S P L A S H Summer 2014 Illinois Section American Water Works Association
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About Illinois section awwa
Chair Report............................................................................. 6
Established in 1881, the American Water Works Association
Chair Elect Report.................................................................... 7 AWWA Director Report............................................................. 8 Membership Report................................................................. 9 Trustee At Large.....................................................................12
is the largest nonprofit, scientific and educational association dedicated to managing and treating water, the world’s most important resource. With approximately 50,000 members, AWWA provides solutions to improve public health, protect the environment, strengthen the economy and enhance our quality of life.
Disaster Preparedness for Water Utilities............................15 Water Distribution Committee...............................................16 District 4 Trustee Report........................................................17 MAC Committee......................................................................20 Reserve the Water Fountain Trailer......................................20 Education Committee............................................................21 Legislative Report..................................................................22 Exemplary Source Water Protection Award Winners........... 29
The Illinois Section of the American Water Works Association (ISAWWA) has over 2200 members throughout the State of Illinois and is dedicated to safe and sustainable water for Illinois. The Illinois Section AWWA is the resource for conferences, 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
Water Professionals Must Heed Source Water... ................30
form in this magazine and return electronically to
Source Water Protection, City of Bloomington IL.................32
laurie@isawwa.org or mail to the address below.
Top-Ops Trophy Stuck in Elgin...............................................34 Hydrant Hysteria.....................................................................35 2014 ISAWWA Water Tapping Contest..................................36 Upcoming Seminar Schedule................................................40 T-CON Committee...................................................................42
Illinois Section AWWA 545 South Randall Road St. Charles, IL 60174
Executive Director Report......................................................44 Visitation Day: Otter Lake Water Commission......................46 ACE14 Presidential Reception & Dinner Sponsors..............50 Visitation Day: Elgin...............................................................52 ISAWWA Board, Trustees And Committee Chairs.................56 Index Of Advertisers...............................................................57 Splash Advertisement Order Form........................................58
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Chair Report Theresa O’Grady
I am so excited to have the opportunity to be Chair of Illinois Section AWWA! Even before receiving the gavel at breakfast on the last day of WATERCON 2014, I had been preparing for months. And as I writing this, three months have already past! My term as Chair started out as WATERCON 2014 was ending. WATERCON 2014 was the last joint conference with IWEA. I have enjoyed the joint ISAWWA/IWEA conferences over the past few years. As they say, when one door closes, another door opens. WATERCON 2015 will be better than ever! Following the strategic plan that ISAWWA adopted in 2013, WATERCON 2015 will continue with the “total water” focus including water, wastewater, and stormwater technical content and exhibits. For WATERCON 2015 we will be partnering with the Illinois Section of the Central States Water Environment Association (CSWEA) and with the Illinois Lake Management Association (ILMA) to a provide a wellrounded “total water” technical program. Before I look to the future, I must reflect on the past. I want to thank John VanArsdel for all he has done for ISAWWA. I know I have big shoes
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to fill (literally and figuratively). I also want to thank Melanie VanHeirseele for her many years of dedication editing this magazine, Splash. Nadine Miller from the City of Rockford has graciously volunteered to take over this big responsibility. I also want to thank Stephen Page, now retired from the City of Elgin, for his many years of chairing the IPSI Committee. Allen Persons from the City of Plainfield has volunteered to take over as Chair of the IPSI Committee. Thank you to all of the committee chairs (too numerous to name) who have agreed to continue to serve as chair for another year. The success of ISAWWA lies in the involvement and participation of our members. Now looking to the future, my plan for this year is to continue to move forward with the “total water” strategic planning efforts by incorporating “total water” education. So if you have responsibilities in more than just potable water, be on the lookout for wastewater and stormwater training opportunities from ISAWWA. There are several exciting things happening throughout the Section: • T he first annual Water for People Golf Outing was held on May 8th in Channahon. Thank you to Dennis Ross of Otter Lake Water Commission and Chris Ulm of Strand & Associates for helping to make this a successful event. The newly formed Water for People Committee is still looking for committee members. So if you are interested in joining the committee, please contact me or Dennis Ross. • T he Section is exploring the formation of student chapters at various universities. Kristen Rehg of the City of Evanston is chairing an ad-hoc committee on student chapter formation. If there are students interested in forming a student
chapter at their university, please contact me or Kristen Rehg. • I will be going to ACE14 in Boston next week where Illinois Section’s own John Donahue will be inaugurated as President of AWWA. Congratulations to John on this major accomplishment and good luck to John in his presidential term. • Planning has already begun for ACE16. The National AWWA Conference will be held in Chicago in 2016. There will be several opportunities for members to volunteer to assist in conference planning and volunteer to help during the conference. • T here will be two Visitation Days this year: one in Elgin and one at Otter Lake Water Commission. Visitation Day at Elgin will be held on Thursday, July 10th and Friday, July 11th, 2014. Visitation Day at Otter Lake Water Commission will be held on Thursday, September 4th and Friday, September 5th, 2014. Mark your calendars and plan on joining us for these events! I am a bit “tuckered” out from this writing, so I will end my report with a joke: Teacher: What is the chemical formula for water? Student: HIJKLMNO! Teacher: What are you talking about? Student: Yesterday you said it is H to O. I hope everyone has a wonderful summer. Enjoy the sunshine!
ISAWWA Volunteers Work to Make Total Water a Reality Greg Swanson - Chair Elect
water re-use options continues to grow. These conditions relate to ISAWWA’s mission to provide resources for the management and advocacy of safe and sustainable water to meet the needs of our members.
What a beautiful day, 86 degrees under sunny skies with flowers blooming and birds singing! I hope that you are all savoring the arrival of warm weather, as the intense cold and snow of the severe winter and its monumental water supply challenges fade into memory. Yes, 2014 is well underway and unfolding to be a productive and memorable year. Earlier this year, many of you were able to attend Watercon and witness the enthusiasm, dedication, and diverse interests that characterize our members and association. Now ISAWWA’s leadership and volunteers are hard at work using the success of Watercon 2014 as a powerful springboard to inform the implementation of our new strategic plan in support of ISAWWA’s vision of safe and sustainable water for Illinois. ISAWWA’s strategic plan embraces the concept of Total Water, which recognizes need for today’s water professional to work with various aspects of the water cycle to achieve success. Approximately 60% of our members are situated like me, with responsibilities in the drinking water and wastewater domains. Storm water impacts drinking water and wastewater utilities alike and the need to understand and develop
How are we going to achieve the ambitious vision and mission outlined above? Laurie Dougherty, our Executive Director, has developed a road map to accomplish these goals, which is moving forward with the support of the ISAWWA board. The first phase involves each of the Section’s committee’s reassessing their individual mission and goals and aligning the same with ISAWWA mission and goals. This work is well underway at this time. The committees’ work will be reviewed at the July 9th Board meeting, with a full committee/board/ staff workshop scheduled to follow in August. The subsequent goal is to have the detailed action plan fully developed by the time the 2015 budget approval occurs in October, which will set the stage for full implementation in 2015. Okay, so what does this all mean to you? First of all, it means that ISAWWA is determined to identify and provide resources that meet the needs of its members. This includes all members, ranging from student and YP members to individual and utility and service provider members. Our Association is progressive and adapting to the changing world that is confronting our members. Second, the process underscores the importance of volunteerism and committee participation. The committees are the voices that represent the interest of our members. I cannot over-emphasize the value and rewards of committee participation. It is a great way to be involved, share your experience and perspective, and develop connections with like-minded individuals. Best of all it, doesn’t really take much time at all and the rewards are great.
A third benefit is that ISAWWA will use the outcome of this effort to identify areas in which strategic alliances with other professional associations will benefit our members and help control the costs associated with presenting a more diversified offering of training opportunities. Actually, the value of ISAWWA membership will be increased for many members due to the envisioned diversity of Total Water training offerings. For example, Moline has a utility membership. We have 32 water employees, 28 wastewater employees and 2 stormwater employees. The number of Moline employees that have access to high quality low cost ISAWWA will be doubled with the implementation of the Total Water approach. This will be very helpful, as the pressure to reduce training and professional development expenditures is a fact of life in our municipality. Bob Dylan sang “The times they are a-changin” and that is certainly true in the world of today’s water professional. ISAWWA is adapting to meet those changing needs and provide an excellent value and benefits to our members. I thank all those who are working to make this happen, as your efforts are making our association stronger. I would also welcome any related thoughts and ideas members may have regarding this important work. Best wishes to all for a safe, enjoyable and productive summer. Savor its beauty and warmth!
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AWWA DIRECTOR REPORT Kyla Jacobsen
Our very own, John Donahue from North Park Water District and ISAWWA fame, is now the Association President. A great honor indeed and we are all proud that John has volunteered his time and expertise to that role. It’s a lot for an individual to take on and we know that John is up to the task. Happenings at AWWA – the Association level
Greetings from your now past Section Director. I have now completed my first tenure and have turned over the reins to the ever capable Terry McGhee. This is my last “Director’s Report”. Terry is the Manger of Operations for the DuPage Water Commission and has been an AWWA member since 1991. He has held many positions within the section and is a great choice to serve on the AWWA board of directors from Illinois. It is a 3 year position that takes at least a year to figure out, so I wish Terry the best as he starts his service as the Section Director. This is always an awkward time to write an article for SPLASH. The deadline for the submission has such a long lead time and we are in a “lull” both as a section and an association. We are between WATERCON and ACE14 and by the time this hits your mailbox, ACE14 will be a memory.
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The Association board has taken action on a SPECIAL PRESIDENTIAL PANEL (SP2), AWWA2020: A PATH TO ONE AWWA. This is an extension of the work of the Special Presidential Panel (SP2) that was started in 2012, when AWWA President Charlie Anderson established the group to examine all current Association and Section operational and business practices. The panel was assigned the task to develop a re-engineered operations and business partnership model between the Sections and the Association. Fundamentally, the panel’s work focuses on identifying and leveraging the programs and services of the Association and Sections to meet the future needs of the water community. During 2013, the panel conducted a thorough review of existing research and data. It decided to focus its work in five key areas: Education, Membership, Finances, Branding and Communications. Subject matter advisory committees (SMACs) were formed to explore opportunities in each area. Our section Executive Director, Laurie Dougherty, was on the SP2 panel. After research, discussion among relevant stakeholders and vetting through the panel itself, the
subject matter advisory committees each concluded their work, the results of which are focusing on the future and developing how AWWA can reach the future state envisioned by the panel’s vision, mission and ultimate recommendations. Last year, the AWWA Board of Directors approved the AWWA International Strategy. In support and to respond to actions contained in the Strategy, this January, the Executive Committee approved the continued development of the business plan to create an AWWA presence in India and are set to open an office in India to service the AWWA members in India, create strong, thriving communities of water professionals, and to provide solutions to properly manage water. Now the Board has voted to move that initiative forward. Recently, the Board of Directors approved the formation of the Strategic Development Advisory Committee. The action of this committee is to create a sustainable fundraising model within AWWA. The fundraising initiatives will be similar to other organizations: scholarships, student chapters, young professionals, youth education, etc. The AWWA Philanthropic Program would also help address and solve concerns named in the 2013 AWWA State of the Water Industry Report: the aging workforce, aging infrastructure needs in US areas where financial resources are scarce. It is definitely an exciting time in AWWA, both at the Association and Section levels.
membership committee Randy Lusk, Chair
again for 2014. This means by the end of 2014 we need to have 2183. I know we can do it this year and I am counting on all of you to help us achieve this goal. Our overall retention rate for 2013 was 91%, nice work everyone. So far for 2014, our retention is at 92.6% which is amazing!! Membership Appreciation For 2014 we will continue doing membership appreciation by allowing free webinars to members as a way to say thanks for being a member. This will be for the live ones AND the recorded webinars. I just want to report that this is going over very well and many members have capitalized on this promotion. So once again, I want to thank all of you for your continued support of being Hello again everyone, I hope everyone’s spring is going well after this abomination a member and all that you do for this organization. of a winter. Just glad it’s finally nice weather so we can all get outside and 2014 Membership Challenge enjoy it. It’s hard to believe but 2014 There is a contest in 2014 or a is almost ½ way over already. Where “Challenge” that was put upon all the does the time go? I know you will be sections in AWWA. This contest is disappointed if I don’t mention some type of sports announcement so here it goes. We have an awesome Hockey Team who is close to the Stanley Cup Finals for the second straight year. We also now have a good QB for a fair number of years, the White Sox are now above .500 and my Cubs are, we’ll just not end that statement.
Membership Committeew If you are a member and looking for ways to get involved with ISAWWA please do not hesitate to get in contact with us. We have many committees in which you can participate. If you are outgoing and want to get involved with membership, please give me a call. I am always looking for people to help promote membership and work our booth at the conferences using their experiences on why they continue to be a member of ISAWWA. We have eight different conferences we will be attending this year and if you have some free time and want to contribute, we would be most appreciative of your time. Introduce a friend or colleague to AWWA today…. You joined AWWA for many great reasons, now spread those reasons on and help to keep our section growing strong. Talk up the reasons you joined and we will see new members each month. This section needs everyone to be involved in recruiting. That’s what will keep the
You joined AWWA for many great reasons, now spread those reasons on and help to keep our section growing strong.
