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(Rusty) Schroedel AECOM 920-912-1227 50 21 [email protected] WEF Director ’12 Dave Raby Howard R. Green Company DEPARTMENTS 38 Court International Building 651-644-4389 Messages [email protected] President’s Message 7 Executive Director’s Message WEF Director ’11 9 Scott Trotter Trotter & Associates 630-587-0470 CSWEA News [email protected] Midwest Water Industry Expo Review 13 Officer Nominees PWO Representative ’11 17 Charlie La Rocco Calendar of Events 55 City of Elmhurst 630-688-2003 [email protected] Section News Illinois Chair Message YP Representative ’10 56 Rich Hussey Wisconsin Chair Message 57 LAI Ltd. Minnesota Chair Message 58 847-392-0990 [email protected] Illinois State Section Trustee ’12 Published by: ©2011 Craig Kelman & Associates Ltd. All rights reserved. The contents of this Gary Scott publication, which does not necessarily reflect Glenbard Wastewater Authority the opinion of the publisher or the association, 630-790-1901 may not be reproduced by any means, in whole or [email protected] inpart, without the prior written consent of the Tel: (866)985-9780 / Fax: (866) 985-9799 publisher. Minnesota State Section Trustee ’12 www.kelman.ca John Glatzmaier Managing Editor: Cheryl Parisien, [email protected] Central States Water, the official magazine of the CH2M HILL Design/Layout: Theresa Kurjewicz Central States Water Environment Association, 651-365-8526 Advertising Sales: Al Whalen, [email protected] Inc., is published four times per year. Send [email protected] Advertising Co-ordinator: Lauren Campbell comments, news items, gloss photographs or Federal tax# 23-7378788 digital images to Eric Lecuyer, [email protected] Wisconsin State Section Trustee ’11 Tom Sigmund Send undeliverable addresses to: CSWEA, 3809 Shenandoah Dr., Crystal Lake, IL 60012 Green Bay MSD 920-438-1095 [email protected] Executive Director Eric R. Lecuyer Printed on paper certified by the Forest Stewardship CSWEA Council® (FSC®). This magazine is printed with 815-954 -2714 vegetable oil-based inks. Please do your part for [email protected] the environment by reusing and recycling. Most ads make promises. This one gives guarantees. The self-cleaning Flygt N-pump is extraordinarily energy efficient. Many of our customers report energy savings of up to 50% with any new Flygt N-pump. That’s why we guarantee you’ll save at least 25% on energy consumption compared to your currently installed non-Flygt pump – or we’ll make up the difference. 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They SURVEY/MAPPING/GIS all translate into your success. FINANCIAL/ASSET MANAGEMENT INSTRUMENTATION & CONTROL ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Advanced Engineering and Environmental Services, Inc. (AE2S) Offices: STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING Eagan Maple Grove Moorhead Bismarck Dickinson Fargo Grand Forks Williston Watford City Great Falls Kalispell www.ae2s.com PRESIDEnt’S Message Passing the Gavel By Jim Miller he year has gone by in a blink sions that will allow our YPs to become the Minnesota Boundary Waters through of an eye. A lot has gone on this more involved with this association. the eyes of one of our members who has past year. We have seen changes If you haven’t already received your had a great deal of time in a canoe in in our economy and even signs Annual Conference notice – please the true north woods. Tthat the stalled housing market may check out the website for the advanced I often have the opportunity to remind actually be loosening. This would be information and registration materials. officers in another organization that I am great for all those facilities that had Jason Benson and his committee have involved with – at how fast the year goes completed upgrades just in time to have assembled a wide variety of technical by and when you just get a feel for how the number of new connections stall and presentations and the keynote and fare- things can get done – your term is up. make it very difficult to meet the financial well breakfast speakers should provide It does just seem like a couple of weeks obligations related to their very construc- a little different perspective on issues ago we were in Madison and I had just tion.