAWWA, the Illinois Potable Water Supply Operators Association, and Illinois Rural Water Association.

Jeff Kaiser

Jeffrey Kaiser is the Director of Engineering for Illinois American Water Company. From the Belleville office Jeff oversees a staff of professionals across the state of Illinois who manage the capital program for Illinois American’s various operating districts. He is a 1986 graduate of Washington University in St. Louis MO. with a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering and is a licensed professional engineer in Illinois and three other states.

A member of Illinois and Missouri Sections of AWWA since 1996, Jeff was appointed Trustee of District 4 in 2011 after the previous Trustee, Cheryl Norton, left Illinois to assume greater responsibilities with American Water. Jeff is also a member of the Water Environment Federation.

With more than 22 years experience as an engineering consultant and 3 years in his current role as Director of Engineering, Jeff has been involved in nearly every aspect of the water industry. He has assisted numerous municipal and private water systems in the planning, design, and construction of small and large projects, has completed comprehensive planning studies for systems ranging from the City of Chicago to small developments, and has worked with political leaders at the local and state levels to find solutions to water industry issues.


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Walter Voegel

Walter Voegel is the Production Superintendent for Illinois American Water’s Champaign District. Walter oversees three excessive lime softening plants in the Champaign District. He started working for Illinois American Water in 2001. Previously he worked for the City of Sullivan, Illinois water and wastewater plants. He worked for EJ Brach & Sons candy plant as their wastewater pre-treatment technician.

Walter has worked in the water and wastewater since 1978. He has a Class A public water supply and a Class 1 wastewater certificate in the State of Illinois.

larry coloni

Larry has been in the water treatment industry since 1977, starting by entering the Air Force where he received specialized training that would lead to a lifelong career in water treatment and operation. He has a Class “A” certification and is Public Works Director for the Village of Forsyth a small community of 3,240 residents. He is in charge of Operation of a 2 MGD Lime softening plant that has groundwater as the source. Prior to being employed 20 years ago by Forsyth, he was Operations Coordinator for Hydro Services, Inc. a Water & Wastewater contract operations firm based in the St. Louis Metro East area. Larry has served the section as the first Trustee at Large as well as Past President of the Illinois Potable Water Supply Operators Association.


BallOt ON PaGE 33DiStriCt MaP ON PaGE 34To locate your district and ballot number,

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All Members vote for positions in this column. Members vote for trustee in your district only. To locate your district and ballot number, see the

back mailing panel of this issue of SPLASH.

chair(X) Kevin Lookis

chair-elecT (Vote for 1)( ) John Van Arsdel

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Vice-chair (Vote for 1)( ) Theresa O’Grady

( ) Greg Swanson

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SecreTary-TreaSUrer (Vote for 1)( ) Amrou Atassi

( ) Chad Laucamp

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your Ballot Number:

TrUSTee, diSTricT 2 - northeast(Vote for 1) ( ) Andrea Putz

( ) Chris Ulm

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TrUSTee, diSTricT 4 - South (Vote for 1) ( ) Jeff Kaiser

( ) Lori Stenzel

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TrUSTee, diSTricT 5 - east central(Vote for 1) ( ) Larry Coloni

( ) Walter Voegel

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fax ballot to: 866-521-3591 or Mail to: ISAWWA - 545 S. Randall Road St. Charles, IL 60174

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USEfUL ON-LINE SOUrCE WATEr PrOTECTION rESOUrCESEach and every public water supply relies on source water to fulfill their mission. It is essential that water supply operators understand and protect their source water, as source water protection is the first and most fundamental barrier to waterborne disease. Most water operators recognize the importance of source water protection in protecting the health of those who rely on their public water supply. The challenges that accompany assessing and protecting source waters are many, especially when large lakes, rivers and aquifers are involved. Fortunately, busy Illinois water operators have a number

source water protection committeeGreg Swanson, Committee Member

of valuable on-line resources that can assist in this important area of water supply planning and operations.

The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) has made important information regarding Illinois water sources and related potential risks available on the Source Water Assessment and Protection Program page on its website. Operators can use the following link to access the information on this useful page: http://www.epa.state.il.us/water/groundwater/source-water-assessment/index.html. The page features general information, a search function to obtain source water fact sheets for each Illinois public water supply, guidance to develop a source water protection plan and IEPA program contact information, along with links to other websites that offer source water protection related information and guidance.

It is also possible to become a secure user on the Source Water Assessment and Protection Program page, which allows one to access security sensitive source water assessment facts sheets and the interactive geographic information system. Potential secure users are required to complete and submit the required confidentiality agreement. Contact IEPA program personnel for further information.

Operators are also encouraged to explore the variety of useful source water protection related resources on the USEPA’s Ground Water and Drinking Water website: http://water.epa .gov/dr ink/ index .c fm. Use the “Our Waters” link on the menu on the left side of this page to open another page that leads to additional pages containing information on ground water, lakes, rivers & streams, watersheds and other source water related topics. Water supply operators will find a vast array of useful information and resources among these pages. You will also find links to the many organizations that are committed to helping to protect our nation’s source waters.

In closing, it is thought that water operators will find useful source water protection information and guidance using the websites identified above. Additionally, you may also contact members of ISAWWA’s source water protection committee with questions and concerns relating to source water protection matters. Committee members will do their best to assist you in finding appropriate resources to address your needs, as protection of source water is of fundamental importance to our shared goal of providing safe drinking water to the communities we serve.

IMPrOVE SAfETy & WEATHErPrOOf yOUr UTILITy It’s almost that time of year again - winter. It’s cold and icy and it can impact your utility’s safety. It may be hard to think of climate as a threat to your water utility but anyone who has experienced the Chicagoland area’s “Snowzilla” storm last year may not be so surprised. USEPA has just released a new Climate Resilience Evaluation and Awareness Tool (CREAT) to help utilities

safety & emerGency planninG committeeCarolyn Grieves, Chair

better plan for weather. This is a software tool that can be used to assist drinking water and wastewater utility owners and operators in understanding potential climate change threats and in assessing the related risks at their individual utilities. CREAT provides libraries of drinking water and wastewater utility assets (e.g., water resources, treatment plants, pump stations) that could be impacted by climate change; possible climate change-related

threats (e.g., flooding, drought, water quality); and adaptive measures that can be implemented to reduce the impacts of climate change.For more information on CREAT, visit: http://water.epa.gov/infrastructure/watersecurity/climate/creat.cfm.

EPA is providing free training - visit https://www.thetestportal.com/CREAT for more information.

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Mac coMMittEETerry Locke, Committee Member

It’s only October and the exhibit hall is nearly SOLD OUT!! If you haven’t reserved your booth space yet then you better do it today.

