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IAWPCO History

Illinois Association of Water

Pollution Control Operators History

The Illinois Sewage Works association was founded in 1935. The organization was incorporated as the Illinois Association of Water Pollution Control Operators in 1972. The purpose of the Illinois Association of Water Pollution Control Operators is to bring together wastewater treatment professionals to educate, encourage the exchange of ideas, and exhibit the latest equipment and technologies. The Illinois Association of Water Pollution Control Operators hosts an annual four-day conference in April of each year in Springfield, Illinois. The association also provides regional, one-day conferences located in four selected areas within the state of Illinois in the fall. The Illinois Association of Water Pollution Control Operators provides its membership four quarterly newsletters per year containing up to date articles and advertising.

Past Chairman of the Illinois Sewage

Works Operators Conference

1972 - Anthony J. Larocca

1971 - Kendall Barry

1970 - Clifford Fore

1969 - W. R . Gelston

1968 - Paul Bracken

1967 - John Keim

1966 - Walter Glavey

1965 - Willard Pfeifer

1964 - Milo Prentice

1963 - John Allsopp

1962 - Charles E. Hughes, Jr

1961 - Edward Meers

1960 - I.G. Knoebel

1959 - G.L. Hall

1958 - Paul Carlson

1957 - John Wooten

1956 - J. Adams

1955 - F.E. Peterson

1954 - E. Jack Beatty

1953 - C. McFeron

1952 - Fred E. Johnson

1951 - R . Spiess

1950 - William McMullen

1949 - David R. Miller

1948 - L.W. Hunt

1947 - C. Core

1946 - L. H. Freeman

1945 - Lee S. Kraus

1944 - E. J. Watterson

1943 - Ray Corr

1942

1941 - H . Fisher

1940 - Miles Lamb (Temp)

1939 - Roy Metz

1938 - L.W. Hunt

1937 - H.F. Coil

1936 - E. E. Smith

1935 -