Larry has been in the water treatment industry since 1977, starting by entering the Air Force where he received specialized training that would lead to a lifelong career in water treatment and operation. He has a Class “A” certification and is Public Works Director for the Village of Forsyth a small community of 3,240 residents. He is in charge of Operation of a 2 MGD Lime softening plant that has groundwater as the source. 

Prior to being employed 20 years ago by Forsyth, he was Operations Coordinator for Hydro Services, Inc. a Water & Wastewater contract operations firm based in the St. Louis Metro East area.  Larry has served the Section as the first Trustee at Large as well as Past President of the Illinois Potable Water Supply Operators Association.

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