Membership Numbers When we talk about goals, we have two sets. We have the year goal, which is a hard number and a retention goal percent for each month. The retention goal is what percent of members we kept for an individual month from last year to this year. Our retention goal for each month is 88%. The goal for 2013 was to have 2064 members by Dec 31, 2013 which is a 1% growth. We ended at 2132 which is a growth of 68 members. This is outstanding. If you know someone who didn’t renew, please discuss with them the value and why you continue to be a member. We will try to have a 1% growth
retention based and new members based. We have two goals, the first goal is to retail 135 of the new members we signed in 2013, we are currently at 41 which is short (94). The second goal is to have 2183 members by the end of the year. We are at 2189 which is a gain of 6 new members so far. These numbers will continue to change as we all reach out to new members and retain current ones, but this is the latest update I have received from AWWA Denver. ISAWWA has been the 7th largest section for the past number of years, I am proud to let you know we are currently the 6th largest section, way to go everyone!!
ISAWWA strong. Write your name and membership number on top of the application and you will receive credit for the new member. If you need pointers on what to say, please visit www.awwa.org or www.isawwa.org.
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Take advantage of your better balanced representation! Chris Ulm, Trustee At Large
Well not yet, but soon, many of you will have more representation from the association. District 2 has been subdivided and about 1143 of you will have greater access to your trustee and your district trustee will have time to do their day job, and represent you. I am sure you all remember my article from last edition which pinpointed the imbalance of trustee to member per district, but for those that are new to the association, I’ll recap. My role as Trustee at Large is to represent the out of state members and assist any district trustee that needs help with something. But I think it is also to look As you can see, there is a bit of at things as a whole and try to resolve unbalance in the District 2 membership issues such as this. percentage. The district does have two trustees, but there is still an imbalance The state is split into 5 districts. The map with those two trustees each representing shows the district boundaries with the over two times the number of members approximate number of members in each as other trustees. Also, there are no sub district. The number outside of the state district boundaries within the district, so represents the out of state members. there is confusion over responsibility. The percentage of membership per district is shown below: Don’t get me wrong, the District 2 Trustees do a great job. They cover District 1 - 8.7% (175) tons of events and seminars and very District 2 - 56.5% (1143) professionally represent the lion’s share District 3 - 11.3% (228) of the membership. But they deserve District 4 - 9.3% (188) some relief and the members deserve District 5 - 7.1% (145) some clarity in who represents them. Out of State - 7.1% (143) 12 t r u s t e e a t la r g e S P L A S H Summer 2014
Last month the board unanimously voted to give them that relief. For over a year we have been investigating and brainstorming the best way to divide up the district. Not only the best way for District, but we also considered the impacts to other districts and trustee at large position. Many alternatives were developed and thought through. County lines seemed to be the best way to divide because the other easy geographical alternative, zip codes, is really not that simple. Many of you know where Will County is. Do you know where 60410 is? Ultimately the alternative that made the most sense
was the one shown below. Although the numbers do not balance, the trustees elected for the sub districts will be able to easily attend local Water Works monthly meetings. This will give you a better chance to know them, and them a better chance to serve you. With this change, there will be more names on the overall ballot this year. If you live or work in District 2, your ballot will show the candidates for trustee for the sub district you are on record for being in. Andrea Putz will finish her two year term as the new District 2A representative. Districts 2C and 2D will have new trustee positions under election, each with 2 year terms. District 2B will have a new trustee position under election, but only with a one year term this election cycle. It will change to a two year term next election cycle, which will put 2A and 2B on alternating two year term cycles with 2C and 2D. It is our goal to be able to best serve the membership. This change should help us accomplish that. We really hope it helps you to be able to get to know your trustee and get involved!
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Disaster Preparedness for Water Utilities How many of you have an emergency response plan and procedures for your operation? If so has it been a while since your operation reviewed the emergency plan and procedures? Has your utility conducted drills and exercises according to the emergency plan and procedures? These are vital questions that everyone should be thinking about. A natural disaster can occur unexpectedly! It can be any combination of the following: tornado, hurricane, earthquake, energy/utility outage, fire hazard, hazardous material release, and terrorism. Every water utility should have an emergency response plan in place. Having a plan is the first step in reducing the risk of water supply shortages, services interruptions, and water quality deterioration resulting from natural or man-made disasters.
1) test community emergency plans, policies and procedures 2) identify additional planning and/or resource needs 3) clarify roles and responsibilities, and 4) improve team communication and coordination.
This course was very important for our community in the case of a large scale disaster. I learned that it is vital that the recovery efforts are coordinated, so that the effects of the disaster can be minimized and dealt with as quickly and efficiently as possible. It was also an opportunity to learn and understand what needs to be done both immediately and in the aftermath of a disaster. I would advise anyone in a water utility to attend this course if there is ever an opportunity to go. This course was definitely an eye awakener for handling a disaster! It’s a great resource for revising I received an opportunity in May 2014 to attend a four-day large- scale disaster or creating an emergency response plan. Water can become the source of major training by FEMA at the Emergency concerns after a disaster. It is critical Management Institute in Emmitsburg, MD. This was an integrated emergency to have sufficient clean water in the immediate aftermath of a disaster in management course/communityorder to treat the ill, provide for human specific for the City of Rockford. There were four objectives for this course. The consumption and maintain basic hygiene, support in rescue, and to resume normal objectives were to:
productive and commercial activities. The impact of a disaster on a water system can cause massive damages amounting in millions of dollars. The issue for a water utility is whether the utility can respond to disasters to prevent its negative effects on water services due to contamination of water supplies, prolonged discontinuity of service, loss of fire-fighting capability and release of chlorine in the air among others. There are three basic questions we should ask ourselves. What can go wrong by acting out a scenario? What is the likelihood that it will happen? What are the consequences if it happens? An emergency response plan should include provisions for emergency water supply in the event of sudden loss of water. It should also specify who does what and when, using available resources, during emergency situations. Our communities expect us to guarantee a continuous uninterrupted supply of potable water at times of emergency conditions by responding to the situation appropriately and responsibly. A well prepared emergency response plan will validate that commitment. We protect the health and safety of our communities when we protect our water supply facilities.
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water distribution committee Owen Keenan, Chair
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Our committee had a very busy spring. Once again at this year’s WATERCON, we had “BOZO BUCKETS” at our booth so people could stop by to play and have some fun, as well as vote for their favorite photo in our Water Tank Photo Contest. The top twelve vote getters had their tank photos published in our 2nd annual Water Tank Calendar, which is included in this issue of SPLASH. The winners are: 1st Place – Elk Grove Village 2nd Place – City of Aurora 3rd Place – Village of Palatine The remaining top 12 were Aqua Illinois – Danville, Aqua Illinois – Kankakee, Village of Park Forest, Village of Round Lake, Village of Carpentersville, Village of Downers Grove, Village of Romeoville, Village of Westmont, and the Central Lake County Joint Action Water Agency.
Dixon Engineering, Inc., Gold GPT –Enpro Industries, Gold K amp/Synergy LLC – Energenecs, Gold ME Simpson Company, Gold R empe – Sharpe and Associates, Inc., Gold Benton and Associates, Inc., Silver Midwest Water Group, Inc., Silver EJ – East Jordan Iron Works, Silver Kupperle Foundry Company, Silver Robinson Engineering, Silver
• Cla-Val Company • Clow Valve • CP Solutions, Inc. • Dixon Engineering, Inc. • Dorner Company • Ductile Iron Pipe Research Association • Eaton Mechanical Sales, Inc. • EJ – East Jordan Iron Works • Fischer Harris and Associates • Flolo Corporation • ISAWWA Membership Committee TANKS to all of our calendar sponsors! • Jim Jolly Sales, Inc. • Kupferle Foundry Corporation Our 7th Annual Water Distribution • ME Simpson Company Conference was held at Medinah Banquets in Addison, IL on Thursday, April • Midwest Meter • Midwest Water Group 24th.This year’s conference had a total • Ricmar Industries of 194 attendees who earned valuable • RJN Group, Inc. PDH/RTC hours thanks to the great • RMS Utility Services presentations given by: • Sensus USA • Brett Hanes, Team Industrial Services • Swanson Flo • Dan Eisenhauer, BSI Online • Water Products Company • Mike Ramsey, Village of Westmont • Underground Pipe and Valve • Dave Stoneback, City of Evanston • Ziebell Water Products • Tony Namovicz, City of Evanston • Jeff Fischer, Fischer Harris Associates Thanks to all of our conference exhibitors • Michelle Harrod, Midwest Water Group for their support, and we hope that they • Kristin Rehg, City of Evanston will consider coming back next year. • Tim Bartus, City of Evanston I would like to thank all of our committee • R alph Gross, Associated Technical members who came on April 24th that Services, Inc. helped make our annual conference successful once again. I am very lucky to One of the big reasons why our have a group of dedicated water people conference is so well attended is due to on my committee that enjoy giving back the excellent presentations given each to the water works community. It is a year by water professionals that share privilege to be their Chair. their knowledge with their water works colleagues. Our committee is very grateful Special thanks to Lisa Hoffhines for all to all the presenters for their efforts and her work over the past six years. She contributions to our conference. will be greatly missed. I guess that Lisa
Another big reason why our conference is so successful is due to the exhibitors TANKS to all the water utilities that that attend. Below are the exhibitors that entered this contest! contributed to the financial success of The financial success of the calendar was our conference: greatly aided by the following gold and • AY Mc Donald silver sponsors: • Apex Pumping Equipment • • • •
Tnemec , Multiple Gold Sponsor A dvanced Valve Technologies, Inc., Gold A ssociated Technical Services, Ltd., Gold CP Solutions, Inc., Gold
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thinks it will be easier handling a room full of kids than the Water Distribution Committee, and she may be right. Good luck in your new career Lisa!
I want to welcome Angela Podesta, the new ISAWWA staff member who will now be working with the Committee. I have known Angela for many years and look forward to working with her again. continued on next page
District 4 trustee report Lori Stenzel, Trustee
The year seems to be off to a fast start…to think we are almost at the half way mark! I remember when I was young and the adults sitting around the dining room table talking about how fast the days fly by…I thought they were crazy! 24 hours in a day is 24 hours…didn’t seem fast to me! Well, now that I am lots older…they were right… the days do fly by faster as you get older! I guess to many irons in the fire, deadlines to meet, samples to take, things to do and trying to stretch yourself not to thin makes for a quick day, week, month, then another year gone!
Another record breaking attendance at WATERCON 2014 making it a huge success! Having a variety of sessions to choose from is always a challenge but a good one especially if they are informative and useful! I know my session on Sampling – How When Where…What to Avoid was standing room only again! There were many new faces as well as some old ones in the crowd, which means we really need to pass on our knowledge! It is truly amazing to me the number of people that are retiring. It has been said that we will really see a void if we don’t start encouraging young folks to get into our industry. Operators always need to be aware of their surroundings when sampling to avoid future sampling due to contaminations. You want to be sure detects truly represent what is in the water and not what is in the garage or area where you take your samples. People have access to the internet and therefore have access to your water department’s information. Make sure Drinking Water Watch has the correct information. During May, I lost a very good friend in the water industry…Dr. Michael Katamay. With a doctorate degree in microbiology and retired from the IEPA Bacti lab in Chicago, he would help troubleshoot with the operators when they would encounter issues at the plant or customer complaints. He took care of coordinating
sample monitoring and schedules between laboratories for several water departments. He was a very kind, intelligent man and over time was involved with South Suburban Water Works Association. His charm and wit will be greatly missed!!! Southern Illinois Operator Meetings: Southern Illinois Water Operators Association held their 80th Annual Spring Conference Fairfield on Wednesday, May 21, 2014. Topics include IEPA Regulatory Update, Cellular Meter Reading, Echo Technology, and Cellular Remote Monitoring, following up with the tour of the new membrane plant in Fairfield, which was very informative. One thing I learned about the membranes was how to pin a leak and that they work best with dirty water!!! Very interesting to say the least. Southwestern Central Water Plant Operators Association will be holding their annual June Meeting/Picnic at the Troy American Legion, with a picnic to follow at Flo-Systems on Thursday, June 19, 2014. If interested, contact Flo-Systems at 618667-7890 or email shannonhomburg@ flosystems.com. Visit our website at www.isawwa.org and check out the Latest News and Calendar to keep up to date on available training classes, seminars, webinars, and what is happening in the water world! Until next time…
If you went to Boston for AWWA ACE14, I hope that you got to see and cheer for our committee member Michelle Harrod and the Land of Lincoln Lady Tappers as they competed in the national tapping contest, because our Michelle is the STAR-woman of the team! Also, I hope that you attended the presentation that was given on Tuesday, June 8th by our committee member Jeff Schramuk on “Getting a grip on External Corrosion Control for Infrastructure Sustainability “. Congratulations Jeff! You made it to THE SHOW! Best wishes to all Illinois Section members and their families for a safe and enjoyable summer, now that it’s finally here!
