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

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

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

The Illinois Section of the American Water Works Association is pleased to offer you a slate of candidates for election to Board and Trustee positions.  In order to encourage you to cast your vote, the Illinois Section of the American Water Works Association is offering you a choice of voting procedures.  The options are: 1. Paper ballot returned by U.S. Mail 2. Paper ballot faxed to the Illinois Section Office 3. Internet secure anonymous ballot via website.  If you are unsure of your district, please refer to the map to the right side of this screen. District 1 - Ballot District 2 - Ballot District 3 - Ballot District 4 - Ballot District 5 - Ballot Out of state ballot Whichever method you choose, you are allowed to vote only one time.  In order to ensure that each member casts only one ballot, the ballots are randomly numbered.  When you cast your vote, please enter the number that appears next to your name on the mailing panel of the current issue of SPLASH magazine or email that was sent to you.  These numbers are not tied to your name or member number, they are randomly numbered only to alert us to duplicate ballots.  Biographies have been submitted by the candidates. Paper ballot returned by U.S. Mail. To vote via paper ballot, (download the paper ballot here),  please mark your choices and mail your ballot to     Laurie Dougherty, Exec. Director     Illinois Section AWWA       545 S. Randall Road, St. Charles, IL 60174 Paper ballot faxed to the Illinois Section AWWA Office To vote via fax, (download the paper ballot here), please mark your choices and fax your ballot to: 866-521-3591 toll free Internet anonymous ballot via website To vote via Internet, make your selections using the ballot link above. Mark your choices, click done.  Your email vote will be sent anonymously to the Section office. There will be no indication on your email as to who the sender is.  Be sure to include your ballot number. Ballots must be cast by December 31, 2011