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Strength of Volunteers = Strong MN AWWA Section

Agroup of MN AWWA Section Board members recently attended the Regional Meeting of Section Officers (RMSO) Region III meetings in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The great part about these meetings is the opportunity to share ideas and discuss issues and goals that each of up to ten other sections across the upper Midwest are facing together. After returning, I’ve been able to reflect on how well our past volunteers have shaped the performance of our current section and how our current volunteers are positioning MN AWWA to continue to build and face the demands of the future. It’s clear our member volunteers take pride in their role, and I appreciate everything they do to make us better.

First, our section is in a strong financial position. This is critical to our organization to allow our section to take on new challenges, provide financial assistance to others in need through scholarships, donations to improve water delivery to various parts of the world, or to celebrate by holding social functions and volunteer appreciation events. As a section, strong financials allow us to work on some new initiatives to provide value to our members.

Due to the hard work of many of our volunteers, our section has provided many advances in diversity, equity, and inclusion. There is still much work to do in a variety of areas, but we also need to celebrate the ways we are improving our member and Board makeup to strengthen our perspectives. Our current Board is made up of a great group of men and women, utility staff, manufacturers, regulatory agencies, consultants, and contractors throughout every district of the state of Minnesota. Our ultimate goal is to have our Board reflect the makeup of the communities we serve. We can only currently strive to match the makeup of our membership. Unfortunately, many members of underserved communities are not included in our membership ranks. However, through the dedicated work of members in our Workforce Initiatives, we are making strides to provide education and awareness of employment opportunities to these underserved communities. Hopefully, someday, we will be able to include these additional and much-needed members into our water industry workforce.

Our diverse districts across the state host Water Operator schools to provide continuing education opportunities to our heartbeat of the water industry: our Water Operators. Many individuals come together to put on these schools, including Planning Committees, district members, speakers, moderators, MDH staff, and many others. Without these volunteers, the schools don’t exist. I encourage our member operators to become involved in assisting in planning these schools by sharing topics with the Planning Committee that you’re interested in or think others would find value in. Better yet, volunteer to speak on a topic you’ve experienced. There is no better speaker than one of your peers; one you want to listen to and learn with.

These schools lead up to our largest event of the year, the MN AWWA Annual Conference in September. Compared to other sections, our conference provides a unique experience for our members and a great gathering location for our industry. In sharing with our sections, our fixed conference location (Duluth), along with combining our competitions, technical conference, and exhibit show at one event results in one of the best turnouts from our overall membership at one event. It’s a great opportunity to truly network with a variety of industry connections at one location.

The common theme to all of these topics is that they don’t function without our volunteers. To those of you out there that are one of these active volunteers helping to move our section forward, I thank you for all of your past and future work. For those wanting to find a way to get involved, reach out to a member of the Board, your district, Section Staff, or one of the many councils and committees. We need everyone’s experience to make the MN AWWA Section the best that it can be. •

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Great Lakes, Great Friends and Celebrating 50 years of Safe Water

As I write this message, I’m about to take a quick trip with one of my best friends. I met Sara in 1974, in Mrs. Gibson’s first grade reading class. Since then, we have shared teachers and shared secrets on sleepovers, we experienced painful growing up memories and side-splitting, pee-your-pants laughter. We traveled very different paths in our lives, but whenever we came back together and it would be like no time had passed since we last talked. We are now celebrating 50 years of friendship, and to mark this momentous milestone, we are embarking on a ‘girls’ weekend’ trip to Door County, Wisconsin, which is at the tip of the recognizable, slim finger that stretches north from Green Bay up into Lake Michigan. This trip got me thinking about the Great Lakes, because they’ve been a part of my life for as many years as I’ve been friends with Sara, and about another 50-year milestone being celebrated this year which relates to the Great Lakes.

I grew up just south of Buffalo, New York, on the shore of Lake Erie. ‘Going to the beach’ meant that we drove about ten minutes from our house and played around on a rocky little strip of shore from which, on a clear day, we could see Canada. I also grew up in the 1970s, when the environmental movement was making a lot of waves (no pun intended). I admit that I fell victim to a local myth: that during my childhood, Lake Erie caught on fire. In looking it up for this article, though, I learned that it was actually the Cuyahoga River that caught fire on June 29, 1969 and it was near Cleveland, where the river flows into Lake Erie. But the lake and many waterways were not clean, and were polluted by both chemicals and trash, and had been like that for many years. That wasn’t the first (or the last) time that the Cuyahoga burned!

While it was not a large or long-lasting event, the 1969 river fire near Cleveland sparked public outrage that led to a national reckoning on water pollution which led to several milestones that most of us work with today.

On April 22, 1970, in response to both the Cuyahoga fire and a massive oil spill off the coast of Santa Barbara, California , a senator from Wisconsin named Gaylord Nelson, organized a ‘teach-in’ protest on college campuses nationwide to spread awareness of environmental issues. Rebranded Earth Day, 20 million Americans – 10 percent of the U.S. population at the time – participated in the protest. The nation, it seemed, had suddenly woken up to the realities of industrial pollution, and the Cuyahoga River was the symbol of calamity.

Following President Richard Nixon’s ‘Reorganization Plan No. 3’ issued in July 1970, the EPA was officially established in December 1970.

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The agency consolidated federal research, monitoring and enforcement activities in a single agency. EPA’s mission has been to protect human health by safeguarding the air we breathe, water we drink and land on which we live.

A few years later, the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) was passed by Congress in 1974 to protect public health by regulating the nation’s public drinking water supply. The law was amended in 1986 and 1996 and requires many actions to protect drinking water and its sources—rivers, lakes, reservoirs, springs, and ground water wells. SDWA authorizes the United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) to set national health-based standards for drinking water to

protect against both naturally-occurring and man-made contaminants that may be found in drinking water. US EPA, states, and water systems then work together to make sure that these standards are met.

That’s the other 50-year anniversary we are celebrating this year: 50 years of the Safe Drinking Water Act. So as my friend Sara and I embark on our golden anniversary of friendship trip to Door County, WI this week, we’ll be enjoying the clean waters of Lake Michigan and all the amazing shoreline, waterways, fishing areas, parks and lighthouses; and I’ll know that part of the reason we can do this is because of the momentous strides made to protect our water and our environment that began back in 1969. •

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ACE24 Joint Reception with Minnesota, New Jersey, and New York Sections

If you are planning on attending ACE 2024, we encourage you to join us for our Monday night (June 10) reception at Brewheim – a craft brewery – with both the New Jersey and New York Sections of AWWA! This reception will take place from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. local time. Brewheim offers a wide selection of craft beer, craft seltzers, and non-alcoholic beverages. Everyone is sure to find something to enjoy! A local BBQ food truck will be on-site to feed our guests, so bring your appetite! RSVP as soon as possible on our website, or email your RSVP to liz@mnawwa.com •

AWWA Advances Commitment to Global Sustainability by Joining United Nations Compact

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The AWWA is taking a significant step forward in its commitment to international sustainability by joining the United Nations (UN) Global Compact, the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative.

“Joining the UN Global Compact accelerates our influence within the global water community,” said Loren Labovitch, chair of AWWA’s International Council. “It strengthens our reputation as a leading resource on water and opens doors to new collaborations with partners around the world.”

The UN Global Compact, spanning a network of more than 23,000 organizations across 160 countries, aligns with AWWA’s existing international partnerships and goals.

The Compact’s framework promotes sustainable and ethical business practices, with participants committing to the Ten Principles of the UN Global Compact focused on human rights, labor, the environment, and anti-corruption.

In joining the Compact, AWWA pledges to participate in and engage in the following ways:

• Promote and organize sector specific events for members to exchange knowledge and enhance learning

• Provide expertise and facilitate industry-wide partnership on key UN goals and issues

• Support the development and activities of the Global Compact network

With new collaboration opportunities within the UN Global Compact network, AWWA brings a wealth of water sector expertise to the community, including its work directly supporting UN Sustainable Development Goal 6, which focuses on ensuring a clean and stable water supply and effective water sanitation for all people.

“The Compact should, over time, help introduce an even wider network of global water practitioners to the wealth of industry knowledge and experience, and the vast array of standards, best practices and other educational material that is available through AWWA,” said Labovitch.

AWWA’s participation in the UN Global Compact also directly supports its Water 2050 initiative, an ongoing project that envisions the future of water and proposes a course for success and sustainability. The Compact’s global network will amplify Water 2050’s reach, expand opportunities for collaboration and increase access to international best practices. •

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Minnesota Went to Washington, D.C. to Talk About Water Priorities

Scott Anderson, Sam Paske, P.E. and Michelle Stockness represented Minnesota at this year’s Water Week and AWWA Fly-In in Washington, D.C. on April 9 and 10. This is an annual event that happens every spring. For the AWWA Fly-In, more than 150 people from 48 states came together to get a primer on federal policy priorities, meet with other Water Utility Council Leaders, and meet with our congressional leaders. Our Minnesota-specific team discussed NACWA and WateReuse Association priorities, in addition to current AWWA topics. The three of them formed a great One Water team to meet our congressional leaders and talk about water issues in Minnesota.

Highlights:

1. Our Minnesota team focused on four main issues in our legislative meetings:

a. PFAS: Supporting a bill with liability protections for water utilities per bill S.1430 by Sen. Lummis, set to be introduced by Rep. Curtis.

b. Cybersecurity: Supporting H.R.7922 by Rep. Crawford to create a Water Risk and Resilience Organization.

c. Affordability: Supporting authorization of a permanent LIHWAP program per bill S.3830 by Padilla, set to be introduced by Rep Sorensen.

d. Infrastructure Funding: Fully funding Drinking Water State Revolving Funds and Clean Water State Revolving Funds at $3.25B each, funding earmarks separately, and fully funding the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) at a minimum of $50M.

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2. The team were able to hold 8 meetings with the offices of our congressional leaders. We met with 6 of our 8 Representative offices: Rep. Angie Craig, Rep. Dean Phillips, Rep. Pete Stauber, Rep. Ilhan Omar, Rep Betty McCollum, and Rep. Brad Finstad. They also met with both of our Senate leader offices:  Sen. Tina Smith, and Sen. Amy Klobuchar. After the meetings, they also followed up with the offices via email, with the specific issue papers and offered tours of their local WTPs when the congressional leaders are back in town.

3. Showing up and advocacy matters! Elected leaders want to hear from water professionals. We need to share our stories and knowledge. We encourage others to reach out to their state and federal leaders, because they want to hear from you! Share what your specific priorities are, and offer to be a resource for them. To share your appreciation, offer tours of your facilities. •

Southeast District:

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• Training held March 13-15

• Rochester, MN

• Attendance: 86

Southwest District: Training held April 17

• Springfield, MN Attendance: 34

Northeast District:

• Training held April 16-18

• Grand Rapids, MN

• Attendance: 47

Metro District:

• Training held May 7-9

• Eagan, MN

• Attendance: 192 and climbing!

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From left to right: Scott, Sam, and Michelle in D.C. for the AWWA Fly-In
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HOW DID YOU CELEBRATE DRINKING WATER WEEK?

For more than 40 years, the American Water Works Association and its members have celebrated Drinking Water Week – a unique opportunity for both water professionals and the communities they serve to recognize the vital role that water plays in our daily lives. Drinking Water Week took place May 5–11 this year.

Too often, water utilities only receive negative publicity – a main break in the middle of rush hour or increasing rates. Recognizing Drinking Water Week provides an opportunity for positive communication. It’s also a perfect time to educate children about their water supply in a fun atmosphere!

Don’t forget about your employees! Drinking Water Week can help reaffirm to your employees the importance of what it is they do: providing clean, safe drinking water for the public.

Celebration ideas include:

• Advertising in a local newspaper

• Creating a utility newsletter about DWW

• Starting an ‘Adopt a Hydrant’ program

• Hosting a children’s coloring contest or essay contest

• Speaking at a local school on the importance of our water

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NEW TREATMENT PL ANT MAKES GOOD WATER EVEN BETTER ON NAGAAJIWANAANG

Nagaajiwanaang, “Where the Water Stops,” is the name of the homelands of the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa at the time of the 1854 La Pointe Treaty. The band retained this name in Ojibwemowin for the present-day Fond du Lac Reservation, which was established under the 1854 treaty. The reservation covers nearly 160 square miles, most of it to the west of Cloquet, Minnesota, about 20 miles southwest of Duluth.

One of the last Ojibwe chiefs of the region, Joseph Naganub (Sits Ahead) represented his people in numerous treaty negotiations in Washington, D. C. Sits Ahead, who died in 1894, is buried in Holy Family Cemeteries along the St. Louis River in the northeast part of the reservation. Near him is the grave of a descendent, William “Nitchie” Cadreau, who in 1910 pitched one game in the major leagues, for the Chicago White Sox, under the name of Chief Chouneau.

A baseball diamond near the cemetery dates to the first half of the 20th century, when the sport eclipsed lacrosse in popularity among the Ojibwe. However, in 2002 LeRoy DeFoe, the band’s cultural resources specialist, pointed out that the vocation and avocation of log rolling may have been even more popular than baseball. “You gotta understand this river here,” DeFoe said. “At one time it was the White Pine capital of the world. That river used to be full of logs all the way up almost to Brookston [one of the communities within the reservation], which is about ten miles straight up north from here. That whole area was full of log jams.” DeFoe’s great-grandfather, Joe Medweiosh, is still known to long-time residents for his skill at tearing apart the logs and breaking the jams on the water.

On the topic of water, many of Nagaajiwanaang’s 2,700 bandmembers who reside within the reservation have private wells, some get their water directly from the city of Cloquet, and 126 homes – those in the Mahnonmen and Danielson communities – have been supplied by a community water system since 1987.