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MAC Committee Terry Locke, Chair
The MAC Committee, which currently has 18 members from the entire spectrum of the water and wastewater industry, including operators, service providers and manufacturers’ reps, is working very hard to continue to make Watercon the premiere water and wastewater conference in the Midwest. We encourage feedback We will be adding events and making and suggestions and are more than some more changes designed to willing to discuss our plan for this increase the traffic through the exhibit event. Please feel free to contact me hall for 2015. While we have a pretty capable committee with a wide range of or any member of the MAC Committee. experience, we are always open to new You can find the list of all committee members on the section website at ideas so if anyone out there has any good ideas feel free to share them with ISAWWA.org. any of our committee members. As always, we plan to work very hard to make the experience a special one for exhibitors and attendees alike. With educational sessions once again scheduled to begin Monday morning, we will continue with a three day exhibit hall. Our Grand Opening will be at 2:00 on Monday, March 23rd.
After a spectacular, record-setting Watercon 2014 Conference and Exhibit, the MAC Committee is eagerly looking forward to and even better Watercon 2015.
Booth space for 2015 will go on sale very soon so keep your eyes open for the e-mail that tells you when you can go on line and reserve your booth.
Reserve the Water Fountain Trailer for your Events Matt Overeem, Water Trailer Committee Chair
The ISAWWA water fountain trailer is available for your events this year but you need to book early. The water fountain trailer has been used dozens of times each year for various community events from parades to fairs all over the state of Illinois. Water Fountain committee chair Matt Overeem encourages you to book the trailer early for your events. You can book the trailer online at the ISAWWA website and obtain all of the forms needed for you to use the water fountain trailer. An interesting upgrade to the water fountain trailer is that John Dillon, Superintendent - Water/Sewer Dept. at City of Batavia and his talented crew have modified the trailer in response to user comments to offer an ice cooled drinking fountain line. This simple but elegant addition allows you to chill the water that flows to some of the drinking fountains. Another addition is a tent that comes with the trailer to offer shade to those who use the trailer. Of course there is no charge for the use of the fountain trailer as the trailer is part of our Illinois Section’s education outreach on water quality. So please consider booking the trailer for your event as soon as possible.
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thank you also goes out to the following presenters: Michael Pubentz (Village of Montgomery), Dennis Ross (Otter Lake Water Commission), Thomas Glendenning (City of Freeport), Carolyn Grieves and Harry Harman (Baxter and Woodman), Eric Weiss & Mike Bourgerie (City of Elgin), Stephen Crede (Burns & McDonnell), Michael Sturtevant (City of Chicago) and Chuck Freeman (Village of Cherry Valley). The committee is already developing ideas for WATERCON 2015’s theme. If you have any suggestions, please let us know.
along with it. We also are in the process of working with the IEPA and IDNR to develop water loss accounting training, or more specifically the use of the M36 manual and software. Lastly, we will continue to work on our leadership training seminarin-a-box. While I am assuming these initiatives will be focal points for the committee, I suspect the great minds of the committee members will come up a few more ideas in the strategic planning implementation plan development process.
The Education Committee also piloted a new education format at WATERCON 2014. A big thank goes out to committee member Bill Baluff for setting up the Stretch Your Education track. A big thank Summer is here! After a long drawn out you also goes out to the exhibitors and winter, we can finally enjoy some nice attendees who participated in the track. weather. While the preference will likely be The exhibitors who participated this year to enjoy the weather with outside activities, were: Cloudpoint Geographics, DN Tanks, there is bound to be some hot ones Flowpoint Systems/Midwest Water Group, along with the way. Taking in an ISAWWA Layne Christensen Company, McGard LLC, educational session is a great way to the The Panner Company, Pro-Dive, Inc. and beat the heat! Water Solutions Unlimited. In the Stretch The Education Committee and the Your Education track, the participants ISAWWA staff continue to work hard to visited four exhibitor booths for 15 minute coordinate training sessions for you. educational sessions on a topic, process Please recall we issued the 2014 training or piece of equipment. Participants booklet at the beginning of the year. received one (1) CEU for their attendance We included training opportunities for at all four booths. While participation the entire year within this publication. numbers were lower than we had hoped, However, please note the Training portion we think this is a new format that can be of the Section’s website is updated very beneficial. Those that participated constantly. In some cases there will be in the track this year had very positive training sessions listed on the website remarks. We are planning to coordinate that were not in training booklet. For the this track for WATERCON 2015. If anyone most up-to-date list of training, please visit: has any suggestions on how it can be www.isawwa.org/training. improved, please reach out to Bill, myself or ISAWWA staff with your suggestions. WATERCON 2014 was a huge success! The Education Committee would like to In June, the Education Committee will thank all of the presenters and attendees be working on the development of our who participated in our This Old House strategies and objectives to support the Operator Track. Attendees listened to Section’s strategic plan implementation presentations focusing primarily on process. In addition to continuing our total rehabilitation or expansion of existing water educational initiatives, we also are Water Works System facilities. A big thank working on a few specific projects. The you to Mike Crumly, Andrea Rhodes and committee is in the process of evaluating Mary Reed for opening the track with a plant maintenance training program, the Meet the IEPA Staff session. A big and possibly participant certification to go
In 2014, the ISAWWA Education Committee is making a concerted effort to track our educational programming on a monthly basis. The Committee will be monitoring the past and future seminars, webinars and miniconference statistics at the start of each of our committee meetings. We are reviewing the statistics to confirm we are programming training sessions in all areas of the state, and to confirm our training topics are meeting the needs of our members (at least through attendance numbers as a start). While the numbers can tell part of the story, direct feedback is even better. The committee is continuing to evaluate feedback options, so we can obtain the needed feedback to assess how we can improve our educational programming. In addition to the paper surveys, we also are considering additional online methods and possibly even surveys using text messaging as options. If you have any suggestions on an efficient, easy to summarize feedback system, please let us know. Please remember we are always looking for training session ideas. If you are interested in presenting a topic, or there is a topic that you would really like to learn about, please contact Angela Podesta and let her know your thoughts. Angela’s e-mail address is angela@isawwa.org. If you ever have any comments or questions about the Education Committee and/ or education program, please feel free to contact me at jfreeman@eeiweb.com or (630) 466-6700.
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Terry Steczo and Maureen Mulhall resolve a problem in the village if Indian Head Park. Senate Bill 2966 that establishes an Urban Flooding Task Force has passed both Houses and will be sent to the Governor for his consideration. Cobble, Cobble Many years ago Channel 2 (CBS) in Chicago decided to televise their nightly local newscasts from their newsroom. The advertising campaign that accompanied that decision announced, “It’s Not Pretty, But It’s Real”. That ad slogan would have perfectly described the just concluded legislative session. Pretty, this legislative session was not. Fracking Frustration Sometimes compromise can bring smiles and other times it can bring anger, tears and frustration. Hydraulic fracturing in Illinois has been a combination of both. Last year at this time everyone was beaming at the compromise on fracking that included industry and environmental groups that, according to the press releases, put Illinois in the preeminent position regarding fracking policy and setting a new standard for safety and environmental protections. This year, the frustrations in attempting to implement the policy by creating the rules had a number of legislators introduce legislation to circumvent the rulemaking process so that fracking in Illinois can begin. Those legislative attempts died when the session adjourned, but the frustrations haven’t. What caused the rulemaking logjam is the efforts of some environmental groups who weren’t happy that some of their brethren negotiated and signed on to last year’s fracking deal. They don’t want fracking period. No way, no how. They knew they didn’t have the wherewithal to change the law through the legislative process so they decided to create havoc with rulemaking, in particular a provision that says that each comment provided during the initial comment period must be responded to individually. They produced approximately 35,000 public comments and a phalanx
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of lawyers and staffers from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) has been working feverishly to get that pile cleared up. But there’s no telling how long it wail take, and the process can’t continue until it is. Also, the Sierra Club, who was the major environmental group in the initial fracking negotiations, has taken a lot of heat for its role and has been walking a tightrope since. Another factor in the delay in finalizing the rules may be the November election. A year ago Governor Quinn gave a major “thumbs up” to the agreement and bill signing. But, he also counts on the environmental community for support. If the final fracking rules are not what those environmental groups are satisfied with it could fracture his electoral support among those groups, and in what is perceived as a tight race every bit of support counts. The feeling is that the Governor would not at all be unhappy if the final rules were published and sent to JCAR on November 5 or later. Legislation Update Senate Bill 3425 and House Bill 5454 that attempted to provide a mechanism to determine water commissioner salary increases were both derailed. House Bill 5454 passed the House but was held in the Senate Committee on Assignments and received no further consideration. Senate Bill 3425 was approved by the Senate but the bill was amended in the House to
When the final gavel came down the General Assembly gave final approval to a budget that comes close to the legislature’s original revenue estimates, approved a budget that was midway between the Governor’s initial “recommended” budget and the doomsday budget trotted out last week, and used smoke, mirrors, borrowing and payment delays to guarantee a massive headache to the next occupant of the governor’s office. In March, the Governor tried to make the case for making the income tax permanent. He failed. There was no appetite to even consider the extension in the House where everyone is up for election this year, so budget negotiators had to make do without the $1.6 billion that will disappear in January when the tax rates reduce. And to do that they had to revert back to their old ways, the same “ways” that have attributed to Illinois’ current fiscal plight. For instance, some employee health care payments will be deferred to FY 2016, inter-fund borrowing has made an encore appearance after a few year hiatus, some employee raises are not funded, and bill payment backlogs are expected to grow. The Governor’s Office isn’t happy with the new budget but he has no option but to sign it. Ironically, once again the General Assembly took budget making into its own hands and, for all intents and purposes, left the Governor out in the cold.