As I mentioned in the last issue, big changes are scheduled for the exhibit hall in 2012. Expanded hours and more events to bring attendees into the exhibit hall will hopefully create an enjoyable and successful conference for everyone. First and foremost, though, we at the MAC believe we will drive lots of traffic through the hall giving everyone ample opportunity to develop new business, and that’s what we’re all there for.

We’re looking for all exhibitors in 2012 to make a donation to the Water For People Silent Auction. The more items for sale, the more money for WFP, and that’s a good thing.

We will be providing lunch in the exhibit hall on Wednesday for those of you who don’t attend the Fuller Luncheon. And remember that lunches are not included in the booth price and must be ordered separately. That includes

both the box lunch on Tuesday and the Wednesday lunch.

If anyone has any questions, you can send them to any member of the MAC Committee. The list of members is included on the ISAWWA website at www.isawwa-portal.com.

We look forward to seeing everyone in Springfield next March. I want to remind all you exhibitors that you need to order your lunch for Tuesday and Wednesday separately from your booth reservation. Neither lunch is included in the booth price. Tuesday’s box lunch is $10.00 and Wednesday’s buffet lunch is $25.00. If you’ve already reserved your booth you can still go to the Registration page on the website and order your lunches. We’ll see you at Watercon 2012 next March.

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call for nominees: GeorGe warren fuller awardJeff Fischer, Chair

Annually, each section of the American Water Works Association is requested to select a member of that section to receive the prestigious George Warren Fuller Award. This is one of the highest honors that can be bestowed on a water industry professional. This year’s recipient for the Illinois Section was Executive Director Laurie Dougherty. Laurie works tirelessly on behalf of the Section and is an avid proponent of AWWA and the principles of safe drinking water. Perhaps there is someone you know, like Laurie, who goes beyond the expectations of their job and has demonstrated leadership and commitment on behalf of the water industry. This is the type of person who should be nominated. While the deadline for nominations isn’t until December 1, 2011, it isn’t too early to start thinking about who you would like to see receive this honor at the annual Section conference next March in Springfield. The nomination form can be accessed and submitted on line at www.isawwa.org.

To qualify for the Fuller Award, the recipient must be a member of the

Illinois Section AWWA. The award is intended to honor an individual for their distinguished service to the water supply industry in commemoration of the sound engineering skills, diplomatic talent and constructive leadership which characterized the life of George Warren Fuller.

George Warren Fuller was born in 1868 in Franklin, Massachusetts; graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1890; and worked for the Massachusetts State Board of Health for five years following a year spent at the University of Berlin working with the engineer of the Berlin water works. While with the Board of Health, Fuller was in charge of the Lawrence Experiment Station, working to develop ways to treat the growing volume of wastewater. At that time, the Station was recognized as the leader in research on the purification of water supplies and treatment of sewage in the country.

In 1895 Fuller was selected to take over the filtration experiments for the Louisville Water Company, where he studied the suitability of various processes that might prove adaptable to purifying turbid waters such as the Ohio River. The report of these studies opened up a new era of water purification practice and demonstrated the ability of coagulation and rapid sand filtration to handle muddy and highly variable waters. The studies demonstrated the importance of effective coagulation and sedimentation prior to filtration.

Following his research in Louisville, Fuller conducted similar experiments in Cincinnati before he established a consulting engineering firm in New York. During his 34 years of practice, Fuller advised more than 150 cities, commissions and corporations on

major water supply and sewerage improvements. During his career he was chairmen of a board of experts advising the Sanitary District of Chicago regarding problems involved in disposing of its sewage, which ultimately led to the reversing of the Chicago River.

One of the most significant of Fuller’s characteristics was his belief in organization and his devotion to standards. As chairman of the Council of Standardization of AWWA, he was responsible for the successful publication of the Manual of Water Works Practice in 1925. Fuller is also a past president of AWWA.

George Warren Fuller was, first of all, a capable engineer, equipped with a mind that never closed a channel to new ideas. He was an inventive technician, first in the laboratory and later in engineering and design. He was a skilled negotiator, a public relations counsel who was able to persuade reluctant city officials that they were wise and right to authorize sanitary improvements. Upon his death in 1934, Fuller was honored for his “understanding, kindliness, sound judgment and tact.”

While George Warren Fuller’s career established a record that is difficult to equal, water professionals make contributions to public health and safety through their daily work. There is probably someone you have admired for their commitment to the advancement of the water industry; perhaps in a very small way, but nevertheless effectively. The Illinois Section Fuller Award Committee is looking for worthy nominees to receive the 2012 George Warren Fuller Award. The form that appears below can be accessed at the Illinois Section website (www.isawwa.org) and submitted electronically or completed and faxed to 866-521-3591.

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Nominee’s name:

Nominee’ title:

Mailing address:

Phone:

Email address:

Eligibility/Justification - Please provide details of the nominees distinguished service in the water supply field which entitle him/her to this award:

Submitted by:

Submitted by address:

Submitted by phone:

Submitted by email:

Date submitted:

The Fuller Award Committee is seeking nominations for the award to be presented in 2012. The Fuller Award is presented to members who are being recognized for their distinguished service to the water supply field. The person must be an Individual Member or duly appointed representative of an organization member of AWWA. Please take the time to recognize a fellow Illinois Section member who has exhibited talent and leadership and whose contributions to the water supply industry characterize the life of George Warren Fuller.

GeorGe warren fuller award nomination formPlease fill out the following form and submit via fax to ISAWWA, 866-521-3591 or email to fuller Award Committee Chair, Jeff fischer, [email protected]

DEADLINE fOr SUbMITTALS: December 1, 2011 QUESTIONS? Call 866-521-3595

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small systems committeeJon Meyer, Chair

The Small System Committee is continuing to plan for WATERCON 2012. As mentioned in the prior issue of Splash, our Committee is collaborating with the Education Committee to host a workshop on Operator Day geared towards minimally staffed utilities.

The workshop will be geared toward addressing regulatory issues in

a more nuts-and-bolts style of presentation. The regulatory issues that were chosen were based on those that are important to both water and wastewater operators. Items such as blood borne pathogens, trenching and shoring, and traffic control and protection will be covered. The workshop will be a full day divided between indoor presentations and training, and outdoor activities.

The indoor presentation for the Operator Day workshop will be given by Wayne Nelson of the Small Systems Committee and Illinois Rural Water Association. Wayne has provided training to many small systems over the years, and will provide all attendees with the information they need to know in a format that they can understand.The outside portion of the Operator Day workshop will include real world displays of traffic control and protection within the public right-of-way. The displays will show various scenarios that attendees will be quizzed on to apply the knowledge

they learned inside during the presentation to various scenarios. The quiz will be graded by the Small Systems Committee. The objective of this training is to provide operators with a chance to translate their classroom “learned” knowledge to outdoor real world “experiences”. We are hoping that this format will also allow operators to ask questions related to their own experiences with the goal of the participants being more aware, knowledgeable, and experienced by the end of the day.