The system has to comply with all requirements of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act, as do all public water suppliers. However, as a sovereign nation, the Fond du Lac water system is administered by Region 5 of the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rather than the Minnesota Department of Health. Minnesota has 11 federally recognized tribal nations, which often work with Midwest Assistance Program for training and with Bob Klug of Minnesota Rural Water Association for technical assistance for their water systems.

For close to 20 years, the Fond du Lac system operated with a pressure tank and the addition of chlorine. Two softening plants, using ion exchange, were built in the mid-2000s, in each of the communities. “Danielson had good water,” said utilities supervisor Adam Thompson, who grew up on the Fond du Lac reservation. However, because of high levels of total organic carbon (TOC) in the water, the Mahnomen plant struggled with disinfection byproducts. When the system received a violation for total trihalomethanes and haloacetic acids, it began working with SEH, Inc. to explore options and remedies.

John Thom of SEH said the water system worked with the EPA and federal Indian Health Service (IHS) to provide customers with home treatment units as they began a pilot study for the design and construction of a new plant about a mile west of Danielson and a mileand-a-half southwest of the Mahnomen plant.

The entire project included two new wells, five-and-a-half miles of water mains, 51 new hydrants, and a 75,000-gallon tower to go with the new 200 gallon per minute (gpm) treatment plant, which uses granular activated carbon (GAC) to reduce the TOC. The new wells are on the east side of the plant, and the water quality is superior in several ways to the previous wells.

The TOC in the raw water in this location is lower, approximately 2.5 parts per million (ppm) as opposed to around 12 ppm in the other wells. Thom pointed out that this level would be fine, if not for the addition of chlorine, which combines with the organic matter to produce the disinfection byproducts. A pair of GAC vessels reduce the organic compounds to allow for pre- and post-chlorination without the resulting byproduct issues.

Iron levels are low, but manganese is on the high side – .21 ppm, approximately four times the secondary standard. To ease the aesthetic issues caused by manganese, the plant has a pair of gravity filters with 12 inches of anthracite on top of 18 inches of GreensandPlus™, a black filter media used for removing soluble iron and manganese. Four inches of silica sand are at the bottom of the filter for nozzle protection.

The filters work with anthracite as the storage and greensand as the barrier. “You fill up that anthracite, and eventually it will push through the greensand,” said Thom, explaining the process. “Greensand is manganese dioxide. When you soak it in permanganate, you get manganese oxide, and that’s what removes the manganese. The soaking is important to build up that layer. Four ounces per cubic foot will give you that coating you’re looking for.”

The incoming water is also treated with gas chlorine. Thom said the pre-chlorine is “to get the oxidation to happen,” adding, “You want to come out the bottom with free chlorine, which means you’ve satisfied the demand for chlorine in that filter.”

After the gravity filters, the water flows into a clearwell and then is picked up by high service pumps and sent through the GAC filters. Ammonia is added as part of the post-chlorination to form chloramines, which aren’t as reactive as free chlorine and less likely to form trihalomethanes.

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The total project came to between $14 and $15 million dollars and was financed through federal, state, and band funds. The band was grateful to leverage funds from U. S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development, the U. S. EPA, IHS, a Housing and Urban Development-Indian Community Development Block grant, and the Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board to develop and construct the project.

On top of the other benefits, the raw water has 70 ppm hardness, an unusually low level for groundwater. “A lot of cities would kill for that water,” said Thom. “It’s quite unusual water.” He recalls being questioned by the Indian Health Service about the location of the treatment plant and wells and, in justifying the site, said, “That number. You pay big dollars to get down to 70 parts of hardness.”

The system does not charge its customers for the water, a nice benefit for residents but one that brings challenges. “It reduces their motivations to fix leaks,” said Thompson. The tribe visits homes and searches for leaks, working with the residents to get them fixed. Although most members of the communities served welcomed the

new plant, a handful decided to keep their private wells. “We told them the benefits of hooking up to the regional plant, but they stayed on their own well,” said Thompson, noting that they did not force anyone to hook up.

As a community water system, the utility issues consumer confidence reports to its customers and follows other requirements of the Safe Drinking Water Act. Mike Lafave, Fond du Lac’s lead operator, worked with the Indian Health Service on lead service line inventories and has sent them to EPA for review. The system is new enough (its oldest service line was installed in 1986) that it has no lead in the system and has never had an issue with lead and copper sampling.

“This project was successful on a number of fronts,” wrote Fond du Lac public works manager Jordan Vandal, “including buy-in from the Reservation Business Committee, federal and state partners, engineers, and FDL staff who assisted in funding, design, construction and now operation and maintenance of the facility. FDL operations specialists have worked diligently on fine-tuning day-today operations to provide high quality, compliant drinking water, and I anticipate them to continue these efforts for Bandmembers which the Regional Drinking Water Treatment Plant serves.”

The new treatment facility opened in the late summer of 2023, and customers are happy with the water, none happier than Thompson, who lives in the Danielson community and said, “I was excited to be hooked up to this.” •

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Why did you decide to go into the field of water?

Water is the most essential element we have on earth. To work in the field that provides the essentials for life is special. It is a mighty strong magnet to be in an industry that is critical to our being.

Who or what influenced you in your career?

I have been fortunate to have a crossed paths with several professionals and friends who have guided me over the course of my career.

How did you become a volunteer for AWWA? What motivates you to be active in the Section?

I have volunteerism in my veins, so it was not a stretch to get involved with this great organization.

I enjoy bringing new people into great organizations with the tools and opportunities they need to flourish.

How long have you been an AWWA member and what have you gotten from your membership?

I still consider myself a newer member with a little more than 11 years in the association. AWWA’s resources, be it publications, workshops, or the MN AWWA Annual Conference have been invaluable. Networking is fabulous with the AWWA! When there is a question, AWWA has been able to provide an answer.

What experiences have helped you most in your life or career?

Learning to implement work/family balance in my life. While it is exciting to push limits, I learned to remember to look at the whole picture. I’ve learned to consider what needs to be put on the back burner when in pursuit of something new to strike the right balance.

What are some challenges you have overcome?

Ensuring the events are properly staffed with volunteers and amenities, all while making it look easy for the audience.

What advice would you give to someone who might be facing the same challenges you did?

Plan, plan, plan. Make sure that there are contingency plans in place for any eventuality. Gather more volunteers than you think you will need to cover all your bases.

What does it mean to you to be a part of a community that values belonging? What does Diversity, Equity, and/or Inclusion mean to you? It is great to be part of an ever-improving community. By welcoming a more diverse

population and capturing additional ideas from underrepresented groups, we provide opportunities to produce a high-quality product that is trusted by a larger population.

Hobbies and outside interests?

I enjoy the outdoors. Give me the chance to cycle, run, hike, or climb a mountain, and I am in. I am pleased to say I safely made the trek to the top of Mount Rainier. Traveling around is a great way to check out our world.

What legacy would you like to leave behind?

I want to be known as a person who cares about water and the people behind the scenes who make that quality water possible. •

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2024 MN AWWA Membership Directory

This is a list of current AWWA members, as of the time this magazine went to print. Don’t see your name listed here? If you are not an AWWA member, or believe you are but don’t see yourself listed here, please contact us so we can help you join or to check on your membership status. AWWA is the world’s largest association of water professionals, and a way to have access to the most up-to-date industry information and resources, not to mention it’s the best way to network with other water professionals. Questions about membership? Just ask us! Contact Liz Wahlen ( liz@mnawwa.org) or Mona Cavalcoli ( mona@mnawwa.org) or visit us on the web at www.mnawwa.org.

Corey Aadalen City of Red Wing (651) 385-5160 corey.aadalen@ci.red-wing.mn.us

Joe Ackerman

Minneapolis Water Works (612) 661-4821 joseph.ackerman@minneapolismn.gov

Aitkin Public Utilities Commission (218) 927-3222

Olutooni Ajayi University of Minnesota ajayi035@umn.edu

Victor Akeju Brierley Associates (612) 707-0645 vakeju@brierleyassociates.com

Mike Albert City of Eden Prairie Utilities Division malbert@edenprairie.org

Solomon Alemu Saint Paul Regional Water Services (651) 246-8798 solomon.alemu@stpaul.gov

Alexandria Light & Power (320) 763-6501

Chuck Allan City of Minnetonka (952) 484-6340 callan@minnetonkamn.gov

Brittney Allen SL-Serco, Inc. (612) 741-2350 brittney.allen@slserco.com

Conor Allen (651) 272-8933 callen@blainemn.gov

Dave Allen SL Serco, Inc. (612) 782.9716 dave.allen@slserco.com

Andrew Allmann City of Eden Prairie (952) 294-5903 aallmann@edenprairie.org

Richard Alt City of Cottage Grove (651) 458-2842 ralt@cottagegrovemn.gov

Adib Amini University of Wisconsin-Madison (540) 244-1239 amini4@wisc.edu

Brian Amudson DeZurik, Inc. brian.amundson@dezurik.com

Tim Amundsen City of Excelsior (952) 653-3676 tamundsen@excelsiormn.org

William Anderl (763) 529-5008 banderl@yahoo.com

Anita Anderson

MinnesotaDepartment of Health (218) 302-6143 anita.c.anderson@state.mn.us

Brandon Anderson City of Apple Valley banderson@cityofapplevalley.org

Brett Anderson City of Minneapolis – PW – WTDSD (612) 673-3280 brett.anderson@minneapolismn.gov

Chris Anderson City of Granite Falls (320) 564-2530 water@mvtvwireless.com

Craig Anderson Wells Public Utility Comm craig@wpuc.net

Scott Anderson City of Bloomington (952) 563-4867 smanderson@bloomingtonmn.gov

Scott Anderson Saint Paul Regional Water Services scott.anderson@ci.stpaul.mn.us

Todd Anderson (218) 333-1854

Heidi Andrist Rochester Public Utilities (507) 292-1215 handrist@rpu.org

William Angerman WHKS & Co. (507) 288-3923 bangerman@whks.com

Steve Arndt City of Farmington (651) 248-9194 sarndt@ci.farmington.mn.us

Marie Asgian Minneapolis Water Works (612) 673-5682 marie.asgian@minneapolismn.gov

Jamie Atkins Saint Paul Regional Water Services jamie.atkins@ci.stpaul.mn.us

Michael Atwood Elk River Municipal Utilities matwood@ermumn.com

Randy Atwood Ford Meter Box Company, Inc. (651) 315-6635 ratwood@fordmeterbox.com

Austin Utilities (507) 433-8886

Brian Austinson Owatonna Public Utilities brian.austinson@owatonnautilities.com

Chuck Autio City of Hopkins (952) 548-6378 cautio@hopkinsmn.com

Tim Bagstad Saint Paul Regional Water Services (651) 266-6283 tim.bagstad@stpaul.gov

Clairissa Baker (925) 331-0573 x 709 cbaker@aqueousvets.com

James Bakken

Preston Public Utilities Commission (507) 765-2491 jbakken@prestonmn.org

Annika Bankston Minneapolis Division of Water Treatment & Distribution Services (612) 673-2191 annika.bankston@minneapolismn.gov

Anna Barker (651) 528-7299 annafbarker@gmail.com

Tim Barrett City of New Brighton (612) 867-7994 tim.barrett@newbrightonmn.gov

Donald Bartell Dezurik (724) 462-5340 don.bartell@dezurik.com

Alex Bartley Minnesota Department of Health alex@ahbart.net

Randy Bartz Coating Resources, Inc. (952) 746-1909 rbartz@tnemec.com

Tareq Bastawisy Minnesota Department of Health (651) 368-1235 tareq.bastawisy@state.mn.us

Glenn Bauer Sauk Centre Public Utilities Commission (320) 352-6538 wastewater@scpuc.com

Seth Baune East Grand Forks Water & Light (218) 791-7879 sbaune@egf.mn

Carie Becker Mankato Utilities (507) 387-8520 cbecker@mankatomn.gov

Keven Becklin City of Fridley Water Department (763) 238-8078 keven.becklin@fridleymn.gov

Sandy Beecher City of Woodbury sandra.beecher@woodburymn.gov

Jason Belair (763) 274-8516 belairjj@gmail.com

Anthony Belden Great Northern Environmental (651) 777-4041 tbelden@gnenv.com

Chad Beltrand Vessco, Inc. (612) 242-5247 cbeltrand@vessco.com

Susan Benjamin Hibbing Public Utility Commission susan.benjamin@hpuc.com

Robert Benson City of Stillwater Water Dept. (651) 439-6231

Terry Benson Thief River Falls Water tbenson@trfmn.gov

Tony Benson Rochester Public Utilities tbenson@rpu.org

Dan Bentley Minneapolis Water Works

Brian Bergantine AE2S (701) 364-9111 brian.bergantine@ae2s.com

Tricia Berger (952) 896-0844 bergerp@bv.com

Robert Bergsgaard (651) 235-2377 rbergsgaard@aqueousvets.com

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David Berkowitz City of Andover (763) 767-5133 d.berkowitz@andovermn.gov

Timothy Berquam Bergerson Caswell, Inc. (763) 479-3121 tim.berquam@bergersoncaswell.com

Stacey Bickler Wigen Water Technologies (952) 448-4884 stacey.bickler@wigen.com

Sara Binahmed-Menzies Barr Engineering (407) 202-6883 sbinahmed-menzies@barr.com

Ross Bintner City of Edina (952) 903-5713 rbintner@edinamn.gov

Alex Bitter Widseth Smith Nolting Assoc. (218) 316-3627 alex.bitter@widseth.com

Duane Bjelland Rochester Public Utilities (507) 280-1504 dbjelland@rpu.org

Sophie Black Brierley Associates sblack@brierleyassociates.com

Lori Blair Minnesota Rural Water Association (218) 685-5197 lori.blair@mrwa.com

Jeff Blakely American Cast Iron Pipe Co. (218) 686-7434 jblakely@american-usa.com