The final budget approved exceeded the original estimate that was adopted by the legislature a few months previously by $887 million. But not to worry. In another attempt to relive the “good old days” of budgeting the General Assembly passed the budget first, then amended the revenue estimate to match the final budget number/ They accomplished that feat by adding to the bottom line an additional $167 million in additional resources from COGFA estimates, an additional $40 million that will come from the new hospital assessment, and $650 million in inter-fund borrowing. So, technically, the FY 2015 budget is balanced but the snowball toward FY 2016 has started to roll. And those who feel that the legislature will come back after the November elections and “do the right thing” should be cautioned. Doing the right thing has never been in the forefront of Illinois policy decision making. Pay heed to the impact of who wins the general election on the prospects of the tax extension. Legislators, no doubt, will look at the results as a referendum so any future action or inaction may largely be determined by what happens between 6 a.m. and 7 p.m. on November 4. “Hail Mary” Pass Intercepted When Governor Quinn laid down the tax gauntlet in his budget address a few months ago it was akin to a last second “Hail Mary” football pass hoping to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. For whatever strategy was discussed and devised, the Governor grossly misestimated how much pre-election support could be garnered for making the tax extension permanent. There was little, and certainly nowhere near what was needed to make it happen. In a way, the Governor had to do something as drastic as the tax increase to try for a game changer in his upcoming election contest. After a term and one-half as governor both Quinn’s job performance and likeability polling numbers are in the tank. Not only are Illinoisans dissatisfied with the way the Governor has run the state, but they don’t like him either ... recipe for electoral disaster. In order to try to change his fortunes the Governor is going to have
to frame the election as a choice and the income tax provides the impetus with which to do that. In fact, there is a school of cynics who are convinced that the intention was never to have the legislature approve the tax extension in May because it would have taken the “choice” factor out of play, and without it Quinn could be toast. Rather, making the election one of contrasts and consequences may be the only credible strategy that he has, making November 4 a referendum on the tax issue as well as providing the legislature with some guidance. For as long as Quinn has been involved in government, both as an elected official and as a “watchdog/advocate” and particularly with his role as the “Referendum King” in his more youthful days, you would have expected that he would have painted a doomsday picture to the public right out of the budget address gate, traveling statewide to spread the message that fiscal disaster would strike on July 1 without the continued influx of revenue. Surprisingly, or maybe not, he pretty much stayed at home and when making pronouncements about the budget it was generally a message about where the extra money could go,, rather than what would happen without it. Democratic leaders suggested Plan A. Quinn chose Plan B. The legislature approved a hybrid budget that could be called Plan C. At a recent debate with Bruce Rauner, his general election opponent, Quinn remarked that he should not be compared “with the Almighty, but with the alternative” suggesting that the November election will be one where voters consider choices. Yet, if the Governor would have been successful in the tax extension quest then the choice question in November would most probably be moot and voters would be making choices based on their perception of capability because the money issue would have already been decided. And that makes you wonder whether the Governor really wanted that tax extension to pass in May. November Preview: No Plan v. No Clue? Now that the listless legislative session
has ended pretty much all of the focus for the next five months will now be on the race for governor. Early polling shows the race as being fairly tight with Bruce Rauner in the lead by a smidgen. Rauner has spent millions on television ads in an attempt to portray himself as one who would run the state like a business, control career politicians, enact term limits, and be a preferable alternative to Pat Quinn. Pat Quinn, on the other hand, has attempted to portray himself as someone who was thrust into the Governor’s office under extraordinary circumstances, has faced almost insurmountable problems, and has done the nest he could, all things considered, and has portrayed his opponent as someone who doesn’t understand government, has no idea what he’s getting into, and who would be a threat to vital state services. Thus far, Rauner has done a good job sticking to his script of efficiency and putting career politicians in their place. Even when pressed for details he has provided little and has segued to his major themes. In doing so he is following the game plan of every candidate challenging an incumbent office holder. Be coy, avoid specifics as long as possible, and paint your opponent as an incompetent bungler. The big question this year is how long he can continue to criticize but not provide any specifics on how he would govern differently, and the pressure to provide some kind of detail may be mounting. He opposed the pension reform law but has offered no alternative. The same is true with the budget. He wants the temporary income tax to expire but so far has given no clue as to how he would manage state resources without the $3.2 billion that would disappear without it or with it for that matter. When pressed he says that he’ll announce a plan well before election day, but there is no idea as to when. In fact, it’s in his best interest as a candidate interest to wait as long as possible to provide specifics because there are no good or easy choices to be made and being too specific about hard choices will not work in his favor. The media is now pressing for detail and continued on page 26
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Democratic House members to support his call for a permanent tax extension he the Springfield Journal-Register recently appeared before their caucus last week chided him in an editorial for refusing an and instead of “fire and brimstone” gave invitation to appear before the editorial them gobbledygook. He started the caucus board to discuss specifics of his plans. It will with 43 votes in favor and lost ten by the be an interesting summer and fall as the time he was finished and any chance of the cat and mouse game of details continues. increase went up in flames. continued from page 23
In the 1970s, 80s and even into the 90s no Sunday was complete without a Pat Quinn press conference championing some cause and starting petition drives to put advisory referenda on the ballot. He was a hard charging consumer advocate who verbally pummeled “politicians” and created an aura of a taxpayer’s friend with a stiff backbone who would stand up to anyone or anything in order to do the right thing. He even succeeded in an effort in 1980 to amend the constitution to reduce the size of the Illinois House. Then, he became Governor and everything changed. Quinn’s leadership style since he became governor has been characterized by some as pandering, self-serving, and sometimes nonexistent. He likes to make everyone happy and doesn’t take well to criticism. For instance, rather than focusing on the tough choices that would occur if the temporary income tax was not extended and providing a plan to rid the state of its debt and fiscal morass, he instead tried to paint a rosy picture of how the additional funds could be used, said nothing about paying the backlog of bills, and offered to give more than half the money away in tax credits and rebates. He tries to be Santa Claus when a Nurse Ratched type is more in order. With the pressure on to convince
As election day nears and as these two candidates make their cases to the electorate we may be hearing voters wish that there was an alternative to both. But both these candidates survived the nominating process. And the selection of one of them begins and will end in a shade over five months. Just Sign Here, Regardless Rules can be the darnedest things. Just ask the advocates of the proposed Constitutional Amendment to change the redistricting process in Illinois. The effort needed to secure somewhere in the neighborhood of 300,000 signatures to qualify the question for the November ballot (and further court consideration) and filed about 550,000 thinking that it was more than enough to take the process to the next step. Then the rules got in the way. A law passed last year required that the State Board of Elections is required to do a 5% random sample of petition signatories to determine whether or not there is a sufficient number of qualified signatures. Anything over 50% is the goal, although 60% or more is almost golden. After the SBOE finished the sampling the percentage of good signatures was only at 46% and obviously creates a huge problem. The first
reaction of the advocates was not to review their own processes to determine if there was a glitch but to lash out at the SBOE and calling its procedures into question with righteous indignation. Seasoned politicians and advocacy groups know that there is more to collecting petition signatures then standing at train stations, shopping malls and other high traffic areas asking people to sign. You can’t control who signs and how many times they sign, and you also can’t verify if they are registered voters who are the only ones who are supposed to sign. Candidates and others know that the best way to get good signatures on petitions is to go door to door with registered voter lists and have those individuals sign. And, the odds that are you’ll survive a challenge is much greater if you do it the right way. With the remap question, there should have been so many households where the proposed question resonated that it should have been like shooting fish in a barrel. Unfortunately, they may have shot themselves in the foot instead. In a Chicago Tribune editorial this past week the newspaper took issue with the SBOE for its petition review. Yet, in their own editorial they cited statistics that petition drives in other states regularly have signature validity rates of 60% to 75%, So rather than criticize the advocates, who also raised a ton of money to fuel their effort and could not do better than 46%, they took a swipe at the State Board instead. But doing a successful petition drive to qualify a constitutional amendment for the
The ISAWWA Water Trailer Is available for use during your local 2014 activities, such as block parties, festivals, open houses, or any other activity where you may need water fountains and faucets for the public. This opportunity is FREE OF CHARGE to utilities! Please go to the ISAWWA Section websiteto check out pictures of the trailer in action or to reserve the water fountain trailer for your activity. Contact Matt Overeem at movereem@mountprospect.org or John Dillon at jdillon@cityofbatavia.net for more information about the trailer and its capabilities or uses.
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ballot can be successful. Pat Quinn did it in 1980 and he didn’t have the funding, data availability and the communications capability that exists today. So there should be no excuse for a well funded effort to fall so short. Maybe before they point fingers they should be looking in the mirror.
HB 3635 – Rep. W. Davis /Sen. Sandoval - Provides that the Illinois Commerce Commission shall require all gas, electric, and water companies with at least 100,000 customers under its authority, all local exchange telecommunications carriers with at least 35,000 subscriber access lines, There has not yet been a definitive decision and a person or entity providing cable or or last word yet on the fate of this proposal, video service to submit an annual report by April 15, 2014 and every April 15 thereafter, but regardless of being a supporter or in a searchable Adobe PDF format, on all opponent it would have been (or could be) procurement goals and actual spending an interesting debate on the merits. for female-owned, minority-owned, veteranA second proposed Constitutional owned, and small business enterprises in Amendment petition initiative, the one the previous calendar year. Provides that dealing with term limits and legislative each participating company shall include structure changes is currently going through certain specified information in its annual the SBOE review process. report. Provides that each annual report shall include as much State-specific data Illinois citizens will have plenty of other opportunities to voice opinions and another as possible. Provides that the Commission and all participating entities shall hold an opportunity to amend the Constitution annual workshop open to the public in June courtesy of the General Assembly. of 2014 and every year thereafter on the The legislative constitutional initiative state of supplier diversity to collaboratively concerns voting rights. The legislature also seek solutions to structural impediments approved three advisory referenda that to achieving stated goals. (Status – Passed address raising the minimum wage, the Both Houses) 3% millionaire surcharge, and whether or not health care insurers should offer HB 4382 – Rep. Nekritz/Sen. Kotowski contraceptive coverage. - Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Removes a provision requiring rule to Glub, Glub include a requirement for a local match of Casino gaming expansion sunk again, 30% of the total project cost for projects for the fifteenth year in a row. Wait ‘til funded through grants. Adds to the next year? Yeah, right. Everyone wanted definition of “treatment works”. Provides something. No one got “nothin’”. that the Water Pollution Control Loan Pension Reform Update Program shall be used and administered by the Environmental Protection Agency to A Sangamon County judge has issued provide any financial assistance that may a stay of the provisions of the pension be provided under a specified provision of reform act until the constitutionality can the Federal Water Pollution Control Act for be decided by the circuit court. There is no any projects eligible for assistance under estimation as to how long that process will that provision. (Status – Passed House; take. Senate – Committee on Assignments - Dead) Session Schedule/Deadline Dates Here are relevant dates for the legislative HB 4699 – Rep. Tryon - Amends the Public session: Water Supply Operations Act. Provides that •N ov. 19, 20, 21 – first veto session week •D ec. 2, 3, 4 – second veto session week Bills of Interest The deadlines for bills introduced in the House and Senate has now passed. Listings reflect current status of bills. Note: Proposals that did not move out of committee could resurface on other bills as amendments before the end of the session.
every community water supply in Illinois, with specified exemptions, shall have on its operational staff, and shall designate to the Agency in writing, either (i) one Responsible Operator in Charge who directly supervises both the treatment and distribution facilities of the community water supply or (ii) one Responsible Operator in Charge who directly supervises the treatment
facilities of the community water supply and one Responsible Operator in Charge who directly supervises the distribution facilities of the community water supply. Defines “Responsible Operator in Charge”. Establishes duties of Responsible Operators in Charge. Provides that a violation of the Act by a Responsible Operators in Charge shall be enforceable by administrative citation. (Status – House – Environment Committee - Dead) HB 4717 – Rep. Cassidy - Creates the Urban Flooding Awareness Act. Defines “urban flooding”. Provides that, by June 30, 2015, the Department of Natural Resources, in consultation with the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, the Illinois Housing Development Authority, the Department of Commerce and Economic Development, the Department of Insurance, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, the Illinois State Water Survey of the University of Illinois, and other State, regional, and local storm water management agencies, thought leaders, and interested parties, shall submit to the General Assembly and the Governor a report that reviews and evaluates the latest available research, laws, regulations, policies, procedures, and institutional knowledge concerning issues of urban flooding. (Status – House - Rules Committee - Dead) HB 5454 – Rep. Poe/Sen. Manar - Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that each water commissioner shall receive the same compensation that shall be determined by the water commission (currently, the appointing authority). (Status – Passed House; Senate – Committee on Assignments - Dead) HB 5629 – Rep. Gabel - Creates the Water Loss Accounting Awareness Act. Provides that, before July 31, 2015, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, in consultation with the Department of Natural Resources, the Illinois Commerce Commission, the Illinois State Water Survey of the University of Illinois, and other local and regional water management leaders and interested parties as the Agency deems continued on page 28
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SB 2770 – Sen. Althoff/Rep. Tryon Amends the Public Water Supply Operations Act. Provides that every community water appropriate, shall submit to the General supply in Illinois, with specified exemptions, Assembly and the Governor a report that shall have on its operational staff, and shall reviews and evaluates the latest available designate to the Agency in writing, either information on water loss in Illinois including existing data, policies, procedures, (i) one Responsible Operator in Charge who directly supervises both the treatment and institutional knowledge (including and distribution facilities of the community publicly available reports from the federal water supply or (ii) one Responsible Environmental Protection Agency, the Operator in Charge who directly supervises American Water Works Association, and the State archives). (Status – House - Rules the treatment facilities of the community water supply and one Responsible Operator Committee - Dead) in Charge who directly supervises the HB 5785 – Rep. Franks/Sen. Biss - Amends distribution facilities of the community the following Acts and Codes to provide water supply. Defines “Responsible that, upon a majority vote of the boards Operator in Charge”. Establishes duties of of the entities created under the following Responsible Operators in Charge. Provides Acts and Codes in favor of the proposition that a violation of the Act by a Responsible to annex or consolidate, then that entity Operators in Charge shall be enforceable shall cease: Property Tax Code, Counties by administrative citation. (Status – Passed Code, Cemetery Maintenance District Act, Both Houses) Civic Center Code, Conservation District SB 2780 – Sen. Kotowski/Rep. Nekritz Act, Downstate Forest Preserve District - Amends the Environmental Protection Act, Public Health District Act, Tuberculosis Act. Removes a provision requiring rule to Sanitarium District Act, Museum District include a requirement for a local match of Act, Illinois International Port District Act, River Conservancy Districts Act, Solid Waste 30% of the total project cost for projects funded through grants. Adds to the Disposal District Act, Street Light District definition of “treatment works”. Provides Act, Surface Water Protection District Act, Water Service District Act, Water Authorities that the Water Pollution Control Loan Program shall be used and administered Act, Water Commission Act of 1985, and by the Environmental Protection Agency to the Illinois Highway Code. Provides that provide any financial assistance that may on the effective date of the annexation be provided under a specified provision of or consolidation, all of the rights, powers, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act for duties, assets, liabilities, indebtedness, any projects eligible for assistance under obligations, bonding authority, taxing that provision. (Status – Passed Both authority, and responsibilities of the entity Houses) shall vest in and be assumed by the governmental unit assuming the former SB 2928 – Sen. Link/Rep. Osmond entity’s functions. (Status – Passed Both Creates the Lake County Prescription Houses) Drug Disposal Pilot Program. Provides continued from page 27
HB 5875 – Rep. Yingling - Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Provides that “public body” includes any State-wide organization which receives 75% or more of its funding through contributions from taxing bodies for the sake of membership or dues in order to participate in the organization’s activities, including, but not limited to, educational endeavors, legislative initiatives, or a general liability insurance pool. (Status - House – State Government Administration Committee - Dead)
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that the program shall facilitate the collection, transportation, and disposal of pharmaceuticals by law enforcement agencies. Requires the Director of the Illinois Department of Public Health to submit a report on the collection efforts and overall effectiveness of the program to the General Assembly and the Governor by January 1, 2016. (Status – Passed Both Houses)
SB 2966 – Sen. Steans/Rep. Cassidy – Creates the Urban Flooding Awareness Act. Defines “urban flooding”. Provides that, by June 30, 2015, the Department of Natural
Resources, in consultation with the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, the Illinois Housing Development Authority, the Department of Commerce and Economic Development, the Department of Insurance, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, the Illinois State Water Survey of the University of Illinois, and other State, regional, and local storm water management agencies, thought leaders, and interested parties, shall submit to the General Assembly and the Governor a report that reviews and evaluates the latest available research, laws, regulations, policies, procedures, and institutional knowledge concerning issues of urban flooding. (Status – Passed Both Houses) SB 3047 – Sen. Kotowski - Creates the Water Loss Accounting Awareness Act. Provides that, before July 31, 2015, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, in consultation with the Department of Natural Resources, the Illinois Commerce Commission, the Illinois State Water Survey of the University of Illinois, and other local and regional water management leaders and interested parties as the Agency deems appropriate, shall submit to the General Assembly and the Governor a report that reviews and evaluates the latest available information on water loss in Illinois including existing data, policies, procedures, and institutional knowledge (including publicly available reports from the federal Environmental Protection Agency, the American Water Works Association, and the State archives). (Status – Senate – Re-referred - Committee on Assignments - Dead) SB 3055 – Sen. Biss/rep. Fortner - Amends the Illinois Water Well Construction Code. Changes the definitions of “modification” and “closed loop well”. Makes other changes. (Status – Passed Both Houses)
Exemplary Source Water Protection Award Winners Ted Meckes, City Water, Light & Power
This year the Illinois Section Source Water Protection Committee offered for the first time the Exemplary Source Water Protection Award to small, medium and large systems (as defined by IEPA). We had several great programs submit applications and after evaluating the programs based on the AWWA guidance manual G-300 awarded a medium system award the Bloomington and the award for a large system went to Springfield Water Light and Power. We congratulate both of these water systems for their work to protect their source water. As you can see by the summary of their programs that they have great outreach programs that involve the whole community. The Illinois Section of the American Water Works Association (ISAWWA) presented City Water, Light and Power (CWLP) with a Source Water Protection Award at its annual WATERCON Conference held March 18 through March 22 in Springfield in conjunction with the Illinois Water Environment Association. CWLP won top honors in the Source Water Protection-Large System Category for developing and implementing exemplary source water protection programs for Lake Springfield. Lake Springfield, a 4,200 acre reservoir, is the largest municipally owned lake in Illinois. The lake’s primary purposes are to serve as the source of drinking water for the City and several nearby communities and as the source of condenser cooling water for the City’s lakeshore power plant complex. The lake is owned and managed by CWLP. Lake Springfield was built in 1935 by impounding water upstream of Spaulding Dam. In general, the raw water quality of the lake is typical of many mid-western reservoirs. In its submittal, CWLP outlined the City of Springfield’s Land Use Plan which preserves and enhances the lake’s reservoir. Since the time of the lake’s formation the City has taken several
Water Division Manager Ted Meckes and Michelle Nicol, Certified Lake Manager in the Water Resources Department, were instrumental in assembling the information that led to CWLP’s First Place finish in the ISAWWA’s 2014 Source Water Protection Award competition.