If you don’t like speaking in front of other operators, we also encourage you to join the Small Systems Committee social hour at WATERCON 2012 to ask any other questions, or just to meet us.

Please visit our website on the ISAWWA portal for more information regarding the Small Systems Committee. If you have any questions, or would like additional information, please contact me at [email protected] or 312-780-7754.

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On September 22nd, The Irish Oak in Chicago hosted Water for People for a charity bartending event. During the evening we had 12 visitors stop by and enjoy the evening inside a beautiful Wrigleyville establishment. New committee member Nick McMurtrey is shown in the photo as our guest bartender, and was serving up laughter, if not drinks, to his wife Nicole, Jesus Rodriguez, and myself. Irish Oak generously offered to increase our donation to almost 15% of the total tab. This was applied to our Donate2Drink campaign. Special thanks to the Parkson group for making up over half of our attendance! The Donate2Drink campaign is well underway. If Water for People is able to reach the $1 million dollar goal, we will be eligible for doubling this to $2 million dollars! Actor Ed Norton supports this cause. Please check out his video at video.AOL.Com search for Water for People. It is very enlightening! The Donate2Drink Campaign ends October 31st. The ISAWWA WFP committee has raised $2,883 with a very large portion

water for peopleEdna Sugden, Chair

of this coming from the MidCentral Golf Outing. Thank you Marla Brun and Mike Stubbers! Please check out http://www.crowdrise.com/ISAWWAWFPCommittee to make a donation.

Our next big endeavor will be the annual conference in March. We are already making plans for the conference with our annual breakfast becoming a Meet & Greet Intro to Water for People. Please plan to stop by to learn all about the current happenings with WFP. We will be highlighting the new developments such as FLOW, or Field Level Operations: Using Android cell phones, combined with GPS and Google Earth software, FLOW gives community members, partners, volunteers, and others the ability to record data from tens of thousands of water points

around the world: location, service status, images, and other information. This data is then displayed online to signal whether a project is up and running, broken, or on the verge of disrepair and requiring maintenance.

Another new development at the Annual Conference will be the WFP “Preferred Dining List”. We are actively seeking restaurants that you’d visit anyway, and asking them to help us by making a charitable donation from your dining bill to Water for People. Please watch for information on how to participate.

As always, if you have any questions or would like to be more involved with your local WFP committee, please don’t hesitate to contact me at [email protected].

PICTUrED AbOVE: New committee member Nick McMurtrey is shown in the photo as the guest bartender, and was serving up laughter, if not drinks, to his wife Nicole, Jesus rodriguez, and Edna Sugden.

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The Waterworks Museum is returning to WaterCon 2012 for another wonderful year. The museum has been such a success the past few years, and the Section wants to continue to recognize the water industry’s history. The museum has been host to several interesting items over the years. This past March, museum visitors were wowed by a massive section of wooden water main provided by the City of Springfield. Also on display was surveying equipment, blueprints, meters, record keeping books, photographs and newspaper articles. The Section even displayed past editions of Splash, typeset,

waterworKs museum at watercon 2012Laura Barrette, Chair

and a variety of promotional items from years past.

As with any museum, the Waterworks Museum depends greatly on the participation of the community, in this case the water community. Maybe you have an artifact that you would like to share. Look around your office or plant, and you might be surprised at what you find back in the deep dark recesses. All interesting water and wastewater artifacts are welcome. Artifacts can be from any era, decade or year. The artifacts are only on display during the

conference (Tuesday and Wednesday) because the Section does not maintain a permanent collection. Please bring your artifacts to help illustrate how the water industry has advanced throughout history.

If you are interested in displaying an artifact, or volunteering to help monitor the museum, please contact me at 630-739-8824 or [email protected]. It is important that you let me know what you are planning on displaying. Space is limited so please contact me as soon as possible.

Pictured above are various items in the WATErCON 2011 Waterworks Museum. Also pictured is Chris Ulm of Strand Associates enjoying the display.

Disply an artifact or volunteer to

help monitor the

tuesday, march 20 & wednesday, march 21, 2012

inQuiries:laura barrette

[email protected]

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Over 130 people attended the Annual Regulatory Update Seminar in Countryside on September 21, 2011. For the bargain price of $40 (the pre-registration fee for AWWA members), participants earned renewal training credit hours (RTC’s) for water operators and Professional Development Hours (PDH’s) for engineers, while learning about current and upcoming drinking water regulations. Speakers included Mary Reed and Andrea Rhodes from IEPA and Miquel Del Torel from the USEPA; and topics

annual reGulatory update seminarCuneyt Feizoulof

included updates on Stage 2 Compliance Monitoring Plans, Section 31 Enforcement Process, Synthetic Organic Contaminant Monitoring, Groundwater Rule, Maximum Contaminant Level Prevention Law, Lead and Copper Rule, Revised Coliform Rule, and Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule. The Illinois Section puts on over 80 educational seminars each year throughout the State. Just visit our website (www.isawwa.org) to learn about upcoming training events in your area.

sAvE THE dATE!2012 isAWWA visiTATiON dAY

July 26 & 27, 2012 - Champaign, IL

Golf Outing & Awards Banquet

Thursday, July 26, 2012Stone Creek Golf Course, Urbana

2600 South Stone Creek Boulevard Urbana, IL 61802-9400

LEED Certified Champaign County Water Treatment Facility Tour

Friday, July 27, 2012Champaign Water Treatment Facility

560 County Road 1700 N, Bradley Ave., ExtendedChampaign, IL 61822

Annual regulatory Update seminar in Countryside, Illinois on Wednesday, September 21, 2011.

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The North Suburban Water Works Association was host this year to the 19th Annual Joint Products Day on Wednesday October 12, 2011. Each year North Suburban, South Suburban, and Mid-Central Water Works Associations take turns at hosting this well-worth-the time event.

This year had a different type of venue in that the Products Day Event was held at the Algonquin Public Works facility. An amazing display of the finest products, services, and consultants in the water industry was available as well as concurrent 2-1/2 hour classes offering CEUs. In addition, a spirited water tapping contest and demo was part of the day’s activities.

There were 4 teams that participated in the Water Tapping Contest. They were: the Village of Arlington Heights, the Village of Westmont, the City of Elgin, and the newly formed team from the City of Madison, Wisconsin. Each team was allowed to make two taps, and the best time of the two was counted.