Trevor Blaska City of Brooklyn Park trevor.blaska@brooklynpark.org

Nick Bleess Blue Earth Light & Water (507) 526-2191 nick.bleess@belw.org

Carol Blommel Johnson Metropolitan Council (612) 352-7140 carol.blommel-johnson@metc.state.mn.us

Kyle Blommer Black & Veatch blommerk@bv.com

Todd Blomstrom Saint Paul Regional Water Services (651) 266-6335 todd.blomstrom@stpaul.gov

Douglas Bode City of Waconia (952) 442-2615 dbode@waconia.org

Tim Bohmer Municipal Service Co., Inc. municipalservices@loretel.net

Brad Boice City of Eyota (507) 545-2135 bboice@cityofeyota.com

Alex Boie (651) 358-8863 boiegeo@gmail.com

Gregory Bona Minneapolis Water Works (612) 661-4924 gregory.bona@minneapolismn.gov

Jason Bordewyk (651) 775-5164 jbordewyk@aegion.com

Steven Borg City of Eden Prairie

Adam Bourassa St. Cloud Public Utilities adam.bourassa@ci.stcloud.mn.us

Michael Bourland Minnesota Department of Health michael.bourland@state.mn.us

Dan Boyce dboyce@gra.midco.net

Darren Braegelman City of Belgrade (320) 254-3342

Brainerd Public Utilities (218) 825-3220

Anthony Bramante In Control Inc (218) 349-8458 anthony.bramante@incontrol.net

Todd Bredesen Core & Main (612) 597-8519 todd.bredesen@coreandmain.com

Cory Breitung City of Apple Valley cory.breitung@applevalleymn.gov

Dustin Bremness Plant & Flanged Equipment LLC (763) 792-3870 db@plantandflanged.com

Meghan Brockman Bolton & Menk (763) 463-5036 meghan.oconnor@bolton-menk.com

Nicholas Brogren (612) 708-6517 n.brogren@kurita-water.com

Theodore Brokaw (218) 283-4403 tedb@ci.international-falls.mn.us

Andrew Brotzler City of Prior Lake (651) 322-2025 abrotzler@priorlakemn.gov

Abbie Browen City of Plymouth (715) 781-8860 abrowen@plymouthmn.gov

David Brown Metropolitan Council (651) 602-1072 djbrownmn@gmail.com

George Brown (507) 233-2132 georgeb@newulmmn.gov

Joshua Brown City of Minneapolis (612) 719-2615 joshua.brown@minneapolismn.gov

Robert Brown (612) 968-9097 robert.brown@brownswitzer.com

Emily Bruess Kimley-Horn Associates emily.bruess@kimley-horn.com

Sarah Brunsvold Moore Engineering (320) 281-5493 x 1111 sarah.brunsvold@mooreengineeringinc.com

Steve Bruskiewicz Clow Valve Company (262) 305-5238 steveb769@gmail.com

Bernie Bullert bernie.bullert@sl-serco.com

Alex Bumgardner Austin Utilities (507) 433-8886 alexb@austinutilities.com

Brent Bunke Rochester Public Utilities bbunke@rpu.org

Martha Burckhardt Saint Paul Regional Water Services (651) 266-1631 martha.burckhardt@stpaul.gov

Sandeep Burman (651) 201-4647 sandeep.burman@state.mn.us

Scott Burnell Minneapolis Water Works (612) 437-3660 scott.burnell@minneapolismn.gov

Pete Burns City of Le Sueur- Water/Wastewater (507) 593-8374 pburns@cityoflesueur.com

Burns & McDonnell Engineering Co. Inc. (816) 822-3218

Steven Bushman (507) 381-4045 steveswoods@yahoo.com

Jeffrey Campbell City of Eden Prairie Utility Division (952) 949-8530 jcampbell@edenprairie.org

Chris Capecchi City of Plymouth (651) 398-2576 ccapecchi@plymouthmn.gov

Wade Cardinal Thief River Falls Water (218) 681-3809 wcardinal@trfmn.gov

Becky Carlson Saint Paul Regional Water Services becky.carlson@ci.stpaul.mn.us

Karilyn Carlson City of Eden Prairie Utilities Division (952) 294-5907 kcarlson2@edenprairie.org

Jake Casebeer City of Chanhassen (612) 209-0223 jcasebeer@ci.chanhassen.mn.us

Nathan Cassidy nathancassidy07@gmail.com

Thomas Cassidy Thomascassidy5@gmail.com

Chris Catlin chrisawwa@gmail.com

Mona Cavalcoli Minnesota AWWA (718) 728-8469 mcavalcoli@gmail.com

Qigang Chang Advanced Engineering and Environmental Services Inc. (AE2S) (701) 364-9111 qigang.chang@ae2s.com

Graeme Chaple Saint Paul Regional Water Services (651) 775-3030 graeme.chaple@ci.stpaul.mn.us

Chart, Inc. (952) 243-8800

Che Fei Chen St. Paul Regional Water Services (651) 266-1629 chefei.chen@stpaul.gov

Diana Chiodo Minneapolis Water Works (612) 673-5600 diana.chiodo@minneapolismn.gov

Jonathan Christensen jonathan.s.christensen@gmail.com

Paul Christensen PeopleService (507) 964-2231 pchristensen@peopleservice.com

City of Albert Lea (507) 377-4378

City of Aurora (218) 229-2624

City of Baxter (218) 454-5115

City of Bloomington (952) 563-8774

City of Brooklyn CenterWater Department (763) 585-7103

City of Brooklyn Park (763) 315-8412

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City of Carlton (218) 384-4229

City of Circle Pines (763) 784-5898

City of Cloquet (218) 590-6946

City of Cottage Grove (651) 458-2808

City of Detroit Lakes (218) 846-7102

City of Eagan (651) 675-5215

City of Eden Prairie (952) 294-5908

City of Excelsior (952) 474-3464

City of Fairmont (507) 235-6789

City of Glencoe (320) 864-6954

City of Golden Valley (763) 593-3981

City of Granite Falls (320) 564-2530

City of Hutchinson Water Department (320) 234-4222

City of Inver Grove Heights (651) 450-2565

City of Jeffers (507) 628-4242

City of Lake City (651) 345-6850

City of Le Sueur: Water/Wastewater (507) 665-9941 x 500

City of Lindstrom (651) 257-0620

City of Little Canada (651) 766-4049

City of Luverne (507) 449-2388

City of Maple Grove (763) 494-6371

City of Medina (763) 473-8842

City of Monticello (763) 271-3274

City of Mound Water Department (952) 472-0614

City of New Brighton (651) 638-2119

City of Northfield (507) 645-3088

City of Paynesville (320) 243-3714

City of Plymouth (763) 509-5999

City of Prior Lake (952) 447-9890

City of Richfield (612) 861-9175

City of Rosemount (651) 322-2022

City of Roseville (651) 792-7003

City of S. St. Paul (651) 554-3245

City of Shoreview (651) 490-4651

City of Spicer (320) 796-5562

City of Victoria

City of Waconia (952) 442-2615

City of Warren (218) 745-5343

City of Waseca (507) 835-9713

City of Woodbury (651) 714-3720

City of Wyoming (651) 462-0580

Tyrel Clark Moore Engineering (701) 551-1082

Dave Cluff Aitkin Public Utilities Commission dcluff@aitkinutilities.com

Tim Colgan Carus Chemical Company (815) 224-6526 tim.colgan@carusllc.com

Valerie Collins Minnesota Department of Health valerie.collins@state.mn.us

Mike Comeans City of Eden Prairie Utilities Division mcomeans@edenprairie.org

James Connor Bolton & Menk (507) 625-4171 james.connor@bolton-menk.com

Pat Conrad City of Bloomington (952) 563-4910 mxzconrad@gmail.com

Ray Cook Silversmith, Inc. rcook@silversmithinc.com

Brandon Coombs (952) 448-4884 brandon.coombs@wigen.com

Paul Coone City of Roseville paul.coone@ci.roseville.mn.us Copperweld (877) 726-5644

Clark Corbett Vessco, Inc. (952) 314-0626 ccorbett@vessco.com

Richard Corbett Vessco, Inc. (952) 941-2678 x 622 dcorbett@vessco.com

Ramsey Coronado City of Saint Paul ramsey.coronado@stpaul.gov

Doran Cote City of Rogers (763) 428-8580 dcote@rogersmn.gov

Tom Coughlin City of Brooklyn Park tom.coughlin@brooklynpark.org

Bill Courtright Elk River Municipal Utilities (320) 319-8273 wcourtright@ermumn.com

Wade Craddock DeZurik, Inc. wade.craddock@dezurik.com

Matthew Croaston City of Minneapolis matthew.croaston@minneapolismn.gov

Dean Crooks City of St. Louis Park dcrooks@stlouispark.org

Stephanie Cross Copperweld scross@copperweld.com

Steve Crumley Minneapolis Water Works (612) 661-4907 steve.crumley@minneapolismn.gov

Marc Culver City of Roseville (651) 792-7042 marc.culver@cityofroseville.com

Chance Curtis (218) 928-8077 chance.curtis@xylem.com

Bill Cutter Burk & Associates (651) 686-0181 bcutter@repriteburk.com

Shanna Czeck St. Cloud Public Utilities (320) 255-7225 shanna.czeck@ci.stcloud.mn.us

Brian Dahl ALP Utilities (320) 763-6501 bdahl@alputilities.com

Dustin Dale Advanced Engineering & Enviroment Services, Inc. (605) 341-7800 dustin.dale@ae2s.com

Jeffery Dale DSG jeff.dale@dsgsupply.com

Matt Dalrymple Saint Paul Regional Water Services matt.dalrymple@ci.stpaul.mn.us

James De Lambert Carlson McCain, Inc. (952) 346-3866 jdelambert@carlsonmccain.com

Delano Municipal Utilities (763) 972-0557

Harold Desautel Preferred Controls, Inc. (320) 845-6772 desautelh@preferredcontrols.com

Brian DeWolf Vessco, Inc. (952) 941-2678 bdewolf@vessco.com

Diamond K Gypsum (952) 224-2939 x 11

Stefanie Dickinson Hibbing Public Utilities (218) 262-7760 stefanie.dickinson@hpuc.com

Bill Dircks City of Little Canada (651) 766-4049 bill.dircks@ci.little-canada.mn.us

Dixon Engineering, Inc. (616) 374-3221

Kallie Doeden Barr Engineering (952) 842-3725 kdoeden@barr.com

Cathy Dols Chart Inc. (952) 243-8200 cathy.dols@chartindustries.com

Chad Donnelly City of Richfield (612) 861-9798 cdonnelly@richfieldmn.gov

John Dorn DeZurik, Inc. john.dorn@dezurik.com

Mariah Dorner (651) 983-4007 dorne016@umn.edu

Nick Dragisich (651) 303-6378 nickdragisich@comcast.net

Duluth Public Works & Utilities (218) 730-5200

Rocio Durkot St. Cloud Public Utilities (320) 255-7226 x 2975 rocio.durkot@ci.stcloud.mn.us

Joe Dusek City of Eden Prairie Utilities Division jdusek@edenprairie.org

Samuel Dyrud Van Bergen & Markson, Inc. (763) 546-4340 s.dyrud@vbminc.com

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East Grand Forks Water & Light (218) 773-1511

Will Eatmon Schneider Electric will.eatmon@se.com

Jon Eaton City of Eagan (651) 675-5215 jeaton@cityofeagan.com

Randy Eggert Kenyon Municipal Utilities (507) 789-6415 utility@cityofkenyon.com

Laura Eilek Hawkins, Inc. (612) 617-8663 laura.eilek@hawkinsinc.com

Tracy Ekola (320) 250-6147 tekola@brwncald.com

Craig Eldred City of Waconia (952) 381-7141 craig.eldred23@gmail.com

Elk River Municipal Utilities (763) 441-2020

Robert Ellis Public Works Department (952) 949-8310 rellis@edenprairie.org

EMA, Inc. (651) 639-5615

Steven Emery Widsith Smith Nolting & Associate (218) 773-1185 steve.emery@widseth.com

Gary Englund (651) 341-5698 judyke1@comcast.net

Anders Erickson City of Richfield aerickson@richfieldmn.gov

Chyann Erickson (715) 933-2574 cerickson@freshwater.org

Jeremy Erickson (651) 266-1641 jeremy.erickson@stpaul.gov

Ronit Erlitzki Chart, Inc. (404) 554-7883 ronit.erlitzki@chartindustries.com

Justin Ernst (612) 212-8004 Justin@techfamily.net

Robert Ervin Minneapolis Water Works robert.ervin@minneapolismn.gov

Brenda Eschenbacher Minnesota Department of Health (651) 201-3976 brenda.eschenbacher@state.mn.us

Tannie Eshenaur

Minnesota Department of Health (651) 201-4074 tannie.eshenaur@state.mn.us

Walter Eshenaur Stanley Consultants (952) 843-5526 eshenaurwalter@stanleygroup.com