precautions to preserve and enhance the reservoir. The City retained ownership of all marginal lands to control access and reduce erosion. The City has worked with several federal, state and local agencies and non-governmental partners to improve the water quality of the Lake Springfield Watershed (LSW). These on-going best management practices on both agricultural and urban lands have resulted in a lake with a relatively low capacity loss rate, good water quality, and fine recreational opportunities. An alliance formed between CWLP and the Sangamon County Soil and Water Conservation District (SCSWCD) led to the formation of the Lake Springfield Watershed Resource Planning Committee and in 1990 the first watershed resource plan was written. The committee currently consists of sixty members that include CWLP, SCSWCD, NRCS, IEPA, farmers, fertilizer/chemical dealers, members from the Springfield Lake Shore Improvement Association, college instructors and students. A Partnership
was recently formed with SCSWCD, Lincoln Land Community College, Illinois Council on Best Management Practices (ICBMP), local agriculture retailers and producers that farm within the LSW to reduce nitrate-N concentration in Lake Springfield. ICBMP is launching a 3 year special nitrogen management program and study to identify nitrate-N levels in the watershed and to encourage agricultural retailers and farmers to adopt a nitrogen management system in the watershed to minimize environmental impact, optimize harvest yield and maximize input utilization. The CWLP source water protection plan contains vision, goals and an action plan. The plan clearly describes the LSW characterization and implementation of various Best Management Practices within the watershed. Evaluation and revision of the plan is major to the many successes CWLP has attained within such a large watershed.
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Water Professionals Must Heed Source Water Wake-Up Calls Greg Swanson – Source Water Committee Member
726 reported hazardous chemical spill incidents in Illinois. The number of incidents would increase significantly if we could determine and include the number of unreported incidents and also those involving “non-hazardous” substances.
“Don’t it always seem to go, That you don’t know what you’ve got, ‘Til it’s gone?” Singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell sings of this universal human trait in her classic song entitled “Big Yellow Taxi.” Water utility managers and operators often sing a similar refrain in regard to customer complacency as related to the considerable efforts required to keep safe continuous economical water flowing from the taps in the communities they serve. Customers just don’t seem to appreciate their tap water until something happens and its flow from their faucets is interrupted. Aha! A valuable lesson for water professionals has been revealed: we would be well served to develop increased source water awareness, after all, no source water, no tap water.
In January of this year, the Elk River chemical spill disrupted the water supply to some 300,000 people living in a nine county area of West Virginia. In this case, 10,000 gallons of 4-Methylcyclohexane methanol (MCHM) spilled into the Elk River from a leaking 46,000-gallon steel tank in a tank farm situated near the river bank. The MCHM was considered to be a “non-hazardous chemical” at the time of the release. Less than a month later, some 50,000 to 82,000 tons of coal ash, along with 27 million gallons of contaminated water were released into North Carolina’s Dan River from one of several unlined coal ash storage ponds near the river. The reality of contending with a source water contamination event struck close to home shortly before the Thanksgiving holiday last year. It was about 6PM on Monday 11/16 and I was finishing up the day’s work, when I received a phone call from IEPA’s Dave McMillan.
Awareness of diminishing source water capacity, driven by phenomenon such as population growth and changing precipitation patterns, is definitely on the rise. This is evidenced by the increased focus on water efficiency and water audits among Illinois water utilities. However, we must ensure that these efforts are reinforced with appropriate attention being given to the potential sudden loss of source water that can accompany unexpected contamination events. The wake-up calls are all around us. In 2012 alone, there were 30 w a t e r p r o f e ss i o n als m u s t h e e d w a t e r w a k e - u p c alls S P L A S H Summer 2014
Dave informed me that a tug boat had sunk near LeClaire Iowa, which is about 10 miles upstream of our intake. He reported that the tug had about 90,000 gallons of diesel fuel onboard and the tank had been breached and was leaking. The next three days were a frenzy of enhanced operational monitoring, sampling, and testing, coupled with extensive interactions and communications with neighboring utilities, various agencies and spill response experts. Fortunately, the local spills group emergency responders were successful in the efforts to contain the spill and no contamination was detected in our source water and finished water. However, Quad City Area water utilities have heard the wake-up call this event provided and are partnering in an effort to take our source water monitoring and spill response preparedness to the next level. On the national level, the US House and Senate are considering legislation that will amend the Safe Drinking Water Act and require the USEPA and/or state primacy agencies to establish programs to protect public water supplies from such chemical releases like those described above. However, the author
Reserve the Water Fountain Trailer for your Events
Matt Overeem, Water Trailer Committee Chair The ISAWWA water fountain trailer is available for your events this year but you need to book early. The water fountain trailer has been used dozens of times each year for various community events from parades to fairs all over the state of Illinois. Water Fountain committee chair Matt Overeem encourages you to book the trailer early for your events. You can book the trailer online at the ISAWWA website and obtain all of the forms needed for you to use the water fountain trailer. John Dillon, Superintendent Water/ Sewer Dept. at City of Batavia and his talented crew have modified the trailer in response to user comments to offer an ice cooled drinking fountain line. This simple but elegant addition allows you to chill the water that flows to some of the drinking fountains. Another addition is a tent that comes with the trailer to offer shade to those who use the trailer.
believes that this is a local concern as well and that each water utility must also take ownership in regard to this concern, in keeping with the multi-barrier philosophy. Each water utility must develop an enhanced understanding of the chemicals that are stored, transported and used within their watershed, if they intend to heed the wake-up calls. Each supply must understand the potential for contamination of their source water and develop appropriate partnerships, monitoring programs, communication networks, and emergency response plans.
additional education and resources in this important area. We are planning to conduct a series of source water monitoring and spill response preparedness webinars later this year, The Upper Mississippi River Hazardous Spills Group has already committed to present one of the webinars and other webinar topics are being developed. Please contact a member of the Source water committee if you have an idea or concern you would like to see addressed in this we4binar series. Webinar announcements will be posted to the ISAWWA website and e-mailed to ISAWWA members.
There is no charge for the use of the fountain trailer as the trailer is part of our Illinois Section’s education outreach on water quality. Consider booking the trailer for your event as soon as possible.
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The Source Water Protection Committee has seen a need for
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Source Water Protection, Lake and Watershed Management Program for the City of Bloomington, Illinois Water Supply Reservoirs The City of Bloomington relies upon two reservoirs, Lake Bloomington and Evergreen Lake, for supplying water to the more than 80,000 people we serve. Since the mid 1980’s, the City Water Department has been actively developing and implementing a lake and watershed program to improve source water quality, to extend the longevity of the reservoirs and to meet drinking water quality standards. The McLean County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) has been a partner in the watershed program from its inception. The City funded the SWCD Watershed Conservation program since the early 1990’s. The predominant land use in the 110 square miles that drain into the two lakes is row crop agriculture. One of the first concerns for the effect of watershed activities on the water supply was the loss of water storage in the lakes to sedimentation. Nutrients delivered to the lakes by the tributary streams resulted in taste and odor issues in the finished water from algal blooms.
the plant, with no benefit to the water quality of the lake. City staff decided to research methods of limiting the delivery of nitrates to the reservoir at their sources, instead of removing them at the treatment plant.
research farm. Dr. David Kovacic from the University of Illinois evaluated the effectiveness of nitrate removal by the wetlands.
Many lake and watershed activities with a variety of partners occurred over the past few decades. The SWCD sends out One of the first tasks was to determine newsletters to keep landowners and the source of the nitrates. The McLean producers informed of our activities County Soil and Water Conservation and to solicit participation. SWCD staff District and water department staff also serves as trusted liaisons between started a sampling program to measure landowners/producers and the partner nitrate concentrations in streams, organizations. Some of the projects that storm runoff, ponds and tile drainage. were implemented in the watersheds After the primary source of nitrate include clean lakes program diagnostic/ was demonstrated to be agricultural feasibility studies, nutrient management drainage tiles, researchers from Illinois programs, buffer strip plantings, and State University joined us in the effort other conservation practices. Partners to limit nitrogen losses through changes Installing treatment facilities at the water in application practices. An advisory included Pheasants Forever, Illinois EPA, plant was not an attractive option to group of producers in the watershed was USDA, the Sand County Foundation, department staff. During the exceedence, formed to guide our work. We installed an Illinois Department of Agriculture, Illinois nitrate concentrations were only slightly State University, the University of Illinois experimental tile system that measured above the standard, and concentrations and Extension, and local technical service nitrate delivery from six individual 5 above the standard were expected to acre plots, each with a different nitrogen providers. occur infrequently. Nitrate removal at application regime. Two experimental continued on next page the water plant would only treat the wetlands were built to accept the tile small fraction of water going through drainage and surface runoff from the In the early 1990’s, Bloomington’s drinking water exceeded the 10 mg/l nitrate nitrogen standard. The City entered into a consent agreement with the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency to reliably and consistently provide water to our customers that did not exceed that standard. At the time, the cost to install nitrate removal treatment at the water plant was estimated to cost 3 million dollars. Operating costs and disposal of treatment residuals were not included in the initial estimate.