After diplomatically deciding the order of teams doing taps and explaining the rules, the Village of Westmont was first

water tappinG contest and demoTony Cuzzone

up. Being together less than two years, this is exactly what Mike Ramsey and his team needed: a crowd, good conditions, and plenty of adrenalin! Their first tap final time was 2:17:59 minutes. After everyone completed their first tap, Westmont did their second tap and they improved their time to 2:01.45. The team has Jim Cates as the Copperman, Brian Beusse as the Starman, Tony Falada as the Cranker, and Mike Ramsey as their Coach. Mike Ramsey said they are going to give the Village of Arlington Heights a run for their money next March in Springfield at the ISAWWA Water Tapping Contest. And I believe him!!!!

Next was the City of Madison, Wisconsin. This is a newly formed team spun out of Wisconsin and their first water tapping contest. We really appreciate that they accepted our invitation to come to Illinois to compete. (Should we say “Go Pack Go”, or teach them to say “Bear Down Chicago Bears” ?) It was fun to see these guys right in the thick of it with our teams. For being a newly formed team their first tap was a sizzling 2:24:72, which wound up being their best, and their second tap was 2:27:94. It was great having them there. We invited them back next March to complete in Springfield, and they have accepted. The team has Don Russell as the copperman, Bob Kemper as the Starman, Greg Kolack as the Cranker, and Pat Reagan as their Coach. See you in Springfield boys!!!

Following Madison was the City of Elgin. This team has been together now for almost 3 years and they had no trouble showing their competiveness. They brought their spirit and teamwork from Springfield right to the stage in Algonquin. Bulldozing their way through their first tap, they finished with a time of 2:08:66 . . . YIKES! We sure thought they were going to beat Westmont’s time and go for Arlington Heights, but it was not to be. They finished their second tap

with a time of 3:00:87. We will keep our eyes on these guys when we see them again in Springfield! They are currently the State’s second best team! The team has Rob Berg as the Copperman, Terry Smart as the Starman, Tom Corbett for John Fabrizius as the Cranker, and Kevin Kujak as their Coach.

I have the deepest respect and pride for our next team, the Village of Arlington Heights. These guys have been in the ISAWWA competition since its beginning, and have gone on to the National level competition also. They continue to work with and help train newly formed teams. The team had an impressive time in their first tap of 1:35:62. However, problems developed during the second tap, and no time could be recorded. Needless to say, the Village of Arlington Heights was awarded a 1st Place Trophy for the day’s competition. We enjoy watching them year after year, and truly look forward to their return to Springfield next year. This respected tapping team has Dave Nordin as the Copperman, Mark Mock as the Starman, Ryan Holthouse as the Cranker, and their Coach is Terry Botterman.

All teams agreed this was actually a perfect time of the year for them to have a practice and begin preparations for the ISAWWA contest next March. And I had the opportunity of talking with Michelle Hoepner from Midwest Water Group, Inc. who is serious about forming an Illinois women’s team! And it sounded like Amanda Demarre from Algonquin, who has competed very well in Meter Madness, was showing interest in water tapping competition. Come on all you ladies out there! We only need 2 more and we could have our first State of Illinois women’s water tapping team! They would need a sponsor; so, is there anyone interested in sponsoring what could be the greatest team in State history? Please contact me as soon as possible.

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Ralph Gross from Associated Technical Services, LTD., aka Mr. Microphone, was the Master of Ceremonies, and provided exciting play-by-play for the entire event. Jeff Fischer from Fischer, Harris & Associates, assisted as time keeper along with Owen Keenan from M.E. Simpson Company, Inc. Also, to make the contest fair, honest, and reputable, Tim Brodnan was the Head Judge who worked with the time keepers. Our digital clockman was also Owen Keenan.

I would like to thank those who donated items for the competition. Thank you to Tony White from Mueller for the brass, Dan Flagg from Clow/McWane Pipe for the ductile iron watermain pipe, and Bob Mroz from Ziebell for the coil of copper. Also, I would like to thank Algonquin’s Public Works Director Bob Mitchard for the use of his wonderful facility. Thank you to Owen Keenan for all his assistance along the way to the competition. And, finally, thank you to the North Suburban Water Works Association officers President Jason Schutz, Vice President Curt Day, and Secretary/Treasurer Todd Schaefer for inviting the spirit of water tapping competiveness to Algonquin, and putting on a very successful 19th Annual Joint Products Day! See you in Springfield!!!

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watercon 2012 exHibitors as of noVember, 2011

Adaptor, Inc ...................................................ADS Environmental Services .......................Advanced Automation & Controls, Inc ........Alfred Benesch & Company .........................All Service Contracting Corp. .......................Allied-Locke Industries .................................American Flow Control .................................American Industrial Motor Service LLC ............Apex Pumping Equipment ...........................Applied Technologies, Inc ............................Aqua Backflow, Inc. ......................................Associated Technical Services Ltd. .............AY MCDonald Mfg .........................................Badger Meter, Inc .........................................Bakercorp .....................................................Baxter & Woodman, Inc ...............................Brooks & Associates, Inc. ............................Brotcke Well & Pump, Inc ............................BSI Online/Backflow Solutinos, Inc.............Burns & McDonnell ......................................Calgon Carbon Corporation .........................Carus Corporation ........................................Cascade Waterworks Mfg Co ......................Clark Dietz, Inc .............................................Cla-Val Company...........................................Clow Valve Company ....................................Conco Spray Solutions .................................Corrpro Companies, Inc ...............................Crawford, Murphy & Tilly, Inc. ......................Dixon Engineering, Inc. ................................Doonan Environmental LLC .........................Drydon Equipment Inc. ................................Ductile Iron Pipe Research Association ......Durkin Equipment Company........................East Jordan Iron Works ................................Eaton Mechanical Sales ..............................Edenbros, LLC ..............................................EH Wachs ......................................................EJ Equipment, Inc .........................................

ELAN Technologies .......................................Energenecs, Inc ............................................Engineering Enterprises, Inc. ......................Enviromental Monitoring & Technologies, Inc ...Environmental Resources Training Center .Farnsworth Group, Inc. ................................Ferguson Waterworks ..................................Fischer-Harris & Associates .......................Flolo Corporation ..........................................Flo-Systems, Inc ...........................................Flow-Technics, Inc. .......................................Fluid and Thermal Systems .........................Fluid Conservation Systems ........................Ford Meter Box Company, Inc. .....................Foremost Industrial Tech .............................Gasvoda & Associates, Inc ..........................Giant Maintenance and Restoration, Inc. ........Hach Company .............................................Hawkins, Inc .................................................Heartland Controls .......................................Henry Pratt Company ...................................HMG Group ...................................................Hobas Pipe USA ............................................Horner & Shifrin, Inc. ...................................HR Green ......................................................HydroAire, Inc ...............................................Hydro-Kinetics Corp .....................................IDEXX Laboratories ......................................Illinois American Water ................................Illinois Electric Works ...................................Induron Protective Coatings ........................Inland Power Group ......................................ISCO Industries .............................................JCM Industries, Inc .......................................Jim Jolly Sales ...............................................JM Eagle........................................................JM Process Systems ....................................Kamp./Snyergy, LLC .....................................Kupferle Foundry ..........................................