Brian Ethun City of Eden Prairie Utilities Division bethun@edenprairie.org

Steven Evanson (651) 552-9507 steve.evanson@stpaul.gov

Cynthia Falconer City of Duluth (218) 730-5101 cfalconer@duluthmn.gov

Martin Farrell City of Dayton mfarrell@cityofdaytonmn.com

Cuneyt Feizoulof SEH cfeizoulof@sehinc.com

Chad Fischer City of Maple Grove cfischer@maplegrovemn.gov

Kala Fisher St. Louis Park Water Department kfisher@stlouisparkmn.gov

Austin Fitzgerald Waterous Company (651) 355-1019 amfitzgerald@waterousco.com

Marcus Fitzgerald Saint Paul Regional Water Services marcus.fitzgerald@ci.stpaul.mn.us

Jared Fogelson Moorhead Public Service (320) 248-6883 jfogelson@mpsutility.com

Dale Folen Minneapolis Water Works (612) 661-4908 dale.folen@minneapolismn.gov

Ben Foley Schneider Electric ben.foley@se.com

Rebecca Foote City of Eagan (651) 675-5222 rfoote@cityofeagan.com

Brad Forester AMERICAN Ductile Iron Pipe/ Spiralweld Steel Pipe (612) 239-4444 bforester@american-usa.com

Matthew Fraley City of Lindstrom (651) 257-0610 mfraley@cityoflindstrom.us

Rick Francios City of Eagan rfrancois@cityofeagan.com

Wayne Frank (507) 325-2311

Jesse Freihammer City of Roseville (651) 792-7004 jesse.freihammer@cityofroseville.com

Todd Freking St. Paul Regional Water Services todd.freking@ci.stpaul.mn.us

John Friel SEH (651) 238-8114 jfriel@sehinc.com

Mike Fries Ferguson Waterworks (612) 850-4050 x 4050 mike.fries@ferguson.com

Matthew Fritze Great Northern Environmental (952) 239-2264 mfritze@gnenv.com

Scott Fronek Black & Veatch (952) 896-0701 froneksd@bv.com

Kristian Gaasland (218) 341-8599 kristian.gaasland@gmail.com

Jeremi Gaffey City of Champlin (763) 923-7187 jgaffey@ci.champlin.mn.us

Noah Gallagher St. Anthony Falls Laboratory galla444@umn.edu

John Galt Minnesota Department of Health john.galt@state.mn.us

Charles Gammon (763) 238-4806 charliem@midco.net

Joseph Garcia Saint Paul Regional Water Services joseph.d.garcia@ci.stpaul.mn.us

Nicole Gaustad AE2S (763) 463-5036 nicole.gaustad@ae2s.com

Jim Geatilini City of Aurora w-wwsupervisor@ci.aurora.mn.us

Michael Geers

Litchfield Water Department (320) 693-7201 mike.geers@ci.litchfield.mn.us

Eric Geibel Wigen Water Technologies (312) 833-3136 eric.geibel@wigen.com

Mark Germscheid EMA, Inc. mgermscheid@ema-inc.com

Jamal Ghauri (701) 306-9126 jghauri205@gmail.com

Steve Gilberg City of Eagan (651) 485-0602 sgilberg@cityofeagan.com

Christopher Glassing AMERICAN Cast Iron Pipe Company (240) 469-1100 cglassing@american-usa.com

Michael Glende (507) 838-5559 mglende@ci.faribault.mn.us

David Goergen City of Edina (952) 826-0312 dgoergen@edinamn.gov

David Goman City of Orono (952) 249-4661 dgoman@ci.orono.mn.us

Jeremy Gosewisch Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (952) 496-6176 jeremy.gosewisch@shakopeedakota.org

Scott Grabe City of Staples (218) 894-2550 x 6 sgrabe@ci.staples.mn.us

Shari Grams Minneapolis Water Works (612) 673-5831 shari.grams@minneapolismn.gov

Grand Rapids Public Utilities Commission (218) 326-7687

Jerome Grant DeZurik, Inc. (320) 259-2265 jerry.grant@dezurik.com

Allison Graper Advanced Engineering and Environmental Services (920) 710-1525 allison.graper@ae2s.com

John Graupman Bolton & Menk, Inc. (507) 625-4171 john.graupman@bolton-menk.com

John Greer Barr Engineering Co. (952) 832-2691 jgreer@barr.com

James Grillo Sensus USA, Inc (612) 867-3283 jim.grillo@xylem.com

Morgan Grinols City of Eden Prairie Utilities Division mgrinols@edenprairie.org

Jim Groose Watersurplus (815) 636-8833 jim.groose@watersurplus.com

Trentyn Groslie Thief River Falls Water tgroslie@trfmn.gov

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Steve Grossman City of Lakeville Water Department (952) 985-2742 sgrossman@lakevillemn.gov

Andy Groth City of Eden Prairie Utilities Division (952) 949-8530 agroth@edenprairie.org

Scott Gubash City of Inver Grove Heights sgubash@ighmn.gov

Greg Guerrero Duluth Public Works & Utilities (218) 730-4058 gguerrero@duluthmn.gov

Jeremy Gumke City of St. Anthony (612) 782-3441 jeremy.gumke@savmn.com

Craig Habighorst Rice Lake Construction Group (218) 546-5519 x 1909 craig_habighorst@ricelake.org

Matthew Haefner City of Chaska (952) 227-7733 mhaefner@chaskamn.com

David Hagen Shakopee Public Utilites (952) 233-1503 dhagen@shakopeeutilities.com

James Hagen (612) 219-5686 jhagen05@hamline.edu

Ryan Hajek City of Albert Lea (507) 377-4377 rhajek@ci.albertlea.mn.us

Nathan Halbakken Moorhead Public Service (218) 477-8070 nhalbakken@mpsutility.com

Jay Hall St. Louis Park Water Department (952) 242-2557 jhall@stlouispark.mn.gov

Nina Halverson Tonka Water, A Kurita Brand (763) 559-2837 n.halverson@kurita-water.com

Ryan Halverson Shakopee Public Utilities (952) 233-1518 rhalverson@shakopeeutilities.com

Mike Hamernik City of Winona

Patrick Haney Stanley Consultants haneypatrick@stanleygroup.com

Allison Hansen CDM Smith (651) 252-3717 hansenaj@cdmsmith.com

Joe Hansen City of Golden Valley (763) 593-8038 jhansen@goldenvalleymn.gov

Kevin Hansen City of Columbia Heights (763) 706-3705

Neil Hansen City of Grand Marais (218) 387-1160 neil@grandmarais.city

Mark Hanson

Elk River Municipal Utilities (763) 441-2020 mhanson@ermumn.com

Ryan Hanson AE2S (612) 220-0154 ryan.hanson@ae2s.com

Ryan Hanson Sherwin Williams (612) 220-6299 ryan.j.hanson@sherwin.com

Mike Hardin

Sleepy Eye Municipal Utility (507) 794-4371 mhardin@sleepyeye-mn.com

Jackson Hardin EMA, Inc. (651) 628-5030 jhardin@ema-inc.com

Harold Beck & Sons, Inc. (215) 968-4600

John Harren (320) 235-4422 jharren@wmu.willmar.mn.us

David Harris Fischer, Harris & Associates (651) 338-9222 dave@fischer-harris.com

Jesse Hartman City of New Brighton (651) 638-2114 jesse.hartman@newbrightonmn.gov

Christopher Hartzell City of Woodbury christopher.hartzell@woodburymn.gov

Angela Hauge Elk River Municipal Utilities (763) 635-1365 ahauge@ermumn.com

Aaron Hauser City of Winona (507) 429-0206 ahauser@ci.winona.mn.us

James Hauth

City of Columbia Heights Wtr. (651) 204-6050 jim.hamann@cityvadnaisheights.com

Jerry Hayden Minneapolis Water Works

Fox Heinrich Saint Paul Regional Water Services heinrich.fox@ci.stpaul.mn.us

Sandra Hernandez Saint Paul Regional Water Services sandy.hernandez@stpaul.gov

Paul Herubin (651) 788-6706 pherubin@gmail.com

Cara Hesse City of Buffalo (763) 684-5432 cara.hesse@ci.buffalo.mn.us

Tim Hewett

City of St. Cloud - Public Utilities (320) 255-7225 x 2844 timothy.hewett@ci.stcloud.mn.us

Rich Hibbard Saint Paul Regional Water Services (612) 296-4573 richard.hibbard@ci.stpaul.mn.us

Hibbing Public Utility Commission (218) 262-7725

Jason Hillman Marshall & Polk Rural Water System mprws@mncable.net

Kyle Hinrichs City of Mankato (507) 380-2986 khinrichs@mankatomn.gov

Phu Hoang

City of Eden Prairie Utilities Division (612) 232-0725 phoang@edenprairie.org

Tracy Hodel St. Cloud Public Utilities (320) 255-7225 tracy.hodel@ci.stcloud.mn.us

Hannah Hoekman (763) 203-1711 hannah.hoekman24@gmail.com

Robyn Hoerr (218) 685-5197 robyn.hoerr@mrwa.com

Lucas Hoffman MDH (218) 332-5147 lucas.hoffman@state.mn.us

Dave Hokanson

Minnesota Department of Health (651) 201-4556 dave.hokanson@state.mn.us

Jeffery Holbeck East Grand Forks Water & Light (218) 289-0133 jholbeck@egf.mn

Austin Holm St. Louis Park Water Department (952) 924-2562 aholm@stlouispark.org

Lance Holmen

City of Jeffers (507) 628-4242 jeffersvillage@centurytel.net

Connor Holt connor@coatingresourcesinc.com

Michael Holweger City of East Grand Forks Water & Light Dept. (218) 773-0515

Douglas Holzer City of Rosemount doug.holzer@rosemountmn.gov

Elvin Hossen Claros Technologies Inc. elvin@clarostech.com

Jason Hostetter City of Woodbury jason.hostetter@woodburymn.gov

Patrick Hovda Mankato Utilities phovda@mankatomn.gov

John Howes

Minneapolis Water Works (612) 297-7034 john.howes@minneapolismn.gov

Raymond Hozalski (612) 626-9650 hozalski@umn.edu

Dane Huber

Minnesota Department of Health dane.huber@state.mn.us

Jacob Humburg Bolton & Menk, Inc. (952) 890-0509 x 3167 jacob.humburg@bolton-menk.com

David Hume Leonard Engineers Inc. (612) 805-0919 dave.hume@lrewater.com

McKenzie Hunt SEH, Inc. (612) 368-8844 mhunt@sehinc.com

Renee Huset St. Paul Regional Water Services (651) 266-6877 renee.huset@stpaul.gov

Jeremy Hutchens Lake Crystal Municipal Utilities (507) 726-2538 lcwater@lakecrystalmn.org

HydroCorp (800) 690-6651

Indelco Plastics Corporation (303) 398-2700

Indian Health Service – Bemidji Area DSFC (218) 444-0502

Interstate Engineering, Inc. (406) 433-5617

Robert Isabel CDM Smith Inc. (651) 252-3800 isabelrs@cdmsmith.com ISG (712) 732-7745

Jerry Jacobs City of Apple Valley (952) 953-2440 jerry.jacobs@applevalleymn.gov

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Verne Jacobsen TKDA (651) 292-4484

Mark Jacobson Minneapolis Water Works (612) 661-4941

Chuck Jacobus City of Rosemount (651) 302-6092 chuck.jacobus@ci.rosemount.mn.us

Todd Jagoe City of Shoreview (651) 490-4672 tjagoe@shoreviewmn.gov

Steven Jahnke City of Albert Lea (507) 377-4325 sjahnke@ci.albertlea.mn.us

Kelley Janes AE2S (763) 593-8038 kelley.janes@ae2s.com

Thomas Jankowski (972) 262-3600 tjankowski63@sbcglobal.net

Mark Janovec Stantec (651) 775-6532 mark.janovec@stantec.com

Joe Janson Minnesota Rural Water Association (320) 255-9950 joe.janson@mrwa.com

Mathew Jefferson City of Golden Valley mjefferson@goldenvalleymn.gov

Brian Jensen brian.jensen@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk

Kelly Jensen Wigen Water Technologies (763) 283-5857 maria.mayberry@wigen.com

Miles Jensen SEH, Inc. (651) 775-5031 mjensen@sehinc.com

Scott Jensen City of Lake City (651) 345-5383 sjensen@ci.lake-city.mn.us

Brian Johnson E. Grand Forks Water and Light Department (218) 773-1511 bjohnson@egf.mn

Evan Johnson City of New Brighton (651) 253-2922 evan.johnson@newbrightonmn.gov

Gregory Johnson (651) 323-7464 gophernation94@gmail.com

Krystal Johnson City of St. Cloud Public Utilities (320) 650-2845 lingoracer19@yahoo.com

Matthew Johnson City of Inver Grove Heights mjohnson@ighmn.gov

Michael Johnson HDR (763) 458-7735 mjohnson@hdrinc.com

Mitch Johnson City of Albert Lea mjohnson@ci.albertlea.mn.us

Steve Johnson Rochester Public Utilities sjohnson@rpu.org

Tom Johnson (612) 963-0667 tom-flow.johnson@emerson.com

Wayne Johnson (218) 689-8967 wjohnson@trfmn.gov

Bo Johnston (952) 896-0704 johnstonrw@bv.com

Kathryn Jones (763) 278-5917 kathryn.jones@hdrinc.com

Dominic Jones Red Rock Rural Water System (507)628-4201 dominicredrock@centurytel.net

Kory Jorgensen City of Coon Rapids (763) 238-7775 koryjorgensen@gmail.com

Suzy Juaire Bersie sjuaire72@gmail.com

Matt Kaderlik Willmar Municipal Utility mkaderlik@wmu.willmar.mn.us

Indran Kamalanathan

Minnesota Department of Health indran.kamalanathan@state.mn.us

Timothy Kampa City of Bloomington Utilities (952) 563-8776 tkampa@bloomingtonmn.gov