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The Nature Conservancy and the Environmental Defense Fund has partnered with the City of Bloomington in a project to reduce nutrients delivered to the streams. The project builds upon lessons learned from previous work in the Lakes Bloomington and Evergreen watersheds and from TNC and EDF projects in other watersheds. The Drinking Watersheds Project uses a targeted approach to locate sites for constructed wetlands to treat tile drainage water. Adaptive nutrient management, using stalk nitrate sampling and soil testing, addresses the input side of the issue. A Conservation Innovation Grant supports the work. Landowners and producers in our watersheds have long demonstrated a
strong stewardship ethic. Most operators and landowners are very aware of the nitrate issue and are willing to investigate and adopt techniques to improve their efficiency. High land prices and delays in cost reimbursement for installation of conservation practices can be impediments to participation. We are investigating the possibility of a revolving fund to decrease or eliminate out of pocket expenses for installing certain practices. A publicly accessible demonstration site should help promote adoption of practices on private lands. Funding for projects comes from a variety of sources. Water Department funds, federal and state agricultural and clean water programs, private foundation, sportsmen and other groups support our
watershed efforts. Some of the key lessons we have learned about successfully achieving our goals is the need to work on a very local level. The SWCD and the volunteers working on our watershed oversight committees are experienced in working with limited budgets. Promoting new techniques like stalk sampling and other adaptive nutrient management practices should be done with the goal of them becoming a standard agronomic practice that is part of the producer’s cost of doing business.
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Top-Ops Trophy Stuck In Elgin Larry Thomas, Top-Ops Committee Chair
off the stage, and we all learned a few new water facts. A big thank you as always to Robyn Doescher of Glenview for putting together the questions and to Jerry Bever and Mary Reed for judging the contest and keeping the panelists under control.
easy, the questions may not be. Teams can consist of one, two, or three operators. Here’s the big thing: the operators on a team do not have to be from the same utility. You can put a team together representing a utility, a county, or a local operators’ association.
For those of you that would be interested in next year’s Top-Ops contest, here is how it works:
I know… Elgin’s Aquatards won Top-Ops again. We’re working on it though. This year we had a record breaking turnout with five teams competing for the honors. One more team and we can do playoffs. The contest was close again this year with Elgin only winning by 6 points. Most importantly, everyone had fun, no one fell
In order to compete in Springfield, operators do not need to be members of AWWA. They do need to work full time as a water treatment plant employee, a Top-Ops is a contest between teams of water distribution system employee, or as water treatment operators. Questions a first-line supervisor. Engineers, upperasked of the contestants encompass all level supervisors who do not work as a aspects of water supply, treatment, and day-to-day operator are precluded from distribution, and are comparable to those participating as an official team. on the water operator certification exam. ISAWWA Conference registration is A moderator poses a variety of multiple complimentary for participants for the choice questions to the panel of teams day of the completion. ISAWWA will also each of which attempts to respond correctly using a white board to write the provide one room night accommodation for the contestants during the conference letter corresponding to their response. with double occupancy. Additionally, the Each team that presents a correct Illinois Section will assist with travel costs answer scores two points. If the answer is wrong, they lose a point. The rules are for the winning team to compete at the AWWA conference.
This year’s Top-Ops teams competing in Springfield at the annual conference included: Elgin Aquatards City of Elgin Mike Bourgerie Jeff Luker
Team H2O
Village of Westmont, City of Joliet, & City of Chicago Mike Ramsey Nick Gornick Andrea Putz
Team Dude
Village of Summit, Illinois Jeff Duley
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City Water, Light, and Power Top-Ops City of Springfield Todd LaFountain (contact) Kenneth McCart Silas Chandra Lee Delay
Lake Forest Membrane Masters Village of Lake Forest John Gulledge Mike Tiegs
hydrant hysteria: IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY WILL COME! Mike Ramsey
Hydrant Hysteria over the past three months has had a whirl wind tour of 3 states and one foreign country. It all started in February at the Wisconsin Water and Wastewater Conference where we had a contest consisting of 6 teams competing for a Home Depot gift card.The team from Madison Wisconsin was the winner of a very exciting competition. Next in March we had our first ever Hydrant Hysteria contest at WaterCon. We had 3 teams compete (Westmont, Algonquin and the team of Joe Hobin and Tucker Moore). Algonquin was the eventually winner with a time of 2:02.55. In April Hydrant Hysteria was off to do a demonstration in Des Moines Iowa at the Regional Meeting for Section Officers where officers from 9 states and 1 province wanted to see firsthand the excitement of the event. The Demonstration went so
well that we were invited to give a demonstration in London Ontario The Ontario section plans on holding the first ever Hydrant Hysteria contest in Canada next year. The Hydrant Hysteria Committee is not done yet. We are planning on attending and promoting the Hydrant Hysteria contest at the Michigan Section and Wisconsin Section Conferences in September. If you would like to participate in next year’s Water Con 2015 event please contact Mike Ramsey at mramsey@westmont.il.gov or call him at (630)981-6289 and we will help get you started in the competition.
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2014 ANNUAL ISAWWA WATER TAPPING CONTEST Tony Cuzzone
time that could be set aside for practice, but everyone still competed very competitively. And for that, we thank all the competitors and employers for their continued participation. We missed having a team from Springfield competing this year, and we missed a couple of our veteran teams. Hopefully, there are some younger enthusiasts to carry on the tradition next year for Springfield, and hopefully all our veteran teams return for next year. We were also successful in soliciting Tom Skelly’s time and talent again this year. Teams competing included the returning 2013 State Champions the Village of Arlington Heights. Returning with their game face “on” for their 4th year in a The contest was held on Wednesday, row was our 2012 State Champions March 19th at Watercon 2014 starting the Village of Westmont. The Village of at 4:45 p.m. This year brought a total Downers Grove was returning for their of 7 teams. One of the mens’teams, 3rd year in a row. This year also brought from Madison, Wisconsin accepted our us the return of our very own Women’s invitation to compete again, and for the Team from last year, “Land of Lincoln first time in the ISAWWA Water Tapping Ladies Tappers.” Also, returning this Contest history, we had 2 out-of-state Women’s Teams competing with our own year was the “Mad-City Tappers from Madison, Wisconsin, “Lansing Lethal Illinois Women’s Team; the ladies from Lansing, Michigan and the newly formed Ladies” Lansing, Michigan Ladies Tapping Team, and new for Illinois this year was ladies team from Madison, Wisconsin. the newly formed “Mad Women On Tap” Madison, Wisconsin Ladies Team. And Our annual event continues to be held were they exciting to watch! Here is a in the Exhibit Hall area on the main floor which works out well for everyone. So, we brief summary of the teams. again added some excitement. Before The Village of Downers Grove, having the competition began all the teams, including contestants for Meter Madness, formed 3 years ago returned for their 3rd year in a row. The 2nd tap didn’t go as were theatrically introduced, which included strobe lights, LED special effects well as they would have liked, but they were cruising in their 1st tap to a raw lighting, spotlights, and music. It was time of 2:37, had a 4 second penalty, and just like watching a Professional Sports a final time of 2:41 which was enough Channel…..well, maybe close to it! to capture the 3rd Place Trophy. Winds up that’s exactly where they finished last Originally, there was the potential of year! The team has Randy Somersett getting 10 teams to compete; however, as the Copperman, John Pfursich as the we finally wound up with a total of 7 Starman, Bill McClain as the Cranker, and teams to compete in our Annual Water Keith Kenning as their Coach. Looking Tapping Contest. It was very difficult forward to your return next year! for all teams this past year due to the extremely brutal winter everyone This next team continues to be a force experienced. There was not a lot of to be reckoned with. Then came the 36 i sa w w a w a t e r t app i n g c o n t e s t S P L A S H Summer 2014
“Westmont Crankers” from the Village of Westmont, our 2012 State Champions! Mike Ramsey and his team were returning for the 4th year in a row. They had no penalties in either taps. We call that CLEAN RUNS!!! Their 1st tap finished at 2:08, but their 2nd tap of 1:53 was enough to earn the 2nd Place Trophy! Guess who you KNOW will be back next year! The team has Jim Cates as the Copperman, Brian Beusse as the Starman, John Buschman as the Cranker, and Mike Ramsey as their Coach. You have heard me say this many times, but I will say it again. I continue to have the deepest respect and pride for our next team, the Village of Arlington Heights. These guys have been in the ISAWWA competition since 1999, and have gone on to the National level competition many times. This past year they continued to offer training and practicing with newly formed teams, and current teams, at their facility, and have been a great inspiration to many. This year they came with their game face “ON” and a newer Starman for the 2nd year in a row. The team had a very impressive final time of 1:43 with their 1st tap. They tried to improve on their time during their second tap, were assessed no penalties, their 2nd tap final time of 1:39 was good enough to capture the 1st Place Trophy. So, the Village of Arlington Heights is our STATE CHAMPIONS for the 2nd year in a row! This famous tapping team has Dave Nordin as the Copperman, John Preucil as the Starman, Ryan Holthouse as the Cranker, and their Coach is Terry Botterman. Again, Thank You to the Tapping Team, Public Works Director Scott Shirley and, the Village of Arlington Heights. What a performance! Congratulations! As of this writing, we are wishing you the very best in the Nationals this year in Boston, Massachusetts! We had to give Dennis Bowe and Jeff Musinski oxygen because they got so excited! Just kidding.
Having worked with the tapping team from Madison, Wisconsin at Products Day in Algonquin almost 3 years ago, at the Water Distribution Symposium last year in Itasca, and having them compete with us last year, we decided to invite them to our contest again, and they accepted. This was good for them because they get a good feel of the competition before they travel to ACE. Unbelievably, they completed their 1st and 2nd tap with the same time of 1:45 which was actually 5 seconds faster than last year! The team admitted this was good practice for them as they are planning on making the trip to the Nationals at ACE 14. We enjoyed having them compete with our teams, and they enjoyed our camaraderie and hospitality. They were awarded a Certificate of Appreciation. The team has Don Russell as the Copperman, Bob Kempfer as the Starman, Dave Laux as the Cranker, and Greg Kolek as their Coach. We also would like to recognize John Hewitt from Madison, Wisconsin for coordinating all the arrangements with us. And we thank the team for the special “Libation” they presented us! And then, making their appearance for the 3rd year in a row, The Land of Lincoln Ladies Tappers. The ISAWWA Water Tapping Contest first Women’s Tapping Team. Michelle Harrod was very instrumental and successful in forming this enthusiastic AND determined team of ladies. Replacing Candace Scholz, who retired from their team as the copperlady, the team was working very hard for several weeks and was ready to show everyone they can tap watermains for time also. They completed their 1st tap with a respectable time of 3:40. However, they shaved almost 1 minute off with their 2nd tap for a finish time of 3:01, and with NO PENALTIES! This was absolutely great to watch! The ladies were awarded the 1st Place Womens Division Trophy. And yes, as of this writing they will be going to the Nationals at ACE 14 in Boston. So, the
Above: Mad-City Tappers Left: Mad Women on Tap
ISAWWA will once again be represented by our championship men’s team, and championship women’s team. Congratulation Ladies! The team has new to this year Vee Trevino (any relation to Lee Trevino the Great Golfer?) as the Copperlady, Michelle Harrod from Midwest Water Group, Inc. as the Starlady, Andrea Putz from the City of Chicago Water Management as the Cranker, and Jim Ozimek from RMS Utility Services as their Coach. This year for the 2nd time we invited another ladies tapping team from out of state to join our competition. An invitation was extended to the Lansing,
Michigan Ladies Tapping Team and they accepted. Their 2nd tap had a 4 second penalty, and a finish time of 2:23. However, they came back in their 2nd tap with an improved final time of 2:14, and NO PENALTIES!! WOW! These ladies won their state title and will also be travelling to ACE 14. They were awarded a Certificate of Appreciation. We enjoyed having them make the trip and compete with our ladies, and they enjoyed having the opportunity of being with us. We hope they can return again next year! The team has Rene Puzach as the Copperlady, Catherine Coffee as the Starlady, Kelly Gleason as the Cranker, and Remecho Sanders as their Coach.
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We also would like to recognize Remecho Sanders from Lansing, Michigan for coordinating all the arrangements with us. Thanks Remecho! When I heard Madison, Wisconsin had just formed a ladies tapping team, it made sense to ask this newly formed team if they would like to make the trip to Springfield with their men’s team also. An invitation was extended, and they accepted. How exciting it was for the ISAWWA to have 3 ladies tapping teams in the competition. The “Mad Women On Tap” completed their 2nd tap with a final time of 3:19. But they had smoked the 1st tap with an incredible raw time of 2:51. Being assessed 8 seconds in penalties, their finish time for their 1st tap was 2:59! YIKES!!! It was also gratifying to see the inter-action with our ladies team with them, as well as all the other teams. I hope they can make the return trip next year!
spotlight. Jack Goblet, John Rowley, Tucker Moore, Mike Madigan, Michael Szmurlo, Adam Swanson, Mike West, David Bird, Dan Mann, Dave Martin, and Dan “Doc” Watson assisted with keeping the tapping area and piping secured, and operational at all times. We appreciate all the help we receive from our sponsors, the committee, the teams, and the CWLP crews in getting the pipe and carpets and other tapping materials set up for the contest. This event helps bring competitive staff together from all departments in public works, whether they work in the public or private sector, in the field, or in the office. The teams at the Illinois contest are offered free hotel rooms to help defray costs. The winning team(s) also gets up to $6,000 toward travel expenses for the National A.W.W.A. competition. This year the winning teams will get up to $1,500
per person toward travel expenses to the National AWWA Convention which is in Boston, Massachusetts. After the competition, all of the teams were invited out to Capital City Bar & Grill for refreshments and a great buffet thanks to the coordinated efforts of Tom Skelly and the ISAWWA. Thanks Tom! And thank you to Laurie Dougherty, ISAWWA Executive Director, and her fine staff, Lisa Hoffhines, Angela Podesta, and Sandi McGinnis for all their professional assistance. Congratulations to all the teams for a very spirited contest. Thank you again to all our volunteers, sponsors, and committee for making this year’s event so exciting and memorable. Thank you everyone and we’ll see you next year in Springfield!