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LAI, Ltd. .........................................................Layne Christensen ........................................Lee Jensen Sales Co, Inc .............................Lindahl Marine Contractors, Inc ..................M.E. Simpson Company, Inc. .......................Marshall-Bond Pumps .................................Master Meter, Inc. ........................................McClure Engineering Associates, Inc ...............McGard LLC ..................................................McHenry Analytical ......................................McMahon ......................................................Merrell Bros, Inc. ..........................................Metropolitan Ind ...........................................Midwest Mobile Washers, LLC ....................Midwest Water Group, Inc ...........................Mississippi Lime Company ..........................MJK North America ......................................Mueller Co ....................................................Mueller Systems ...........................................Municipal Equipment Company ..................Municipal Well and Pump ............................MWH Americas .............................................Natgun Corporation......................................Neptune Technology Group .........................Northern Filter Media ..................................NSF International .........................................Parker Hannifin .............................................PDC Laboratories, Inc. .................................Peerless-Midwest, Inc ..................................Peterson & Matz, Inc ....................................Prairie Analytical Systems, Inc ....................Preload, Inc ...................................................Pristine Water Solutions, Inc .......................Process Wastewater Technologies, LLC .............Pure Technologies ........................................R.E. Pedrotti Company, Inc ..........................Red Flint Sand & Gravel ...............................RJN Group .....................................................Rotork Controls .............................................

Schulte Supply ..............................................Seiler Instrument .........................................Sensus ..........................................................Sherwin-Williams ..........................................Shive-Hattery Architecture-Engineering ...........Singer Valve .................................................Sodemann & Associates, Inc .......................Spectra Shield Liner System .......................Stanley Consultants .....................................Stewart Spreading Inc..................................Suburban Labs .............................................Symbiont .......................................................Tank Industry Consultants ...........................TEST, Inc .......................................................Thermo Scientific .........................................ThermoFisher Scientific ...............................Tnemec /Taylor Coating ...............................Tonka Equipment Company .........................Trotter & Associates, Inc. .............................Underground Solutions ................................Underwriters Laboratories ...........................Utility Service Co, Inc ...................................Val-Matic Valve & Mfg Corp .........................Vandevanter Engineering.............................Veolia Water ..................................................Viking Chemical Company ..........................Visu-Sewer, Inc .............................................Wachs Water Services .................................Walter E. Deuchler Associates ....................Waste Tech, division of Kusters Zima Corp ........Water Products Co .......................................Water Remediation Technology, LLC ...........Water Solutions Unlimited, Inc ....................Water Tower Clean & Coat, Inc ....................Water Well Solutions - Illinois Division ........Westin Engineering, Inc. ..............................Yeomans Chicago Grundfos ........................

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Backflow?Visit the isawwa backflow committee bloG to ask a question and get a

response from the backflow committee!

backflowblog.blogspot.com

bacKflow committeeMike Eisenhauer, Chair

DO THE rIGHT THING All of us are proud of the efforts that we make every day to ensure that the quality of the potable water we produce and deliver is the best that it can possibly be. A strong and effective backflow program does not create quality water but it sure does help to keep the quality of water produced safe from contamination from unintended sources. The spirit of all backflow prevention and cross-connection control programs is to

prevent non potable hazardous substances from entering the potable water system. In Illinois there are two main regulatory authorities that work very closely with the cross-connection control community; and they are the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency and the Illinois Department of Public Health. Through the State of Illinois Plumbing Code, the Illinois Department of Public Health requires that all plumbing fixtures, appurtenances and equipment connected to the plumbing potable water system be protected from backflow by the appropriate means described in the plumbing code. When the installation of a testable backflow prevention assembly is required by the plumbing code those assemblies are also required to be tested and certified as to their performance at the time of installation. All test and certification forms are then sent to the water purveyor to be incorporated into the water authority’s IEPA-required backflow record keeping system. For the water purveyor this is where the fun really begins. There are many, many things to be tracked as part of your effective cross-connection control record keeping system, some spelled out plainly and

some only implied. There are many different ways to effectively implement your record keeping system as long as the end result allows the water purveyor to ensure that all testable backflow prevention assemblies in their record keeping system were tested and certified on an annual basis. For now let us all make sure that we have a proper and effective record keeping system in place to ensure that all installed testable backflow prevention assemblies are tested, maintained, and certified on an annual basis. Surveys and inspections are the other major components required to be performed in all effective cross-connection control programs. We will address each of these issues separately in future articles.

The Backflow Committee has developed many useful and effective programs and tools for use by all water systems in Illinois to assist in the implementation or the enhancement of cross-connection control and backflow prevention programs in Illinois. The ISAWWA Backflow Committee looks forward to helping all water systems in their goal of continuing to provide the best potable water we can deliver.

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illinois public serVice instituteStephen K. Page, Chair

The IPSI has concluded once again and I would like to share a letter from one of the attendees that was sponsored by the ISAWWA.

10/11/11

Mr. Stephen K Page, First off, I want to thank you and the Illinois Section AWWA for selecting me as a scholarship recipient for the IPSI leadership program. I feel very fortunate in getting the opportunity to represent the AWWA in a positive manner for the IPSI program and the valuable information I took away from the first year in the program.

I really didn’t know what to expect before my first day at IPSI. To be honest, I was unsure of how long the week was going to feel. After all, I was going to a “seminar”, and from my previous experiences with other seminars, they were pretty dry and monotonous. I couldn’t have been bore wrong. Dr. Lew Bender came in the room and changed my perception on seminars permanently. Whether it was his long good morning yells, hums, or “tic-tocks”, I was wide awake and eager to learn.

There were so many things I took away from this class, but to keep from writing a book I will just touch on a few things that I thought were very useful, and that I will be able to apply towards my future here in Morton.

With me being a younger employee, I really took notice of the Generational differences topics. It helped me better understand the older employees, who have been around awhile, and where they are coming from. I believe it will strengthen my communication skills with them, leading to a more efficient and effective work environment. It is my goal to influence the other younger generation employees here in a positive way, when it comes to co-existing with the aging workforce. I hope that this topic will be included in every three year program, because I believe it is so valuable.

Another topic I’m glad we covered was the challenges and solutions to leadership in the Public Sector. It really opened my eyes to the same problems that other communities and organizations were having. The group talks were very beneficial. A lot of different problems and solutions were talked about, and I came away with some great ideas on how to react and a few correct actions with the same problems it seems everybody is dealing with.