Angie Kane

Minnesota Department of Health (651) 201-4694 angie.kane@state.mn.us

Todd Karels City of Waconia (952) 442-2615 tkarels@waconia.org

Andrew Karp (651) 201-4668 andrew.karp@state.mn.us

Nate Karp

Minnesota Department of Health (218) 302-6168 nate.karp@state.mn.us

Carol Kaszynski Metropolitan Council carol.kaszynski@metrotransit.org

Chad Katzenberger (218) 855-1720 ckatzenberger@sehinc.com

Kyle Kedrowski

Minnesota Rural Water Association (218) 685-5197 kyle.kedrowski@mrwa.com

Karl Keel City of Bloomington (952) 563-8731 kkeel@ci.bloomington.mn.us

Dick Keeney Saint Paul Regional Water Services richard.keeney@ci.stpaul.mn.us

Andrew Kegley City of Oak Park Heights (651) 334-5140 akegley@cityofoakparkheights.com

Shawn Kelly

City of International Falls (218) 283-2990 shawnk@ci.international-falls.mn.us

Jake Kemnitz City of Waconia jkemnitz@waconia.org

Julie Kennedy Grand Rapids Public Utilities Commission (218) 326-7687 jakennedy@grpuc.org

Gunnar Kern Bolton and Menk Engineering (507) 740-0174 gunnar.kern@bolton-menk.com

Tim Kieffer City of Golden Valley (763) 593-3960 tkieffer@goldenvalleymn.gov

Timothy Kinny (651) 492-6985 kinnytp@cdmsmith.com

Gary Kirkeby (320) 983-6547 gkirkeby@milacacity.com

Chris Kleist Duluth Public Works & Utilities ckleist@duluthmn.gov

Michael Klimers City of Savage Utilities Services (952) 224-3400 x 3442 mklimers@cityofsavage.com

Andrew Knapp SEH aknapp@sehinc.com

Walter Knapp City of Rogers (763) 428-8580 wknapp@rogersmn.gov

Andy Knuth

Saint Paul Regional Water Services andy.knuth@ci.stpaul.mn.us

Christopher Knutson Moorhead Public Service (612) 867-0528 cknutson@mpsutility.com

Kristofer Knutson (218) 329-9528 kristoferknutson@gmail.com

Jennifer Koenig Minnesota Rural Water Assn. (320) 815-4990 jennifer.koenig@mrwa.com

Mike Koethe Oakdale Water Department

A.J. Korpela City of Rosemount (651) 322-2042 aj.korpela@rosemountmn.gov

Karleen Kos Minnesota Municipal Utilities Association (763) 551-1230 kkos@mmua.org

Ryan Kotta Apex Engineering Group, Inc. kottaryan@gmail.com

Brian Kraabel (612) 400-3681 brian.kraabel@gmail.com

Eric Kramer City of Inver Grove Heights (651) 450-2565 ekramer@ighmn.gov

George Kraynick Minneapolis Water Works (612) 661-4923 george.kraynick@minneapolismn.gov

Teresa Kreckow City of Minneapolis (763) 432-3301 teresa.kreckow@minneapolismn.gov

Joseph Kroening Minneapolis Water Works (612) 661-4989 joseph.kroening@minneapolismn.gov

Daniel Kropp daniel.d.kropp@gmail.com

Gregg Kropp St. Cloud Technical & Community College (218) 232-3210 gregg.kropp@sctcc.edu

Kinsey Kump kinsey.kump@gmail.com

Erinn Kunik Jacobs (952) 288-7611 erinn.kunik@jacobs.com

Michael Kuno City of Minnetonka Water Department (952) 988-8410 mkuno@minnetonkamn.gov

Chris Labounty City of Maple Grove (763) 509-5541 clabounty@maplegrovemn.gov

Lake Crystal Municipal Utilities (507) 726-2538

Allen Lamm (507) 217-9579 ajlamm@newulmtel.net

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Bree Landherr Minnesota Department of Health (651) 201-5007 bree.landherr@state.mn.us

Sue Lang Minnesota Department of Health (651) 201-4546 sue.lang@state.mn.us

Kelly Lange-Haider kelly.langehaider@gmail.com

Timothy LaPara (626) 624-6028 lapar001@umn.edu

Andrew Lardani Saint Paul Regional Water Services andrew.lardani@ci.stpaul.mn.us

Kim Larsen Minnesota Department of Health (320) 293-7992 kim.larsen@state.mn.us

Christopher Larson SEH, Inc. (952) 905-1212 clarson@sehinc.com

Christopher Larson Minneapolis Water Works (218) 234-3464 christopher.larson@minneapolismn.gov

Corey Larson (715) 492-1013 corey.larson@state.mn.us

Emma Larson St. Cloud Public Utilities emma.larson@ci.stcloud.mn.us

Jeff Larson Marshall Municipal Utilities (507) 929-5979 jeffl@marshallutilities.com

Sam Larson Minneapolis Water Works sam.larson@minneapolismn.gov

Corey Larson (715) 492-1013 corey.larson@state.mn.us

John Laumann

St. Louis Park Water Department (952) 924-2558 jlaumann@stlouispark.mn.gov

Richard Lavell City of Circle Pines (763) 784-5898 finance@circle-pines.mn.us

Harry Lawrence Control Assemblies (612) 346-6056 hlawrence@controlassemblies.com

Mark Lawton (507) 317-8994 mark.ltngroup@charter.net

Jeff Ledin Short Elliott Hendrickson (218) 851-4569 jledin@sehinc.com

James Lee

Saint Paul Regional Water Services james.lee@ci.stpaul.mn.us

Amanda Leier Saint Paul Regional Water Services amanda.leier@stpaul.gov

Mark Lemen City of Glencoe (320) 864-6954 mlemen@ci.glencoe.mn.us

Dave Lemke City of New Hope dlemke@newhopemn.gov

Brian LeMon Barr Engineering Company (612) 669-6797 blemon@barr.com

Sherri Leonard Water Resources Group (218) 546-5519 sherri.leonard@wrgroup.us

Eric Levine Hutchinson Water Dept (320) 234-5631 elevine@ci.hutchinson.mn.us

Al Libke (320) 267-6963 al.libke@dezurik.com

Jon Libra (612) 581-4022 jon.libra@lrewater.com

Chad Lien City of Spicer clien@cityofspicer.org

Mike Lien City of Hutchinson Water Department mlien@hutchinsonmn.gov

Lincoln Pipestone Rural Water (507) 368-4248

Alison Ling University of St. Thomas lingali@gmail.com

George Linngren City of Blaine (763) 785-6137 glinngren@blainemn.gov

Brian Lintgen (320) 333-6825 brian.lintgen@stantec.com

Litchfield Water Department (320) 693-7201

Bob Lium Ideal Service, Inc. (763) 656-3228 bobl@idealdrives.com

Jim Loomis City of Brooklyn Center Water Dept. jloomis@ci.brooklyn-center.mn.us

Yigliola Lorang Minneapolis Water Works (612) 673-5600 x 5387

Lance Loverink Minnesota Rural Water Association (218) 685-5197 lance.loverink@mrwa.com

Richard Luckow City of Brooklyn Park (763) 493-8008 richard.luckow@brooklynpark.org

Tanner Luebke City of Eden Prairie Utilities Division (952) 294-5906 tluebke@edenprairie.org

Ronald Lundberg City of Eden Prairie Utilities Division rlundberg@edenprairie.org

Zachary Lundberg City of St. Anthony (612) 782-3440 zach.lundberg@savmn.com

Danyell Lundell City of Woodbury danyell.lundell@woodburymn.gov

Russ Lupkes City of Richfield (612) 861-9175 rlupkes@richfieldmn.gov

Danielle Luzinski Minnesota Department of Health (651) 201-5011 danielle.nielsen@state.mn.us

Amy Lynch Minnesota Department of Health (507) 344-2713 amy.lynch@state.mn.us

Seth Lynne Apex Engineering Group (701) 373-7990 seth.lynne@apexenggroup.com

M.E. Simpson Company, Inc. (800) 255-1521

Julia Macejkovic Barr Engineering Co. jmacejkovic@barr.com

Mark Machacek Ovivo (970) 391-9762 mark.machacek@ovivowater.com

Travis Mack Order of Saint Benedict (320) 363-2542 tmack001@csbsju.edu

Pete Macpherson Minnesota Pump Works petem@minnesotapumpworks.com

Matt Madson Vessco, Inc. mmadson@vessco.com

Andrew Magdziarz Saint Paul Regional Water Services andrew.magdziarz@stpaul.gov

Tristen Magdziarz (651) 266-1660 tristen.magdziarz@stpaul.gov

Charlie Mahady Tonka Water, A Kurita Brand (763) 559-2837 c.mahady@kurita-water.com

Emily Maher (906) 361-0559 ekgorsal@gmail.com

Gerald Mahon (320) 253-2346 marjandger@gmail.com

Jeff Majerus Austin Utilities jeffm@austinutilities.com

Patrick Malay Quality Flow Systems, Inc. (952) 758-9445 pat@qfsi.net

James Malcolm Minneapolis Water Works

Brian Malm Bolton & Menk, Inc. (507) 208-4332 x 1264 brianma@bolton-menk.com

Kirill Maloylo City of Plymouth (763) 509-5934 kmaloylo@plymouthmn.gov

Kris Manderfeld New Ulm Public Utilities (507) 233-2110 krism@newulmmn.gov

Douglas Mandy (763) 242-5937 mandydjm@mchsi.com

Mankato Utilities (507) 387-8624

Rick Mann Tonka Water, A Kurita Brand r.mann@kurita-water.com

Adam Markos (952) 896-0707 markosa@bv.com

Michael Marsh City of Brooklyn Center Water Dept mmarsh@ci.brooklyn-center.mn.us

Marshall & Polk Rural Water System (218) 745-5471

Marshall Municipal Utilities (507) 537-7005

Brent Marsolek

Saint Paul Regional Water Services (651) 266-6810 brent.marsolek@stpaul.gov

Dennis Martenson (763) 458-1733 martensondr@gmail.com

Lucas Martin

Minnesota Department of Health (651) 201-4144 lucas.martin@state.mn.us

Nathaniel Martin

Minneapolis Water Works (612) 673-5562 nathaniel.martin@minneapolismn.gov

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Jonathan Maruska City of Duluth jmaruska@duluthmn.gov

Jake Masiello Saint Paul Regional Water Services jacob.masiello@ci.stpaul.mn.us

Brent Massmann City of Eagan (320) 980-1935 bmassmann@cityofeagan.com

Master Electric Co. (952) 201-3482

Thomas Mathisen (612) 750-5566 tmathisen@usfamily.net

Beth Mattheisen Willmar Municipal Utilities (320) 235-4422 wmu@wmu.willmar.mn.us

Andrew Matthiesen Minneapolis Water Works

Russ Matthys City of Eagan (651) 675-5646 rmatthys@cityofeagan.com

Justin Maurer St. Louis Park Water Department jmaurer@stlouispark.mn.gov

Richard Mauris City of Winnebago (507) 893-3845 rmauris@cityofwinnebago.com

Jerry Mausbach

Blooming Prairie Public Utils (507) 583-6683

Keven Maxa Austin Utilities (507) 437-0845 kevenm@austinutilities.com

Ronald McCabe (952) 469-5457 ron.mccabe@dsgsupply.com

Adam McCallister Moorhead Public Service (605) 216-3218 amccallister@mpsutility.com

Simon McCormack (765) 900-0027 smccormack@sehinc.com

Danette McCulley Minneapolis Water Works (612) 673-2458 danette.mcculley@minneapolismn.gov

Marc McDaniel W.W. Goetsch Associates, Inc. (612) 325-7548 mmcdaniel@wwgoetsch.com

Tim McWilliams City of Apple Valley (952) 953-2444 tim.mcwilliams@applevalleymn.gov

Duane Meliza City of Dundas (507) 645-8062 dmeliza@dundas.us

Amy Mell City of Rush (320) 358-4743 cityhall@ci.rush-city.mn.us

Will Menkhaus Saint Paul Regional Water Services (651) 266-6269 william.menkhaus@stpaul.gov

Steven Mereness Metering & Technology Solutions (952) 242-1960 stevem@metertechsolutions.com

Ron Mergen City of Paynesville (320) 243-3714 ron@paynesvillemn.com

Bob Meyer Saint Paul Regional Water Services bob.meyer@stpaul.gov

Grant Meyer AE2S (763) 463-5036 grant.meyer@ae2s.com

Jamie Meyer City of Shoreview jmeyer@shoreviewmn.gov

Stan Meyer Vessco, Inc. smeyer@vessco.com

George Mihelich

Bois Forte Lake Vermilian Reservation (218) 753-2854 gmihelich@frontiernet.net

Dan Miller City of S. St. Paul dmiller@sspmn.org

Ross Mindermann AE2S (763) 463-5036 ross.mindermann@ae2s.com

Jon Minne Barr Engineering Co. (218) 262-8688 jminne@barr.com

Minneapolis Water Works (612) 673-2418

Minnesota Department of Health (651) 201-4679

MNDOT (651) 366-3567

Peter Moen City of Brooklyn Center Water Dept. (763) 509-5925 pmoen@ci.brooklyn-center.mn.us

Richard Moen City of Cottage Grove (651) 458-2837 rmoen@cottagegrovemn.gov

Sean Moilanen City of Hopkins (952) 548-6353 smoilanen@hopkinsmn.com

Moorhead Public Service (218) 477-8000

Shannon Mortenson City of Warren (218) 745-5343 shannonm@warrenminnesota.com

Nalee Moua Saint Paul Regional Water Services (651) 266-8913 nalee.moua@stpaul.gov