Once again, Ralph Gross, aka Mr. Microphone, was the Master of Ceremonies, and this time I had an opportunity to share the position with Ralph. Together we provided exciting play-by-play to the entire event. Ralph and I are thinking of taking things on the road. “The Blues Brothers?” NOT!! Again this year we were utilizing a very “Primo” P.A. portable sound system. Dennis Bowe and Jeff Musinski, my Co-Chair did an outstanding job working with me and pulling everything together assisting with the time sheets, judges, signage, and acting as the floor managers. This was instrumental in making this year’s contest, once again, truly one of the best yet! Thanks to the manufacturers and distributors who donated all the items and materials needed to help offset many of the costs. Jeff Fischer (Mr. Kodak) once again assisted with doing a fabulous job taking pictures, as did Tom Hinde doing the Clockwise from top left: Village of Arlington Heights, Lansing Lethal Ladies, videography. Also, to make the contest The Downers Grove Tapoholics, Land of Lincoln Lady Tappers fair, honest, and reputable, Lenny Gahgan was the Head Judge who worked with his judges Tim Thilly, Jim Bowles, and Bill Manns. Owen Keenan ran the follow 38 i sa w w a w a t e r t app i n g c o n t e s t S P L A S H Summer 2014
OFFICIAL SCORE SHEET 2014 MEN’S DIVISION
OFFICIAL SCORE SHEET 2014 WOMEN’S DIVISION
FIRST PLACE: TOWN: Arlington Heights
THIRD PLACE: TOWN: Downers Grove
1ST Tap: Raw Time 1:39:09 Penalties 0:04:00 Final 1:43:09
1st Tap: Raw Time 2:37:75 Penalties 0:04:00 Final 2:41:75
2nd Tap: 2nd Tap: Raw Time 1:39:75 Raw Time 3:15:29 Penalties 0:00:00 Penalties 0:04:00 Final 1:39:75 Final 3:19:29 SECOND PLACE: CERT. OF TOWN: Westmont APPRECIATION TOWN: Madison WI 1ST Tap: 1st Tap: Raw Time 2:08:31 Raw Time 1:41:87 Penalties 0:00:00 Penalties 0:04:00 Final 2:08:31 Final 1:45:87 2nd Tap: Raw Time 1:53:97 Penalties 0:00:00 Final 1:53:97
2nd Tap: Raw Time 1:45:94 Penalties 0:00:00 Final 1:45:94
First Place Mens Team: Village of Arlington Heights
FIRST PLACE: TOWN: Land of Lincoln Ladies Tappers 1ST Tap: Raw Time 3:36:88 Penalties 0:04:00 Final 3:40:88 2nd Tap: Raw Time 3:01:94 Penalties 0:00:00 Final 3:01:94 CERT. OF APPRECIATION TOWN: Lansing, MICH
CERT. OF APPRECIATION TOWN: Madison, WI 1ST Tap: Raw Time 2:51:44 Penalties 0:08:00 Final 2:59:44 2nd Tap: Raw Time 3:19:31 Penalties 0:00:00 Final 3:19:31
1st Tap: Raw Time 2:14:37 Penalties 0:00:00 Final 2:14:37 2nd Tap: Raw Time 2:19:14 Penalties 0:04:00 Final 2:23:41
First Place Womens Team: Land of Lincoln Ladies Tappers
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upcoming SEMINAR schedule - Registration Form rtc HOURS (for water Location operators) IEPA#
*regular isAWWA Member/ Non Mem.
Date(s) Seminar title □□ 10 & 11-Jul...... Visitation Day: Elgin Airlite Street WTP................... Elgin................. 03.00..............7956......... .....TBD □□ 05-Aug.............. On-Site Oxidant Generation and Tank Mixing......... O’Fallon............ 04.00..............8018......... $42/$58 □□ 07-Aug.............. Meter Symposium..................................................... Hillside............. 05.00..............8041......... $58/$82 □□ 12-Aug.............. Maintaining and Monitoring Water Quality............. Macomb............ 04.00..............8039......... $42/$58
□□ 12 & 13-Aug.... High Tech Operator Course 2 Two Day Course.............. Chicago.............12.00..............7946..... $130/$180 □□ 14-Aug.............. Water Operator Exam Refresher for Class C & D..... Elgin................. 04.00..............8007......... $42/$58 □□ 26-Aug.............. Maintaining and Monitoring Water Quality............. Mundelein......... 04.00..............8036......... $42/$58 □□ 26-Aug.............. Water Storage Tank Maintenance.............................. Channahon....... 04.00..............8012......... $42/$58 □□ 04 & 05-Sep..... Visitation Day: Otter Lake Water Commission......... Virden............... 03.00..............7955......... .....TBD □□ 16-Sep.............. Effective Backflow Programs...................................... Rockford........... 04.00..............8004......... $42/$58 □□ 24-Sep.............. Maintaining and Monitoring Water Quality............. Morris............... 04.00..............8038......... $42/$58 □□ 25-Sep.............. Water Storage Tank Maintenance.............................. Westmont......... 04.00..............8011......... $42/$58 □□ 25-Sep-13-Nov......Water Distribution System O&M 8 Week Night Course.. Westmont..........16.00..............8010..... $160/$245 □□ 02-Oct.............. Water Operator Exam Refresher for Class A & B...... Elgin................. 04.00..............8008......... $42/$58 □□ 09-Oct.............. Annual Regulatory Update........................................ Elgin................. 06.00a.............8013......... $58/$82 □□ 14-Oct.............. Telemetry: A Detailed Look at Telemetry.................. Winnetka.......... 04.00..............8016......... $42/$58 □□ 16-Oct.............. Telemetry: A Detailed Look at Telemetry.................. Moline.............. 04.00..............8017......... $42/$58 □□ 20 & 21-Oct..... High Tech Operator Course 3 Two Day Course....... Chicago.............12.00..............7948..... $130/$180 □□ 04-Nov............. Complying with Stage 2 DBP Requirements............. Westmont......... 04.00..............8003......... $42/$58 □□ 06-Nov............. Effective Backflow Programs...................................... O’Fallon............ 04.00..............8015......... $42/$58 □□ 13-Nov............. Complying with Stage 2 DBP Requirements............. St. Charles...........04.00..............8002......... $42/$58 □□ 20-Nov............. Complying with Stage 2 DBP Requirements............. Danville...............04.00..............8014......... $42/$58
Fax: 866-521-3591 Mail: Illinois Section AWWA, 545 S. Randall Rd., St. Charles, IL 60174 Phone: 866-521-3595 x3 For more information and online registration, visit www.isawwa.org/training/seminar *Register online for early bird discounts if more than 10 days prior to event. Additional fee applies for registration 24 hours prior or onsite. Name(s): Company/Utility: Address: City/State/Zip: Illinois Section AWWA Member # (if applicable): Phone: Email to send certificate/handouts: Email to send invoice/sales receipt: 40 u p c o m i n g s e m i n a r s i n 2 0 1 4 S P L A S H Summer 2014
PAYMENT INFORMATION □□ Purchase Order Number : □□ Invoice Me □□ Credit Card (Discover, MC, Visa or AMEX)
Name on Card: Card #: Expiration Date:
DOW N LOA D T-C ON EV E NT P I X > > > w w w. i s a w w a . o r g / t c o n P I X See our Illinois Section AWWA, T-CON event Flickr page at the URL above!
Host Training for In-Person Seminars at YOUR utility or city/village building! Illinois Section AWWA is looking for utilities to host in-person seminars. All you need is enough space to hold 12 - 20 people, tables, chairs and a projector screen or white wall. As a host, you may send up to 4 people from your utility FREE to earn hours towards their operator license! To sign up to be a host for future training visit:
www.isawwa.org/host
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t-con committee Doug Strempek, Chair
The T-CON Committee had a very successful conference on June 5th at the College of Lake County in Grayslake. This year we focused on a variety of technologies for water and wastewater with specific emphasis on GIS, SCADA, disaster recovery, software and security. On behalf of the T-CON Committee, I would like to thank the 200 participants and 20 exhibitors that made this day possible. Congratulations to those who won some great prizes in our raffle, including an Apple iPad Mini won by Michael Goldrich, MWRDGC. We have received a lot of positive feedback from those who attended this year and are already in the planning stages for 2015. If you attended this year’s event and have suggestions on how we can improve, or would like to be a presenter, or display as an exhibitor in 2015, please be sure to contact us. Additionally, if you have any ideas for presentations or have heard of some new technology that you would like to learn more about, please let us know. Your suggestions or comments can be directed to Angela Podesta at the Illinois Section AWWA office by phone or email: 866-521-3595 ext. 2, angela@isawwa.org. Again, thank you to all of those who Top photo: T-CON committee members at the conference registration desk. Center Left: helped make T-CON a success including T-CON listening in on a technical session. Center Right: Pad Mini winner (ISAWWA T-Con) – the T-CON Committee and the Illinois Michael Goldrich, MWRDGC. Bottom: View from the auditorium at T-CON. Section AWWA Staff. 42 T - CON c o m m i t t e e S P L A S H Summer 2014
March 23 - March 26, 2015 Crowne Plaza Hotel - Springfield, IL The Illinois Section of the American Water Works Association (ISAWWA) is pleased to announce that WATERCON 2015 will be at the Springfield Crowne Plaza from Monday, March 23 to Thursday, March 26th, 2015. WATERCON 2015 will continue with the “Total Water” focus including water, wastewater, and stormwater technical content and exhibits. Our content partners, the Illinois Section of the Central States Water Environment Association (CSWEA) along with the Illinois Lake Management Association (ILMA) will contribute to a well-rounded total water technical program.
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Volunteering: You Get More Than You Give Laurie Dougherty, Executive Director
It sometimes takes time, but over time the skills you learn, the connections you make and the knowledge you share provide benefits that far outweigh the contributions. When you allow your newer employees paid time off work to participate in Section activities, they will learn many things that cannot be acquired in a typical days work.
It sounds weird, I know. Everyone always says, you get what you give. I disagree when it comes to volunteering in an association. People who volunteer get much more back than what they give, and that’s a good thing.
A volunteer learns how to: • Run meetings effectively. • Develop agendas. • Communicate with all types of people in a non threatening environment. • Learn new skills such as: webinar software, graphic software, web tools. •Research others ideas and competitive products. •Time management skills. •Plan and execute actionable items •Delegation skills. •Presentation skills.
During the process of volunteering, participants frequently meet with others in situations that are social and friendly. They are able to develop a rapport with others that they may need to call someday to get advice or may be sitting across the table from at a proposal meeting. Volunteering to chair a committee is a lot of work, I agree. But what an experience! You get the opportunity to demonstrate your leadership skills and also to develop the members of your committee. You can make a difference for the association during the term of your committee participation. Think about it. Call your local trustee, or staff at Illinois Section AWWA. Leave Splash Magazine on your bosses desk open to this page. Maybe he or she will get the hint!
Prepare for your operator’s exam anywhere you’re connected
Practice Exams for All Levels: Water Distribution Water Treatment Biological Wastewater Treatment Wastewater Collection
The first operator’s practice exam subscription that goes where you go Visit www.jumpstarttesting.net for free practice exams in each category 44 e x e c u t i v e d i r e c t o r r e p o r t S P L A S H Summer 2014
Attention Utilities and Service Providers: Sign up for a webinar now, and tell us who watched later! Utilities and Service Providers have the opportunity to sign up for both live and archived webinars as a "webinar site". There is NO limit to the number of Utility or Service Provider employees that can view the webinar as a webinar site. In order to sign up as a webinar site, one main webinar site contact must fill out the registration form at www.isawwa.org/webinar-site. Upon registration, Illinois Section AWWA will email the webinar site contact all of the webinar materials including instructions, attendee sign-in sheet and webinar viewing link. The webinar site contact will be responsible for organizing and proctoring the webinar viewing, making sure all attendees sign in on the provided signin sheet, and returning the sign-in sheet to Illinois Section AWWA staff after the webinar. Illinois Section AWWA will then issue the training credit hours to those that participated in the full webinar. For those that are non member Utilities or Service Providers, Illinois Section AWWA will send the webinar site contact a bill in the amount of $100 per webinar upon registration. All Illinois Section AWWA member types can watch a webinar free at any time. To see if you are a Utility or Service Provider member, follow this link to see if your name is on this list at www.isawwa.org/organization To register as a “webinar site�, visit:
www.isawwa.org/webinar-site. Member Type
Rate to be Billed
Number of Attendees
Member: ISAWWA Utility/Service Provider
$0.00
unlimited
Non Member
$100.00 per webinar
unlimited
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Golf Outing - Thursday, September 4
Visitation Day - Friday, September 5
Terry Park Golf Course 30565 Terry Park Road Palmyra, IL 62674 Phone: 217-436-2531
Otter Lake Water Treatment Plant 3 RTC Hours - IEPA # 7955 13722 Emmerson Airline Road Girard, IL 62090
10:00 am - Registration 11:00 am - Shotgun Start 4:00 pm - Awards
This event with include classroom time and plant training which will cover clari cones and UV/AOP operations at the Otter Lake Water Commission.