Finally, I couldn’t believe how fast the week went by. I am really looking forward to the next two years. With the information and knowledge I came away with along with the networking, I will strive to input the stuff I learned into my career each day. Thank you again for the opportunity.

Todd Frantti Village of Morton

I hope everyone that is in a role of leadership or plans to be considers attending the IPSI. The ISAWWA sponsors four new attendees each year for this three-year program. Having graduated from the program and experienced the benefits, I would highly recommend that you apply for sponsorship.

The scholarship is $500 toward the tuition for the first year. Once you have successfully completed the course the first year, you are eligible to receive a $500 scholarship for each of the remaining two years of the three-year course (one week per year). You can start the course any year; you do not have to wait until a “beginning” session because each year is different.

The scholarship committee would like a short explanation of why you are applying for the scholarship and how you believe this course will help you in your career. We’re not looking for an essay - a paragraph on the why and the how will be sufficient. Be sure to include the fact that you are a member of the ISAWWA. You’re not going to be judged on how fancy the paragraphs are - we just want to know why and how.

Stay tuned on the IPSI page on the ISAWWA website for 2012 registration forms http://tinyurl.com/ipsi-2012

FUTURE DATES:October 7 - 12, 2012October 6 - 11, 2013

If you have any questions, please contact me at [email protected], or you can call me at 847-931-6108.

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QuEsTiONs?Dan Bounds, Watershed Management Committee Chair

312-346-5000 | [email protected]

10:00 – 10:15 am

10:15 – 11:00 am

11:00 – 11:30 am

11:30 - noon

1:00 – 1:30 pm

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2:00 – 2:30 pm

2:30 – 3:00 pm

3:00 – 3:30 pm

3:30 – 4:00 pm

4:00 – 4:30 pm

Watershed session OpeningDan Bounds, CDM - IWEA Watershed Management Committee Chair

National Perspectives: Proposed Federal Stormwater Rulemaking and Green infrastructureBob Newport, USEPA Region 5

illinois Water Quality standards updateBob Mosher, IEPA

Illinois TMDL and Non-Point Source ProgramsAmy Burns Walkenbach, IEPA

(Lunch break Noon to 1:00 pm)

McHenry County source Water Protection Efforts

DuPage River Salt Creek Workgroup Program UpdateStephen McCracken

Fox River Study Group Program UpdateCindy Skrukrud

Lake Springfield Watershed Program Update

Peoria Area Watershed Programs UpdateMelissa Eaton, Tri -County Regional Planning Commission

Lake Decatur Watershed Program Update

Open Forum Discussion and ClosingDan Bounds, CDM - IWEA Watershed Management Committee Chair

WATERCON sNEAK PEAK:WATERsHEd MANAGEMENT sEssiON fOR WATERCON 2012

March 20, 2012 - 10:00 am to 4:30 pm Crowne Plaza, Springfield, IL

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The YP Committee coordinated a technical tour of the LEED certified Bradley Ave plant in Champaign, IL September 23rd. The tour was graciously hosted by Elizabeth Doellman and Walter Voegel of Illinois American Water. The technical portion of the tour discussed properties of their raw water and the implications lime softening and ph plays on their treatment processes.

The plant was designed and constructed with sustainability, energy-efficiency, and LEED certification in mind. Notable features include a focus on natural lighting, motion sensitive light switches, a heat reflective roof, on-site hypochlorite generation, geothermal heating and cooling (with the raw well water, variable speed drives to optimize operational control and power consumption, and a permeable concrete parking lot. Walter

younG professionals committeeBrian Kooistra, Vice Chair

joked that the plant received LEED points for a bike rack on a plant 7.5 miles from town, but one U of I student (maybe more ecologically focused than the rest of us) biked from campus.

The November 3rd Haymarket Pub and Brewery Tour represented our most synergistic social event to date. The event leveraged YP Committees from ISAWWA, IWEA, and CSWEA. We sampled beer so outside-the-box, it hadn’t even seen a box yet. Thanks to the 30 attendees who came out with us and our event sponsors: Drydon Equipment, Inc and LAI Ltd.

It’s been a fun and eventful few months, but we are already planning our winter soiree, working on a delegate for the YP Summit, and looking forward to cornhole (or bags, if you prefer) at WATERCON.

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TUESDAY, MARCH 209:00am ..........

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Grand opening of exhibit hall with all the hoopla that should accompany a Grand opening – singing, dancing and ribbon cutting

top ops: jeopardy–style competition for water operators

water taste test: Guest judges savor the best water illinois has to offer

box lunch

meet and Greet: food & drink and mingle with the exhibitors

wfp 50-50 raffle - Half the money collected goes to water for people and the other half to the winner

texas Hold’em: just like the main event at the world series of poker!

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 219:00am ..............

11:00-1:30pm ...

12:15pm ............

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3:30pm ..............

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4:00pm ..............

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exhibit Hall opens and loGo Hunt begins

putting contest sponsored by iwea – proceeds go the scholarship fund

lunch in the exhibit hall

silent auction bidding ends at 3:15 – break in exhibit hall

Drawing for putting winners

drawing for the grand prize (just following the putting drawing)

exhibit hall closes – drawing for Grand prize winner from loGo Hunt

SECOND FLOOR LOBBYmeet and Greet

tapping contest: utilities compete to see who can tap a pressurized pipe and connect a service to a meter yoke.

meter madness: competitors get a bucket of meter parts and race the clock to see who can assemble the meter first.

wfp 50–50 raffle: Half the money collected goes to water for people and the other to the winner

isawwa new members list: auGust 1 - october 31, 2011Aqua Aerobic Systems, Inc., Loves ParkJoseph Bickhaus, Village of ChathamJong Kwon Choe, UrbanaRobert Clymer, Village of Wayne CityBill Compton, Groveland Township Water Dist.Andrew Cornick, Parker HannifinMatt Devries, Olin CorporationBryan Edwards, Carterville Water and SewerRobert Egerer, Clearwater, MNCity of AuburnColton Foster, MarionMark Frankl, American Industrial Motor Service LLCGerry Gilpin, Village of StoningtonPatrick Gleason, IACAATom Glendenning, City of FreeportJohn Gulledge, Lake Forest Water Department

Peter Heren, CarbondaleKyle Honkala, City of PetersburgJ. Janes, ByronMatthew Kennedy, ChicagoAaron Kielar, Val-Matic Valves & Mfg Corp.Nathan Koehler, Village of BeckemeyerDeborah Lavelle, Aqua Aerobic Systems, Inc.Jason Leib, Village of Mt. ProspectLisa Lucht, Baxter & Woodman Inc.Melissa Markiewicz, Swan Analytical USAMarc Nissen, City of PetersburgJodie Opie, USEPATim O'Shea, Dezurik, IncJeremy Pas, Village of WoodlawnPeter Perich, Lindahl Marine Contractors, Inc.David Ponce, PH Engineering

