Kevin Lookis - nominee for Chair Elect

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

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

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

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

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