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Illinois Section AWWA 2014 Visitation Day Registration Form Otter Lake Water Commission - September 4 & 5, 2014 Registration Deadline: Monday, August 25, 2014
Company:
Contact:
Address:
City/State/Zip:
Phone:
Email:
Event Sponsor
Cost
GOLD SPONSOR: Includes company recognition at Thursday dinner and tour day lunch, hole sign, tour day sign, and company recognition on board at registration table identifying all sponsors.
Quantity
Total
Quantity
Total
Quantity
Total
$700
SILVER SPONSOR: Includes hole sign, tour day sign, and company recognition on board at registration table identifying all sponsors.
$400
HOLE SPONSOR: Includes hole sign and company recognition on sponsor identification board at registration table.
$100
RAFFLE PRIZE: Bring a prize for the raffle valued at a minimum of $25 and attach your business card.
Thursday, September 4, 2014 - Golf Outing & Dinner
Cost
Golf, Cart, Lunch, Dinner & Awards (per person)
$50
Golf & Cart (per person)
$40
Dinner Only (per person)
$12
Name of Golfers #1:
#2.
#3:
#4.
Friday, September 5, 2014 – Visitation Day Friday Tour & Lunch (per person)
Cost $25
TOTAL REGISTRAION FEES: Register online at www.isawwa.org/event/09-04-04 to pay with a credit card or to pay by check, complete form and return to: Illinois Section AWWA, 545 S. Randall Rd., St. Charles, IL 60174 Ph: 866-521-3595 ext. 3, Fax: 866-521-3591 v i s i t a t i o n d a y : o t t e r la k e w a t e r c o m m i ss i o n 47 www.isawwa.org/SPLASH
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Illinois Section AWWA Presents: Illinois Section American Water Works Association
meter symposium
Thursday, August 7, 2014 - Hillside, IL - 5 credit hours - IEPA #8041 Date Thursday, August 7, 2014
credit hours
location & district
5 hours
Hillside
facility address Best Western Hillside Hotel & Conference Center 4400 Frontage Road Hillside, Illinois 60162
Come hear the latest on meters! attendee & additional exhibitor cost: Early Bird (ends 07/28/14): $48 for ISAWWA members, $72 for non-members Regular (ends 08/06/14): $58 for ISAWWA members, $82 for non-members After 08/06/14 or Onsite: $68 for ISAWWA members, $92 for non-members EXHIBITOR COST: $100.00 for Illinois Section AWWA member Exhibitor, $125.00 for non members Exhibitor Online registration is available until 8/6/2014 at www.isawwa.org/event/08-07-14. If not registering online, fill out this form and fax to 866-521-3591 or mail to ISAWWA, 545 S. Randall Rd., St. Charles, IL 60174
SELECT ONE:
meter symposium, hillside, IL (IEPA # 8041) 08/07/2014
by 7/28: □□ $48 for ISAWWA members by 8/06: □□ $58 for ISAWWA members after 8/06 or onsite: □□ $68 for ISAWWA members
$72 for non members $82 for non members $92 for non members
Name(s): Company/Utility: Billing Address: City/State/Zip: Phone: Fax: Email to send sales receipt/invoice: ISAWWA Member # (if applicable): Email to send training certificate/handouts: SELECT PAYMENT OPTION:
Invoice Me
Purchase Order
Credit Card
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ANNUAL REGULATORY UPDATE
Thursday, October 9, 2014 - Elgin, IL - 5 credit hours - IEPA #8013 Date Thursday, October 9, 2014
credit hours
location & district
5 hours
Elgin
facility address The Centre of Elgin, Heritage Ballroom 100 Symphony Way Elgin, Illinois 60123
AGENDA • United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) Update
• Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) Water Supply Update, including, CCR’s, historical compliance, major sources of noncompliance • Operator Certification Update and Renewals • Illinois Section AWWA Lobbyist Report • Revised Total Coliform Rule (RTCR) by April 1, 2016 • Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) Loan Program Changes and Status • General Questions cost: Early Bird (ends 09/28/14): $48 for ISAWWA members, $72 for non-members Regular (ends 10/07/14): $58 for ISAWWA members, $82 for non-members After 10/07/14 or Onsite: $68 for ISAWWA members, $92 for non-members Online registration is available until 10/8/2014 at www.isawwa.org/event/10-09-14. If not registering online, fill out this form and fax to 866-521-3591 or mail to ISAWWA, 545 S. Randall Rd., St. Charles, IL 60174
SELECT ONE:
annual regulatory update, ELGIN, IL (IEPA #8013) 10/09/2014
by 9/28: □□ $48 for ISAWWA members by 10/07: □□ $58 for ISAWWA members after 10/07 or onsite: □□ $68 for ISAWWA members
$72 for non members $82 for non members $92 for non members
Name(s): Company/Utility: Billing Address: City/State/Zip: Phone: Fax: Email to send sales receipt/invoice: ISAWWA Member # (if applicable): Email to send training certificate/handouts: SELECT PAYMENT OPTION:
Invoice Me
Purchase Order
Credit Card
Name on Credit Card: Credit Card #: Card Expiration Date: Purchase Order #: a n n u al r e g u la t o r y u p d a t e 49 www.isawwa.org/SPLASH
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Thank You to our ACE14 PRESIDENT’S RECEPTION & DINNER SPONSORS PAUL REVERE
MINUTEMEN
OLD NORTH CHURCH
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SONS OF LIBERT Y
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2014 Visitation Day Registration Form July 10 - 11, 2014 Registration Deadline for Golf and Visitation Day - July 7, 2014
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illinois section awwa training METHODs OF DELIVERY There are numerous choices for you to earn your renewal training credits (RTC) for water operators or professional development hours (PDH’s) for engineers! See the flow chart and descriptions below. For additional information call Angela at 866-521-3595 ext. 2.
seminar: Illinois Section AWWA offers numerous, potable water related seminars annually, across the state of Illinois, all of which are worth renewal training credit (RTC) hours for water operators or professional development hour (PDH’s) for engineers. Additional course information can be found online at www.isawwa.org/training/seminar Home Study & Video Study: Illinois Section AWWA offers a variety of home and video study courses. The format used was developed to serve as a home-study or self-paced instruction where you are your own instructor and work at your own speed. In order to certify that a person has successfully completed this program, objective quizzes and a final exam is provided upon enrollment in this course. One year AWWA membership at the operator level is included when you sign up as a non member. Additional course information can be found online at www.isawwa.org/training/homestudy video library: Illinois Section AWWA offers a variety of DVD’s and VHS’ in their video library, most of which are worth renewal training credit (RTC) hours for water operators or professional development hour (PDH’s) for engineers. Also available are education and outreach videos, some free of charge when reserved with another video. Additional course information can be found online at www.isawwa.org/training/video online elearning: Illinois Section AWWA now offers a variety of self-paced, online courses. All you need is a computer connected to the internet and the suggested textbooks (can be purchased separately through Illinois Section AWWA). One year AWWA membership at the operator level is included when you sign up as a non member. Additional course information can be found online at www.isawwa.org/training/online live WEBINARS: Illinois Section AWWA offers a number of live webinars on designated dates and times. All you need is a computer connected to the internet and either a headset or telephone to hear the audio. All webinars are FREE for Illinois Section AWWA member and $30.00 for non members. Additional course information can be found online at www.isawwa.org/training/webinar archive WEBINARS: Missed a live webinar? No problem! Following live webinar dates, all webinars will be available for viewing as an archive webinar from your computer, anytime, 24 hours - 7 days a week. All webinars are FREE for Illinois Section AWWA member and $30.00 for non members. Additional course information can be found online at www.isawwa.org/training/archivedwebinar TECHNICAL vs. Engineering Power-hour WEBINARS: All live and archive webinars are classified as either a “technical” webinar or an “Engineering Power-Hour” webinar. Technical webinar presentations focus on education, not sales of a proprietary item or service, where as, Engineering Power-Hour webinars focus on a specific product or service with learning objectives included. Additional course information can be found online at www.isawwa.org/training/webinar 54 i sa w w a t r a i n i n g m e t h o d s o f d e l i v e r y S P L A S H Summer 2014
Illinois Section AWWA membership form
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Index of Advertisers
ACIPCO �����������������������������������������������������������������������������������19 Advanced Valve Technologies, Inc. ��������������������������������������11 AECOM �����������������������������������������������������������������������������������17 ARCADIS US, Inc ���������������������������������������������������������������������� 4 Badger Meter �������������������������������������������������������������������������19 Baxter & Woodman, Inc. �������������������������������������������������������14 Cady Aquastore, Inc ��������������������������������������������������������������10 CDM Smith �����������������������������������������������������������������������������18 Clark Dietz �����������������������������������������������������������������������������24 Crawford, Murphy & Tilly ��������������������������������������������������������� 4 DN Tanks �������������������������������������������������������������������������������33 Ferguson Waterworks ������������������������������������������������������������� 4 Flolo Corporation �������������������������������������������������������������������14 Heartland Controls ����������������������������������������������������������������25 HMG Engineers ���������������������������������������������������������������������15 HR Green �������������������������������������������������������������������������������18
Illinois American Water Company ����������������������������������������13 Kamstrup Water Metering, LLC ��������������������������������������������15 ME Simpson ����������������������������������������������������������Inside Cover Mueller Company ������������������������������������������������������������������25 National Wash Authority �������������������������������������������������������24 Norman Noe Company ����������������������������������������������������������14 Peerless-Midwest, Inc �����������������������������������������������������������18 Smith Ecological Systems Company �������������������������������������� 3 Taylor Coating Sales, Inc ��������������������������������������������������������� 3 Test Gauge & Backflow Supply, Inc. ����������� Inside Back Cover United Systems & Software ��������������������������������������������������24 USA BlueBook �������������������������������������������������������� Back Cover Utility Service Co., Inc. ����������������������������������������������������������14 Viking Chemical Company ����������������������������������������������������43 Water Well Solutions Service Group, Inc. ����������������������������24
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step 2:
Fill out & suBmit this Form to reserve your ad space FaX: 866-521-3591 mail: ISAWWA, 545 South Randall Rd, St. Charles, IL 60174
send your artWork By deadline BeloW
Ads should be emailed to lisa@isawwa.org as high resolution, PDF, TIFF, or EPS files issue artwork due By February .............................. January 1 June ..................................... May 1 October ................................ September 1
hoW are you suBmitting your advertisement artWork?
□ As a high resolution, PDF, TIFF, or EPS file □ I have already submitted my artwork □ Please include my artwork from last year
select advertisement type: yEARLy PRICE IS FOR INCLuSION IN 3 ISSuES Black and White ads □ Business card ................ $200.00 (3 1/2” wide by 2” tall) □ 1/4 page ........................... $300.00 (3 1/2” wide by 4 1/2” tall) □ 1/2 page ........................... $550.00 (Vertical: 3 1/2” wide by 9 1/4” tall; Horizontal: 7 1/4” wide by 4 1/4” tall) □ Full page........................ $985.00 (7 1/4” wide by 9 1/4” tall)
Full color ads: 4-color cmyk; included in online publication □ 1/4 page ........................... $600.00 (3 1/2” wide by 4 1/2” tall) □ 1/2 page ........................... $850.00 (Vertical: 3 1/2” wide by 9 1/4” tall; Horizontal: 7 1/4” wide by 4 1/4” tall) □ Full page........................ $1,300.00 (7 1/4” wide by 9 1/4” tall) □ Inside Front Cover ......... $1,500.00 (ask if available) □ Inside Back Cover ......... $1,500.00 (ask if available) □ Outside Back Cover ...... $1,800.00 (ask if available)
additional inFo Artwork will be run in 3 consecutive issues. Artwork changes outside of the renewal period are subject to a $100 ad-change fee per issue.
select payment option: □ Invoice me
□ Sending check
□ Purchase order
□ Credit card
Name on card:
Credit card number: Expiration date: Purchase Order #:
Fill out contact inFo Company Name: Contact Name: Address: City/State/Zip: Phone: Contacts Email: Email to bill/receipt (if different than above):
For more inFormation
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Non Profit Organization U.S. Postage PAID Sycamore, IL Permit No. 66