Adam Moulton Core and Main (651) 463-6090 adam.moulton@coreandmain.com

Pete Moulton St. Peter Public Works (507) 934-0670 petem@saintpetermn.gov

Mountain Lake Water Department (507) 427-2633 x 6

Steven Muir HDR steven.muir@hdrinc.com

Shawn Mulhern

KLM Engineering, Inc. (651) 773-5111 smulhern@klmengineering.com

Cleome Mullison Minneapolis Water Works (402) 570-8718 cleome.mullison@minneapolismn.gov

Anna Munson Hazen and Sawyer (612) 309-9333 munsoa@gmail.com

Stuart Munson Tonka Water, A Kurita Brand (763) 559-2837 s.munson@kurita-water.com

Jay Murzyn City of Maple Grove jmurzyn@maplegrovemn.gov

Ben Myers Thief River Falls Water bmyers@trfmn.gov

Tony Myers Shakopee Public Utilities (952) 233-1528 tmyers@shakopeeutilities.com

James Navratil (320) 237-3766 jimnavratil@hotmail.com

Alan Neer Willmar Municipal Utilities (320) 441-2893 aneer@wmu.willmar.mn.us

Allan Nelson Waterous Company (651) 450-5275 abnelson@waterousco.com

Andrew Nelson City of Frost (507) 878-3293 aenelson@bevcommissionnet

Bill Nelson St. James Water Department (507) 327-7744 bill.nelson@ci.stjames.ms.us

Craig Nelson City of Sauk Rapids (320) 258-5318 cnelson@ci.sauk-rapids.mn.us

John Nelson john.nelson@mrwa.com

Steven Nelson WSB snelson@wsbeng.com

Joe Nepras M.E. Simpson Co., Inc. (815) 347-5431 joe.nepras@mesimpson.com

Taylor Nesmoe Mountain Lake Water Department dripsrus@frontiernet.net

Wade Neubauer Rochester Public Utilities (507) 280-1505 wneubauer@rpu.org

Jason Neville (507) 514-0368 jason.neville@bolton-menk.com

New Prague Utilities Commission (952) 758-4401

New Ulm Public Utilities (507) 359-8279

Matthew Nguyen mattehww@gmail.com

Richelle Nicosia Saint Paul Regional Water Services (651) 266-6818 richelle.nicosia@stpaul.gov

Diane Nielsen Minneapolis Water Works (612) 661-4960 diane.nielsen@minneapolismn.gov

Dave Ninow Elk River Municipal Utilities (763) 441-2020 dninow@ermumn.com

Roger Noble

Owatonna Public Utilities (507) 446-5446 roger.noble@owatonnautilities.com

Eric Noe ericrnoe@gmail.com

Brian Noma Minnesota Departmentof Health brian.noma@state.mn.us

Todd Nordine North Kittson Rural Water (218) 754-6161 nkrw@wiktel.com

Michael Novitzki ISG michael.novitski@isginc.com

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Craig Novotny City of New Prague (952) 758-1148 cnovotny@ci.new-prague.mn.us

Kate Novy

Minnesota Department of Health (651) 528-9434 kate.novy@state.mn.us

Jerry Nyland Minneapolis Water Works (612) 673-5392 jerry.nyland@minneapolismn.gov

Steven Nystrom Saint Paul Regional Water Services (651) 815-2908 steven.nystrom@outlook.com

Paul O'Brien City of Hayfield pmobrien98@yahoo.com

Oakdale Water Department (651) 730-2740

Scott Oberaigner City of Orono (952) 249-4600 soberaigner@ci.orono.mn.us

Mark Oberhelman Hawkins, Inc. (612) 617-8603 mark.oberhelman@hawkinsinc.com

Mattias Oddsson City of Richfield moddsson@richfieldmn.gov

Paul Oehme City of Lakeville Water Department (952) 985-2701 poehme@lakevillemn.gov

Sarah Oftedahl Brown Saint Paul Regional Water Services sarah.brown@stpaul.gov

Andrew Ohrt West Yost Associates (952) 303-9905 andrewohrt@gmail.com

Shane Oksanen City of Montgomery (612) 756-4382 shaneadamo@yahoo.com

Brenden Olevson (952) 201-5736 bolevson@gmail.com

Philip Olsen Midwest Water Engineering phil@midwestwatereng.com

Brian Olson City of Minneapolis Water Department (612) 581-6532 brian.olson@minneapolismn.gov

Don Olson City of St. Louis Park dolson@stlouispark.mn.gov

Katy Olson

Elk River Municipal Utilities (763) 218-9774 kolson@ermumn.com

Kirsten Olson Ulteig kirsten.olson@ulteig.com

Augustina Osabutey aosabutey@barr.com

Lucian Osuji Minneapolis Water Works (612) 661-4924 lucian.osuji@minneapolismn.gov

Todd Osweiler

Rochester Public Utilities (507) 280-1584 tosweiler@rpu.org

Jason Overby

Lincoln Pipestone Rural Water (507) 368-4248 jas.overby@gmail.com

Owatonna Public Utilities (507) 451-2480

Rodney Owens (612) 237-3558 wise.warriors4him@gmail.com

John Packard

Culligan Water Conditioning (952) 912-7363 john.packard@culliganwater.com

Hannah Painschab (952) 567-1437 hannah.painschab@jacobs.com

Derek Palmer

Elk River Municipal Utilities dpalmer@ermumn.com

Anthony Palumbo Saint Paul Regional Water Services tony.palumbo@ci.stpaul.mn.us

Paul Palzer City of Centerville (651) 429-4750 ppalzer@centervillemn.com

Tony Paron City of Eden Prairie Utilities Division aparon@edenprairie.org

Richard Parr (312) 402-1632 rjparr72@gmail.com

Sam Paske Metropolitan Council (651) 400-0456 sam.paske@metc.state.mn.us

Randy Patrias DeZurik, Inc. randy.patrias@dezurik.com

Jill Pauls St Cloud Public Utilities (320) 255-7225 jillian.pauls@ci.stcloud.mn.us

Jacob Pauna Saint Paul Regional Water Services jacob.pauna@ci.stpaul.mn.us

Timothy Paustian (701) 799-7294 tjpaustian@gmail.com

Joe Pavey City of Maple Grove jpavey@maplegrovemn.gov

Luke Payne Rochester Public Utilities (RPU) (507) 280-1507 lpayne@rpu.org

Eric Pederson Minneapolis Water Works eric.pederson@minneapolismn.gov

Brittany Pentek In Control, Inc. (612) 210-2944 brittany.pentek@incontrol.net Robert Peplin (612) 799-5297 bpeplin@outlook.com

Gary Peters Wadena Light & Water Dept. (218) 631-5734

Taylor Peters City of Eden Prairie Utilities Division tpeters@edenprairie.org

Michael Petersen City of Bloomington (612) 965-9376 mpetersen@bloomingtonmn.gov

Brienne Peterson Tonka Water, A Kurita Brand b.peterson1@kurita-water.com

Caleb Peterson City of Cloquet cpeterson@cloquetmn.gov

Eric Peterson City of Plymouth epeterson@plymouthmn.gov

Jon Peterson Bolton & Menk, Inc. (507) 625-4171 x 1123 jon.peterson@bolton-menk.com

Josh Peterson (763) 229-8637 jpeterson@coonrapidsmn.gov

Karla Peterson Minnesota Department of Health (651) 201-4679 karla.peterson@state.mn.us

Kira Peterson Mntap (218) 390-3664 kira.peterson@gmail.com

Kirk Peterson Core & Main (612) 202-7786 kirk.peterson@coreandmain.com

Luke Peterson Hibbing Public Utility Commission (218) 262-7759 luke.peterson@hpuc.com

Seth Peterson Bolton & Menk, Inc. (952) 890-0509 seth.peterson@bolton-menk.com

Niki Pettis Schneider Electric niki.pettis@se.com

Peter Pfister Minneapolis Water Works (612) 661-4906 peter.pfister@minneapolismn.gov

Todd Phillips Winwater Works (612) 723-5497 phillips.winwater@gmail.com

Daniel Pirsig New Ulm Public Utilities danp@newulmmn.gov

Mike Plante mike.plante@lrewater.com

Jerry Plein City of Red Wing (651) 385-5112 jerry.plein@ci.red-wing.mn.us

Sue Polka City of S. St. Paul spolka@sspmn.org

David Ponder US Water Alliance dponder@uswateralliance.org

John Powell City of Farmington (651) 280-6841 jpowell@farmingtonmn.gov

Brady Powers City of Fairmont (507) 235-6789 bpowers@fairmont.org

Eric Pranadjaja (562) 242-8966 epranadjaja@gmail.com

Preload, LLC Preload, LLC (972) 994-0550

Preston Public Utilities Commission (507) 765-2491

Jordan Previte Wigen Water Technologies jordan.previte@wigen.com

Ryan Prich City of Mound Water Department ryanprich@cityofmound.com

Marc Pritchard Moorhead Public Service (218) 477-8072 mpritchard@mpsutility.com

Joshua Prokopec Owatonna Public Utilities joshua.prokopec@owatonnautilities.com

Mark Proulx Duluth Public Works & Utilities (952) 240-2023 mproulx@duluthmn.gov

Tim Przybylski City of Plymouth tprzybylski@plymouthmn.gov

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Jake Puffe AE2S (763) 463-5036 jake.puffe@ae2s.com

Ursinio Puga (701) 200-7648 ursinio.pugagil@gmail.com

Jason Punton City of Eden Prairie Utilities Division Ji Qin University of Minnesota (612) 282-5648 qin00128@umn.edu

Shane Quade City of Lakeville Water Department (952) 985-2741 squade@lakevillemn.gov

Emma Quail (803) 605-4920 emma.quail@yahoo.com

Michael Quamme Apex Engineering Group, Inc. (701) 373-7996 michael.quamme@apexenggroup.com

Meredith Quinn Jacobs (701) 200-7766 meredith.quinn@jacobs.com

Naeem Qureshi (612) 360-7448 nqureshi@sambatek.com

Duane Rader

North Mankato Water Department (507) 625-3382 drader@northmankato.com

Jeffrey Radick City of Burnsville (952) 895-4418 jeffrey.radick@burnsvillemn.gov

Ray Rakoczy E. Grand Forks Water & Light (218) 773-1511 rakoczyray@gmail.com

Terry Randall City of Spring Lake Park (763) 784-6491 trandall@slpmn.org

Randall Rapacz Retired (701) 741-9225 rrapacz51@gmail.com

Matthew Rasmussen Minneapolis Water Works matthew.rasmussen@minneapolismn.gov

Isabel Reams Hazen and Sawyer (262) 422-3093 ireams@hazenandsawyer.com

Red Flint Sand and Gravel (800) 238-9139

Red Rock Rural Water System (507) 628-4201

Dale Reed

White Bear Township (651) 747-2777 dale.reed@whitebeartownship.org

Curtis Reetz (507) 317-1612 creetz02@mchsi.com

Steve Reeves City of Wyoming sreeves@wyomingmn.org

Mike Reiber

Diamond K Gypsum (612) 718-1089 mreiber@axiomcom.com

Neile Reider MnDOT (651) 366-3567 neile.reider@state.mn.us

Bruce Reimers

New Prague Utilities Commission (952) 758-1142 breimers@ci.new-prague.mn.us

Roger Renner E. H. Renner & Sons, Inc. (763) 427-6100 rerenner@ehrenner.com

Kevin Renslow Coating Resources, Inc. Tnemec Co. Representatives (952) 746-1909 kevin@coatingresourcesinc.com

Shelby Reynolds AE2S (763) 463-5036 shelby.reynolds@ae2s.com

Joe Rhode City of Cottage Grove jrhode@cottagegrovemn.gov

George Richardson Minneapolis Water Works

Scott Richardson Kinetrol USA, Inc. (972) 835-7917 scott.richardson@kinetrolusa.com

Dereck Richter Minnesota Department of Health (651) 201-4664 dereck.richter@state.mn.us

Kent Ritterman Moore Engineering, Inc. (701) 282-4692 kent.ritterman@mooreengineeringinc.com

Allen Robeck (320) 864-2784

Stephen Roberts Vessco, Inc. (612) 290-5794 sroberts@vessco.com

Vernell Roberts City of Detroit Lakes (218) 846-7139 dlpublic@ci.detroit-lakes.mn.us

Alexandria Robertson (218) 206-4987 robertson_10@yahoo.com

Benjamin Robetor Saint Paul Regional Water Services ben.robetor@ci.stpaul.mn.us

Zach Roca (970) 307-8826 strangebrew04@gmail.com

Rochester Public Utilities (507) 280-1605

Justine Roe St. Paul Regional Water Services (651) 266-1628 justine.roe@ci.stpaul.mn.us

Steven Roepke City of Bloomington (952) 563-4905 sroepke@bloomingtonmn.gov

Chris Rolli Spring Valley Public Utilities svutil@springvalleyutility.com

Eric Roos Worthington Public Utilities (507) 372-8680 eroos@worthingtonutilities.com

George Rosati (507) 720-1540 grosati@charter.net

William Rose City of Eden Prairie Utilities Division wrose@edenprairie.org

Dennis Rosemark Saint Paul Regional Water Services dennis.rosemark@ci.stpaul.mn.us