Randy Pulver, Village of BeckemeyerSteven Purucker, The Pranner CompanyPhilip Schloss, City of Des PlainesTim Setser, Fluid and Thermal SystemsCarl Smith, Val-Matic Valves & Mfg CorpPerry Smith, Smith Lasalle, Inc.Craig Suhre, EJ EquipmentJeff Swiatowy, E.H. Wachs CompanyJohn Thorpe, Village of BloomingdaleJeff Upper, Upper Consulting Inc.Jason Warren, Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam, Inc.John Willaims, Tapecoat CompanyClint Wilson, US Army Corps of EngineersTom Woods, Visu-Sewer, Inc.Robert Wright, Village of Bloomingdale ILJun Yoshitani, West Chicago

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duffield consulting engineers, [email protected]

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watercon 2012 contest sponsorsM.E.

Co., Inc.IMPSON

watercon 2012 iwea banQuet sponsorburns & mcdonnell

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METER MADNESS CONTEST ENTRY FORM

METER MADNESS COMPETITIONWednesday, March 21, 2012 - 5:00 p.m. (Ground Floor Ballrooms)

Supervisors encourage your staff to participate. It’s a great way for a small utility to showcase their skills. Practice meters are available through AWWA at no charge. A demonstration video is also available online at (www.awwa.org). If you have any questions, contact Bruce Vaickus at [email protected] or 815-467-8320.

The competition will be held at 5:00 p.m. and the winner will receive a trophy and $750 towards travel and expenses to represent the ISAWWA at the national competition in Dallas, Texas.

1. We need to receive your entry form by: February 28, 2012.2. You do not have to be a utility member to enter the competition.3. Complete all information below and send this entry form to the email or fax number listed below.

Contestant Name:_________________________________________________________________

Utility/Company Represented: _______________________________________________________

Contact Person’s Phone #: ____________________________ Fax #: ______________________

Contact Person’s Email: ____________________________________________________________

Utility/Company Name & Address: ____________________________________________________

T-Shirt Size: ________________________

FAX YOUR COMPLETED FORM TO:Bruce Vaickus at [email protected] or 815-4677-0856

Illinois Section AWWA will also provide one room night for contestants during the conference with double occupancy. If you need to have a room provided for you, please make your reservation at the Crowne Plaza or Holiday Inn and contact the Ex-ecutive Director with your confirmation number. The Illinois Section will pay for one nights lodging for every two contestants. Reservation incidentals or no-shows will be the responsibility of the contestants.

____ I need a room provided for me at the Crowne Plaza/Holiday Inn Express.

I have made a reservation under the name of ________________ for __________ night.

The names of the contestants occupying this room are:

#1___________________________________ #2____________________ _______________________________.

My hotel reservation number is #__________.

I understand that I am responsible for the room charges in their entirety if I do not show up and fail to cancel this reservation. If I am staying for more than one night, I understand the Illinois Section AWWA will only pay for one nights lodging. Registration for participants for the day of competition is complimentary. You will be automatically registered for Wednesday’s conference and will be given a free lunch ticket to the Fuller Award Lunch.

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TAPPING CONTEST ENTRY FORMTAPPING CONTEST

Wednesday, March 21, 2012 - 5:00 p.m. (Ground Floor Ballrooms)

1) I am interested in the water tapping contest as an (circle one)

a) Individual b) Member of a team

2) If you circled “Member of a team”, from which municipality, company, or place of work is this team? _______________________________________________

3) Do you/would you need assistance (sponsorship) with the purchase of tools, equipment, necessary to practice and/or compete? Yes_______ No_______

4) Do you/would you need a location, or area to practice? Yes______ No______

5) Please provide the following information: Name: __________________________________________________________________________ Employer: _______________________________________________________________________ Address: ________________________________________________________________________ City: ___________________________________________________________________________ State: ___________________________________________________________________________ Zip: ____________________________________________________________________________ Phone:/ Email: ____________________________________________________________________

For more information, and send this form to either:

Illinois Section AWWA will also provide one room night for contestants during the conference with double occupancy. If you need to have a room provided for you, please make your reservation at the Crowne Plaza or Holiday Inn and contact the Ex-ecutive Director with your confirmation number. The Illinois Section will pay for one nights lodging for every two contestants. Reservation incidentals or no-shows will be the responsibility of the contestants.

____ I need a room provided for me at the Crowne Plaza/Holiday Inn Express



#1___________________________________ #2____________________ _______________________________.


I understand that I am responsible for the room charges in their entirety if I do not show up and fail to cancel this reservation. If I am staying for more than one night, I understand the Illinois Section AWWA will only pay for one nights lodging. Conference registration for the day of competition is complimentary. You will be automatically registered for Tuesday’s conference and will be given a free lunch ticket to the FullerAward Lunch.

Tony CuzzoneCity of Elmhurst 209 N. York Rd. Elmhurst, Illinois 60126(630) 530-6456 office (630) 530-6403 [email protected]

Tim KiteLong Creek Water Department2610 Salem School RoadDecatur, Illinois 62521(217) 864-5656 office (217) 864-2977 [email protected]

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TOP OPS CONTEST ENTRY FORMPreliminary round is at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday. Final Rounds - 12:45 p.m. - Tuesday - March 20, 2012

Team Name: _________________________________________________________________________________

Contact Person for Team: ________________________________________________________________________

Contact Person’s Phone # ________________________________Fax # __________________________________

Contact Person’s Email: _________________________________________________________________________

Utility Name and Address: _______________________________________________________________________

Team Members’ Names:

#1: ________________________________________________________________________________________

#2: ________________________________________________________________________________________

#3: ________________________________________________________________________________________

Top Ops is a contest between water treatment operators to showcase their talents by competing against each other in a competitive, fast-paced question-and-answer tournament. Questions encompass all aspects of water operations and treatment, comparable to the water operator certification exam. A moderator poses a variety of multiple choice questions to a panel of teams, each of which attempts to be the 1st to respond. The team correctly answering the most questions in the final round is awarded a trophy and a chance to represent the Illinois AWWA Section at the national conference in June, 2012 in Dallas, Texas. The Illinois AWWA Section assists with travel costs for the winning team to compete in Dallas, Texas.

Teams can consist of one, two, or three operators and do not have to be from the same utility. In order to complete locally, you do not need to be a member of AWWA. However, if you compete at the national level, you will be required to be an AWWA member, an employee of a utility member, or organization member of AWWA. Team members must work full time as a water treatment plant employee, a water distribution system employee, or in a first-line supervisor capacity. They must also possess a valid operator, laboratory, or distribution certificate.