Richard Rosik Chart Inc (952) 243-8800 richard.rosik@chartindustries.com

John Ross MET Council (651) 451-3129 johnpeterross@msn.com

Justina Ross Saint Paul Regional Water Services justina.ross@ci.stpaul.mn.us

Steve Ross City of Brooklyn Park (763) 360-6716 steve.ross@booklynpark.org

Alexis Rossow Saint Paul Regional Water Services alexis.rossow@stpaul.gov

Mark Roufs Wigen Water Technologies mark.roufs@wigen.com

Matt Rowedder (763) 286-8890 mrowedder@newhopemn.gov

Richard Rowland

Saint Paul Regional Water Services (651) 266-1659 richard.rowland@stpaul.gov

Mark Ruda Advanced Engineering and Environmental Services (763) 463-5036 mark.ruda@ae2s.com

Daniel Ruiz City of Brooklyn Park dan.ruiz@brooklynpark.org

Chris Rydell

Minneapolis Water Works (952) 543-8577 christopher.rydell@ci.minneapolis.mn.us

Matt Saam City of Apple Valley msaam@cityofapplevalley.org

James Sadler (612) 581-8706 jwbulldog2@gmail.com

Paul Saffert Bolton & Menk (763) 433-2851 paulsa@bolton-menk.com

Saint Paul Regional Water Services (651) 266-6815

Saint Peter Water Utilities (507) 934-0670

Adam Salo Foth adam.salo@foth.com

Morgan Salo (218) 839-2303 morgan.salo@bolton-menk.com

Nicole Sanchez Minneapolis Water Works (630) 656-8670 nicole.sanchez@minneapolismn.gov

Luke Sandstrom Saint Paul Regional Water Services (651) 266-8911 luke.sandstrom@ci.stpaul.mn.us

Sauk Centre Public Utilities Commission (320) 352-6538

Michael Savelli (763) 257-5849 msavelli@hach.com

Christopher Saxton DN Tanks (701) 425-1384 chris.saxton@dntanks.com

Scott Schaefer AE2S (763) 463-5036 scott.schaefer@ae2s.com

Roger Scharf Jacobs (651) 365-8539 roger.scharf@jacobs.com

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Ryan Scheil ryanscheil@hotmail.com

Ryan Scheil Mankato Utilities rscheil@mankatomn.gov

Lon Schemel Shakopee Public Utilities (952) 233-1504 lon@water-guy.group

Steven Scherer City of Medina (763) 473-8842 steve.scherer@medinamn.gov

Steven Scherling Indian Health Service - Bemidji Area DSFC (218) 444-0507 steven.scherling@ihs.gov

Neil Scherr American General Contractors, Inc. (320) 763-4491 neil@amerigen.net

William Schluenz City of Waite Park (320) 252-6822 bill.schluenz@ci.waitepark.mn.us

Nic Schmidt City of Fridley Water Department (763) 572-3556 nic.schmidt@fridleymn.gov

Scott Schmit Princeton Public Utilities sschmit@princetonutilities.com

Alan Schneider Tonka Water (763) 559-1979 a.schneider@kurita-water.com

Steve Schneider (651) 500-6836 schneider7135@comcast.net

Thomas Schneiderman City of East Grand Forks Water & Light Dept. (218) 773-0515 wlap@eastgrandforks.net

Jeremie Schossow City of Perham (218) 346-5242 jschossow@cityofperham.com

Tony Schrantz Water Conservation Services, Inc. (612) 600-8716 tony.schrantz@gmail.com

James Schroeder Minneapolis Water Works

Brian Schultz

City of Eden Prairie Utilities Division bschultz@edenprairie.org

Dave Schultz City of Goodview (507) 452-1630 daves@goodviewmn.com

Derek Schulze City of Eden Prairie Utilities Division dschulze@edenprairie.org

Todd Schwab City of Cambridge (763) 689-1800 tschwab@ci.cambridge.mn.us

William Scofield WSB (651) 392-0960 wscofield@wsbeng.com

Brad Scott Duluth Public Works & Utilities bscott@duluthmn.gov

Brandon Scott Willmar Municipal Utility (302) 235-4422

Kyle Scott DeZurik, Inc. Kyle.Scott@dezurik.com

Timothy Sechler Mankato Utilities (712) 229-3325 tsechler@mankatomn.gov

Steve Seibert AE2S (763) 463-5036 steve.seibert@ae2s.com

John Seifert Veolia (612) 919-3783 john.seifert@veolia.com

Patrick Sele City of Crystal (763) 531-1166 patrick.sele@crystalmn.gov

Martin Serbus City of Kinney

Luke Shadrick JDI Contracts Inc. (218) 251-0495 lshadrick@jdicontracts.com

Brendan Shea DN Tanks (571) 531-4265 brendan.shea@dntanks.com

Patrick Shea Manatee County Utilities (941) 792-8811 x 5389 patrick.shea@mymanatee.org

Michael Shelton City of Cloquet (218) 390-8819 mshelton@cloquetmn.gov

David Shoger City of Victoria (612) 309-3087 dshoger@ci.victoria.mn.us

John Sierzega Sherwin Williams (708) 935-4519 john.v.sierzega@sherwin.com

Silversmith Inc. (877) 732-8988

Brian Simmons Bolton & Menk Inc briansi@bolton-menk.com

Brad Simms Dakota Supply Group (952) 300-0352 brad.simms@dsgsupply.com

Mary Sitko Tonka Water, A Kurita Brand (763) 252-0072 x 207 m.sitko@kurita-water.com

Tyler Skarolid Tonka Water, A Kurita Brand t.skarolid@kurita-water.com

Brian Skok City of Apple Valley (612) 919-2855 bskok@cityofapplevalley.org Katelyn Skornia katelyn.skornia@arcadis.com

Dave Skramsted dave@otsecadv.com

Sleepy Eye Municipal Utility (507) 794-3731

Dean Sletten (701) 412-3965 dean.sletten@apexenggroup.com

Gary Slowiak Saint Paul Regional Water Services gary.slowiak@stpaul.gov

Howard Smith City of Duluth (218) 730-5092 hsmith@duluthmn.gov

Ian Smith Advanced Engineering and Environmental Services, L (763) 463-5036 ian.smith@ae2s.com

Luke Smith City of Richfield lsmith@cityofrichfield.org

Scott Smith United Systems & Software (270) 527-3293 scotts@united-systems.com

Shawn Smith (608) 440-0667 shawn.smith@mcwaneductile.com

Justin Smith Silversmith, Inc. justinsmith@silversmithinc.com

Aaron Soderlund Duluth Public Works & Utilities asoderlund@duluthmn.gov

Jennifer Soltys (612) 790-4904 jennifer.soltys@state.mn.us

Carl Sonnenberg Waseca Water & Light Dept. (507) 835-9713 carls@ci.waseca.mn.us

Luke Spalj Rice Lake Construction Group (218) 546-5519 luke_spalj@ricelake.org

Maria Spitael maria.spitael@state.mn.us

Spring Valley Public Utilities (507) 346-7622

George Springer City of Newbrighton george.springer@newbrightonmn.gov

St. Cloud Public Utilities (320) 255-7225

St. James Water Department (507) 375-1229

St. Louis Park Water Department (952) 924-2557

Lyle Stai (320) 212-8590 lylestai@mvtvwireless.com

Russell Stammer Veenstra & Kimm rstammer@v-k.net

Greg Stang People Service, Inc. (612) 756-3549 gstang@peopleservice.com

Mat Stang City of Monticello mat.stang@ci.monticello.mn.us

Stanley Consultants (602) 333-2200

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Membership Directory

Staples Public Works Commission (218) 894-2550

Robert Stark (650) 385-5112 bstarkwbl@msn.com

Austin Stavenes Thief River Falls Water astevenes@trfmn.gov

Howard Steenberg City of S. St. Paul hsteenberg@southstpaul.org

Tom Steffen City of Brooklyn Center Water Department tsteffen@ci.brooklyn-center.mn.us

Andrew Stephes City of Prior Lake (952) 447-9894 astephes@cityofpriorlake.com

David Stifter City of Champlin (763) 923-7190 dstifter@ci.champlin.mn.us

Rick Stock Uponor (952) 997-5076 rick.stock@uponor.com

Michelle Stockness Freshwater (651) 313-5811 mstockness@freshwater.org

Wes Stockwell City of Maple Grove

Gregory Stonehouse HDR (763) 591-5400 greg.stonehouse@hdrinc.com

Cory Stough Vessco, Inc. (763) 297-2027 cstough@vessco.com

Emily Strand (763) 688-5317 emilyrstrand@gmail.com

Andrew Straus Waterous Company (651) 307-3214 astraus@american-usa.com

Karl Streed (612) 788-4669 stree013@tc.umn.edu

T.J. Stroebl Kurita America, Inc. (612) 801-2849 t.stroebl@kurita-water.com

Jason Stroth City of Richfield (612) 861-9165 jstroth@richfieldmn.gov

Elijah Stuber St. Cloud Public Utilities (320) 255-7226 x 2952 elijah.stuber@ci.stcloud.mn.us

Jon Stueve City of Cold Spring jstueve@coldspring.govoffice.com

Matthew Sullivan Minneapolis Water Works (612) 661-4874 matthew.sullivan@minneapolismn.gov

Tom Sullivan Master Companies (952) 201-3482 tom.sullivan@masterelectric.com

Sabrina Sutter MN Department of Health (651) 201-5932 sabrina.sutter@state.mn.us

Kaitlin Swanson Saint Paul Regional Water Services kaitlin.swanson@stpaul.gov

Kristopher Swanson Bolton & Menk (507) 380-3206 krissw@bolton-menk.com

Mitchell Swanson Bolton & Menk (507) 720-5390 mitchell.swanson@bolton-menk.com

Michael Sylla Chart, Inc. (608) 780-8157 michael.sylla@chartindustries.com

John Szymanski Alden Pool, Hi-e-Drystore, MA Backflow (507) 383-1063 johnszymanski99@hotmail.com

Charles Taflin (651) 628-3793 cotaflin@usfamily.net

Jennifer Tayco EMA, Inc. jtayco@ema-inc.com

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Tait Tellefsen Saint Paul Regional Water Services (612) 978-1796 skolviking27@yahoo.com

Rachel Tenney Tighe & Bond tenneyr05@gmail.com

Ray Theiler WSB and Associates (763) 227-7525 ray.theiler@gmail.com

Zack Thein Thein Well Company (320) 796-2111 zack@theinwell.com

Thief River Falls Water (218) 681-3809

Peter Tholen White Bear Township (651) 747-2776 pete.tholen@whitebeartownship.org

John Thom John Thom (612) 618-9804 jthom@sehinc.com

Paul Thom Core & Main (612) 597-8515 paul.thom@coreandmain.com

Anthony Thompson Minneapolis Water Works (612) 661-4930 anthony.thompson@minneapolismn.gov

Chad Thompson Copperweld c.thompson@copperheadwire.com

Leisa Thompson Metropolitan Council leisa.thompson@metc.state.mn.us

Stew Thornley Minnesota Department of Health (651) 201-4655 stew.thornley@state.mn.us

Maria Tiegs (507) 508-4707 maria.tiegs@gmail.com

Terril Tolzien AMERICAN Flow Control (651) 450-5288 tltolzien@waterousco.com

Fabian Tomaschett Willmar Municipal Utilities (320) 235-4422 fabian_t282@hotmail.com

Tonka Water, A Kurita Brand Tonka Water (763) 559-2837

Jason Towne MAP jtowne@map-inc.org

Bert Tracy Metropolitan Council Environmental Services (952) 593-1734 bert.tracy@metc.state.mn.us

James Traen Downhole Well Services, LLC (651) 238-1198 jim@downholewellservices.com

Dave Traut

Mark J. Traut Wells, Inc. (320) 251-5090 dave@trautwells.com

Kathy Travis St. Paul Regional Water Services (651) 266-6874 kathy.travis@stpaul.gov

Trihedral, Inc. (800) 463-2783

Nicholas Trudeau Thief River Falls Water (218) 681-6809 ntrudeau@trfmn.gov

Mike Tschida tschida33@hotmail.com

Travis Tveit Saint Paul Regional Water Services travis.tveit@ci.stpaul.mn.us

Curtis Tvinnereim (952) 247-7722

Paul Twite Delano Municipal Utilities ptwite@delanomn.us

Ulteig (701) 280-8500

USABlueBook (800) 548-1234 ap@usabluebook.com

Steven Valtinson Minneapolis Water Works

Lawrence Van Hout (320) 762-0699 larry.vanhout@wsn.us.com

Mary Van Milligen City of Woodbury mary.hurliman@woodburymn.gov

Jordan Vandal Fond du Lac Reservation (218) 343-2782 jordanvandal@fdlrez.com

Kou Vang (651) 653-3525 kou.vang@stpaul.gov

George Vania (651) 269-2751 gjvania1@gmail.com

Racquel Vaske Saint Paul Regional Water Services racquel.vaske@ci.stpaul.mn.us

Eli Vasser City of Woodbury (319) 899-4777 elijah.vasser@woodburymn.gov

Uma Vempati (612) 209-1912 uma.mnawwa@gmail.com

Jordan Vennes City of Bloomington (952) 563-4533 jvennes@bloomingtonmn.gov

Becca Vermace bvermace@barr.com

Diego Vilcahuaman DeZurik, Inc. diego.vilcahuaman@dezurik.com

Chris Voeltz Saint Peter Water Utilities (507) 934-0670 x 651 chrisv@saintpetermn.gov

Cindy Voigt City of Duluth (218) 730-5071 cvoigt@duluthmn.gov

Eric Volk City of New Brighton (651) 755-0689 eric.volk@newbrightonmn.gov

Myron Volker (507) 456-5171 myronvolker@outlook.com

Lane Volkmann Advanced Engineering & Environmental Services LLC lane.volkmann@ae2s.com