Fax Your Completed Form To:Laurie Dougherty at (866) 521-3591

Illinois Section AWWA will also provide one room night for contestants during the conference with double occupancy. If you need to have a room provided for you, please make your reservation at the Crowne Plaza or Holiday Inn Express and contact the Executive Director with your confirmation number. The Illinois Section will pay for one nights lodging for every two contestants. Reservation incidentals or no-shows will be the responsibility of the contestants.

____ I need a room provided for me at the Crowne Plaza/Holiday Inn Express.



#1___________________________________ #2____________________ _______________________________.


I understand that I am responsible for the room charges in their entirety if I do not show up and fail to cancel this reservation. If I am staying for more than one night, I understand the Illinois Section AWWA will only pay for one nights lodging. Conference registration for participants for the day of competition is complimentary. You will be automatically registered for Tuesday’s conference and will be given a free lunch ticket to the Fuller Award Lunch.

Please contact Larry Thomas,Top Ops Committee Chair for more informationPhone: 815-459-1260 | Email: [email protected]

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index of adVertisers Alfred Benesch & Company ...............................American Ductile Iron Pip ..................................American Filter Sand..........................................Aqua Backflow, Inc. ............................................Backflow Solutions, Inc. .....................................Badger Meter ......................................................Baxter & Woodman ............................................Black and Veatch ...............................................Cady Aquastore, Inc. ..........................................CDM ....................................................................Clark Dietz ..........................................................CMT .....................................................................CP Solutions .......................................................CTE/AECOM ........................................................Dixon Engineering ..............................................Eccentric Pumps ................................................Farnsworth Group, Inc. ......................................Ferguson Waterworks ........................................Flolo Corporation ................................................Gannett Fleming .................................................Green & Bradford, Inc. .......................................Heneghan Associates ........................................Henry Pratt Company .........................................HMG ....................................................................Horner & Shifrin, Inc. .........................................HR Green ............................................................Illinois American Water ......................................

Klingner ..............................................................Layne Western ....................................................M.E. Simpson .....................................................Malcolm Pirnie, Inc. ...........................................McClure ..............................................................Metropolitan Industries .....................................Natgun ................................................................Ndian Inc.............................................................Norman Noe .......................................................Optimization Solutions Environmental, LLC. ....PDC Laboratories, Inc. .......................................Poly Processing Co., LLC. ...................................R.E. Pedrotti Co. Inc. ..........................................Red Valve Co./Tideflex Technologies, Inc. ........Ruekert/Mielke ..................................................Strand Associates, Inc. ......................................Swan Analytical USA ..........................................Tank Industry Consultants .................................Taylor Coating Sales/Tnemec Company, Inc. ...Tonka Equipment ...............................................Trine Municipal Services, LLC ...........................Trojan UV .............................................................USA Bluebook .....................................................Utility Services Co., Inc. .....................................Valmatic ..............................................................Water Solutions Unlimited, Inc ..........................Water Well Solutions Illinois Division, LLC ........

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board & trustees: 2011-2012

annual conference committee cHairs

Chair ..........................................................Chair Elect ................................................Vice Chair ..................................................Secretary-Treasurer ..................................Past Chair .................................................AWWA Director ..........................................Executive Director ....................................Trustee at Large .......................................District 1 Trustee .....................................District 2 Trustee .....................................District 2 Trustee .....................................District 3 Trustee .....................................District 4 Trustee .....................................District 5 Trustee .....................................

Dennis Ross ....................Kevin Lookis ...................John Van Arsdel ..............Chad Laucamp ...............John Smith ......................Kyla Jacobsen .................Laurie Dougherty ............Dennis Bowe ...................Greg Swanson ................Don Jensen .....................Theresa O’Grady .............Ted Meckes .....................Jeff Kaiser .......................Tim Kite ...........................

217-965-1566 ............ 847-448-8212 ...........800-255-1521 ...........312-373-6759 ...........217-875-5824 ............847-931-6160 ............866-521-3595 ...........847-347-5015 ............309-524-2301 ...........847-433-4355 ...........630-820-1022 ...........217-757-8630 ............618-239-3231 ...........217-864-5656 ...........

[email protected] [email protected] [email protected]@[email protected][email protected]@[email protected]@[email protected]@[email protected]@amwater.com [email protected]

Computer Operators ...................................Exhibit Hall ...................................................Greeter .........................................................Meter Madness ...........................................Moderators ..................................................Museum .......................................................New Products Demonstration ....................Silent Auction ..............................................Student Activities ........................................Tapping Contest...........................................Water Taste Test ..........................................Technical Program 2012 .................................Texas Holdem ..............................................Top Ops ........................................................

Don Bratschie ................Terry Locke ....................Len Rago ........................Bruce Vaickus ................David Said ......................Laura Barrette ...............Paul Schumi ..................Barb Waddell .................Kristin Rehg ...................Tim Kite ..........................Nora Bertram.................John Van Arsdel ..............Ryan Williams ................Larry Thomas ................

312-545-1023 ...........630-422-4914 ...........312-780-7711 ............815-467-6644 ..........815-289-9540 ...........630-739-8824 ...........630-485-9870 ...........217-728-7124 ............847-341-1419 ............217-864-5656 ...........312-236-9147 ............800-255-1521 ...........630-844-4110 ...........815-459-1260 ...........

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Awards .........................................................Backflow ......................................................By Laws ........................................................Education .....................................................Finance ........................................................Fuller Award 2012 .......................................History ..........................................................Illinois Public Service Institute ...................ILWARN ........................................................Information Management & Technology ........MAC ..............................................................Membership ................................................Nominating ..................................................Outreach ......................................................Public Information .......................................Safety/Emergency Planning .......................Small Systems .............................................Source Water Protection .............................SPLASH ........................................................Standard Practices ......................................Water Distribution .......................................Water Efficiency ...........................................Water For People .........................................Water Trailer ................................................Water Utility Council ....................................Young Professionals ....................................

Terry McGhee ................Mike Eisenhauer ...........Angela Podesta .............Nick Winkelmann ..........Michael Winegard .........Jeff Fischer ....................Ken Ficek .......................Stephen Page ................Jim Strutz .......................Don Bratschie ................Terry Locke ....................Randy Lusk ....................John Smith .....................Kristin Rehg ...................Chris Bacon ...................Carolyn Grieves..............Jon Meyer.......................Robyn Doescher ............Melanie Van Heirseele .......Melanie Van Heirseele .......Owen Keenan ................Amy Talbot .....................Edna Sugden .................Matt Overeem ................Gerald Bever ..................Andrea Putz ...................

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