Aaron Vollmer AE2S (763) 463-5036 aaron.vollmer@ae2s.com

Melinda Vonderahe DeZurik, Inc. (320) 259-2307 melinda.vonderahe@dezurik.com

Kevin Vranicar Magney Construction, Inc. (952) 474-1674 x 302 kevin@magneyconstruction.com

Trevor Waagner Master Electric Co. trevor.waagner@masterelectric.com

Wadena Utilities (218) 631-5734

Justin Wagner City of Northfield (507) 645-3083 justin.wagner@ci.northfield.mn.us

Richard Wagner AE2S (701) 364-9111 richard.wagner@ae2s.com

Elizabeth Wahlen MN AWWA (507) 995-3655 liz@mnawwa.org

Rick Wahlen City of Eden Prairie Utilities (507) 995-3656 rwahlen@edenprairie.org

Wade Wallace Thief River Falls Water wwallace@trfmn.gov

Tavis Wallgren City of Maple Grove twallgren@maplegrovemn.gov

Jodi Wallin St Paul Regional Water Service (651) 266-6308 jodi.wallin@ci.stpaul.mn.us

Trevor Walter City of Baxter (218) 855-5115 twalter@baxtermn.gov

Tim Wasland DeZurik, Inc. tim.wasland@dezurik.com

Water Remediation Technology LLC (303) 424-5355 x 110

Sidney Watterodt Dezurik, Inc. (519) 621-8980 x 238 sidney.watterodt@dezurik.com

Bernie Weber City of New Hope (763) 592-6762 bweber@newhopemn.gov

Michael Weber City of Brooklyn Center Water Dept. mweber@brooklyncentermn.gov

Mike Wegner City of Chanhassen (952) 227-1730 mwegner@chanhassenmn.gov

Leo Wehseler DeZurik, Inc. leo.wehseler@dezurik.com

Steve Weinhold City of Andover (763) 767-5180 s.weinhold@andovermn.gov

Brad Weiss SEH, Inc. (651) 318-0349 bweiss@sehinc.com

Tom Welle

Apex Engineering Group, Inc tom.welle@apexenggroup.com

Eric Weller

Minnesota Department of Health (218) 308-2107 eric.weller@state.mn.us

Deborah Weltzin City of Bloomington Water Treatment Plant (952) 563-4904 dweltzin@bloomingtonmn.gov

Ryan Wensman City of St. Joseph (320) 363-7201 rwensman@cityofstjoseph.com

Tom Wesolowski City of Shoreview (651) 490-4652 twesolowski@shoreviewmn.gov

Jim Westerman City of Woodbury jim.westerman@woodburymn.gov

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Andrew Weyer Minneapolis Water Works (612) 661-4925 andrew.weyer@minneapolismn.gov

Allison Wheeler (612) 720-7543 allison.wheeler@arcadis.com

Tony White City of Burnsville (952) 895-4552 tony.white@burnsvillemn.gov

White Bear Township (651) 747-2776

Todd Wicklund Brainerd Public Utilities (218) 825-3220 twicklund@bpu.org

Rochelle Widmer City of Minneapolis - Water Department rochelle.widmer@minneapolismn.gov

Widseth Smith Nolting Assoc. (218) 829-5117

Jason Wiehle City of Fridley (612) 710-4734 jason.wiehle@fridleymn.gov

Jeff Wigen Wigen Companies, Inc. (952) 448-4884 jeff.wigen@wigen.com

Wigen Water Technologies Ranae Shaughnessy (952) 448-4884

Renee Willette US Water Alliance rwillette@uswateralliance.org

Justin Williams City of Lino Lakes (651) 982-2452 jwilliams@linolakes.us

Willmar Municipal Utility (320) 235-4422

Timothy Wilson Dixon Engineering (641) 903-4193 timwilson@dixonengineering.net

Bruce Wilson City of International Falls (218) 283-2990 brucew@ci.international-falls.mn.us

Jess Wirth DeZurik, Inc. jess.wirth@dezurik.com

Ben Withers EMA, Inc. bwithers@ema-inc.com

David Witucki City of Mankato (507) 387-8661 dwitucki@mankatomn.gov

WL Plastics Corp. (307) 277-1772

Susan Wojtkiewicz Donohue & Associates (715) 790-6624 swojtkiewicz@donohue-associates.com

Joesph Wokson City of Maple Grove (763) 494-6380 jwokson@ci.maple-grove.mn.us

Anika Wold Minneapolis Water Works anika.wold@minneapolismn.gov

Nate Wold Minneapolis Water Works nate.wold@minneapolismn.gov

Derek Wolf City of Carlton derek@cityofcarlton.com

Jake Wolf Saint Paul Regional Water Services jake.wolf@ci.stpaul.mn.us

Brendan Wolohan Carollo Engineers, Inc. (612) 790-1895 bwolohan@carollo.com

Worthington Public Utilities (507) 372-8680

Jeremy Wry St Paul Regional Water Services (651) 266-1664 jeremy.wry@ci.stpaul.mn.us

Tayler Yankovec SEH, Inc. (320) 249-2779 tthom@sehinc.com

Scott Yarwood Minneapolis Water Works (612) 661-4942 scott.yarwood@minneapolismn.gov

Jeff Yeschick (612) 373-0200 jeffrey.yeschick@arcadis.com

Darrel Ykema City of Luverne dykema@cityofluverne.org

Jason Yonke Moorhead Public Service (218) 477-8070 jyonke@mpsutility.com

Kevin Young (320) 229-4306 kbyoung@sehinc.com

Mike Zaborowski City of Winona (507) 457-8272

Will Zafft City of Eden Prairie Utilities Division wzafft@edenprairie.org

Tom Zangs Saint Paul Regional Water Services (651) 266-6277 tom.zangs@ci.stpaul.mn.us

Maria Zaske Moore Engineering Inc (612) 709-5807 maria.zaske@mooreengineeringinc.com

Joe Zauner AMERICAN jzauner@american-usa.com

Carol Zehrer Tonka Water, A Kurita Brand (763) 957-1972 c.zehrer@kurita-water.com

Nancy Zeigler AE2S (763) 463-5036 nancy.zeigler@ae2s.com

Daniel Zienty Bolton & Menk Inc. (507) 740-2865 daniel.zienty@bolton-menk.com

Kent Zimmerman City of Apple Valley (952) 953-2400 kzimmerman@cityofapplevalley.org

Jenn Zuchowski Metropolitan Council jennifer.zuchowski@metc.state.mn.us

Mitch Zwieg City of Brooklyn Park mitch.zwieg@brooklynpark.org

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Core & Main

Mid America Meter, Inc.

Chemical Processing & Feed Systems

Dakota Supply Group

Hawkins

Vessco, Inc.

Coagulation & FloCoatings, Linings, and Corrosion Control

Hawkins

Vessco, Inc.

Coatings, Lining & Corrosion Control

Bolton & Menk, Inc.

ESS Brothers and Sons, Inc.

Treatment Resources, Inc.

Construction Management

Bolton & Menk, Inc.

Rice Lake Construction

Stantec

Dechlorination

Integra Clear Co.

Treatment Resources, Inc.

Vessco, Inc.

Dewatering/Conveyance

Northern Dewatering

Disinfection

E.H. Renner & Sons, Inc.

Treatment Resources, Inc.

Vessco, Inc.

Electrical Instrumentation/ Controls/Generators

Electric Pump, Inc

Mid America Meter, Inc.

Ziegler Power Systems

Electric Motors

E.H. Renner & Sons, Inc.

Electric Pump, Inc

W. W. Goetsch Associates, Inc.

Energy Performance

Contracting

Brown and Caldwell

Engineers/Consultants

AE2S

Apex Engineering Group

Arcadis

Barr Engineering Co.

Bollig Engineering

HR Green, Inc.

ISG

KLM Engineering, Inc.

Minnesota Pump Works

Moore Engineering, Inc.

SEH, Inc.

Stantec

TKDA

Widseth

Filter Media

Carbon Enterprises, Inc.

Treatment Resources, Inc.

Vessco, Inc.

Filtration

Bolton & Menk, Inc.

Carbon Enterprises, Inc.

Treatment Resources, Inc.

Vessco, Inc.

Financial Services

Arcadis

Fire Hydrant Flow Testing

Integra Clear Co.

Stantec

Geotechnical Engineering

Barr Engineering Co.

Stantec

GIS

Core & Main

ISG

M.E. Simpson Co, Inc.

Stantec

TKDA

Widseth

Greensand Plus

Treatment Resources, Inc.

Vessco, Inc.

Grit Removal, SCADA

Screening Equipment

Treatment Resources, Inc.

Vessco, Inc.

Groundwater Development

Bolton & Menk, Inc.

Inflow & Infiltration

Core & Main

ESS Brothers and Sons, Inc.

SEH, Inc.

Infrastructure Rehabilitation

Bollig, Inc.

Brown and Caldwell

ESS Brothers and Sons, Inc.

Rice Lake Construction

Widseth

Information Technology

Core & Main

Intake Screens

Northwestern Power Equipment Co., Inc.

Treatment Resources, Inc.

Vessco, Inc.

Leak Detection/ Correlator Services

Dakota Supply Group

M.E. Simpson Co, Inc.

Water Conservation Services, Inc.

Manhole and Catch

Basin Castings

ESS Brothers and Sons, Inc.

Jet Line Sales & Service

Membranes

Treatment Resources, Inc.

Vessco, Inc.

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Meters/Meter Testing

Core & Main

Dakota Supply Group

Flow Control Automation

M.E. Simpson Co, Inc.

Mid America Meter, Inc.

Northwestern Power Equipment Co., Inc.

Vessco, Inc.

Nutrient Removal

Treatment Resources, Inc.

Vessco, Inc.

Odor Control

Electric Pump, Inc.

Treatment Resources, Inc.

Vessco, Inc.

Parts & Service

Core & Main

Electric Pump, Inc.

Janssen Machine Company

Jet Line Sales & Service

Minnesota Pump Works

Treatment Resources, Inc.

Vessco, Inc.

W. W. Goetsch Associates, Inc.

Zeigler Power Systems

Permitting & Compliance

Barr Engineering Co.

Stantec

Pipe and Appurtenances

AMERICAN Ductile Iron Pipe

Core & Main

Minnesota Pump Works

Pipe Cleaning & Video

Inspection

Jet Line Sales & Service

Pipe Repair Products

Core & Main

Jet Line Sales & Service

Pipeline Products

Core & Main

Dakota Supply Group

Flow Control Automation

Pump Stations & Valve Vaults

Bollig, Inc.

Electric Pump, Inc.

General Repair Service

Minnesota Pump Works

Northwestern Power Equipment Co., Inc.

Vessco, Inc.

Pumps/Pump Systems

Arcadis

E.H. Renner & Sons, Inc.

Electric Pump, Inc.

General Repair Service

Hawkins

Minnesota Pump Works

W. W. Goetsch Associates, Inc.

SCADA

AE2S

Electric Pump, Inc.

TKDA

Vessco, Inc.

Sewer System Evaluation

Minnesota Pump Works

TKDA

W. W. Goetsch Associates, Inc.

Widseth

Storage Tanks/ Reservoir Systems

Bollig, Inc.

Pittsburg Tank & Tower

Maintenance Co.

Treatment Resources, Inc.

Stormwater/Water Quality

AE2S

Core & Main

Minnesota Pump Works

Stantec

TKDA

Vessco, Inc.

Widseth

Subsurface Utility

Engineering ISG

SEH, Inc.

Stantec

TKDA

Surveyors ISG

Stantec

TKDA

Widseth

Tanks – Inspection,

Painting, Restoration

KLM Engineering, Inc.

Pittsburg Tank & Tower

Maintenance Co.

Tank Maintenance

KLM Engineering, Inc.

Pittsburg Tank & Tower

Maintenance Co.

Telemetry

Electric Pump, Inc.

Minnesota Pump Works

Valves

Core & Main

Dakota Supply Group

Flow Control Automation

Northwestern Power Equipment Co., Inc.

Vessco, Inc.

Water Loss Control

M.E. Simpson Co, Inc.

Mid America Meter, Inc.

Water Quality

AE2S

Barr Engineering Co.

Bergerson-Caswell, Inc.

Brown and Caldwell

E.H. Renner & Sons, Inc.

Flow Control Automation

Stantec

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Bu yers’ Guide

Water Storage Tanks

KLM Engineering, Inc.

Northwestern Power Equipment Co., Inc.

Pittsburg Tank & Tower

Maintenance Co.

Vessco, Inc.

Water Tank Engineering & Inspection

ISG

KLM Engineering, Inc.

Pittsburg Tank & Tower

Maintenance Co.

SEH, Inc.

Water/Wastewater

Treatment Systems

AE2S

Arcadis

Barr Engineering Co.

Listings

AE2S

6901 East Fish Lake Road, Suite 184 Maple Grove, MN 55369

763-463-5036

justin.klabo@ae2s.com www.ae2s.com

AMERICAN Ductile Iron Pipe PO Box 2727 Birmingham, AL 35202 1-800-442-2347 www.american-usa.com

Apex Engineering Group

3800 8th Street North – Suite 101 St. Cloud, MN 56303

320-640-9720

michael.quamme@ apexenggroup.com www.apexenggroup.com

Arcadis

121 North Washington Avenue, Suite 337 Minneapolis, MN 55401 612-373-9434 allison.wheeler@arcadis.com www.arcadis.com

Barr Engineering Co. 4300 MarketPointe Drive, Suite 200 Minneapolis, MN 55435 952-832-2600 barr.com

Bergerson-Caswell, Inc. 5115 Industrial Street Maple Plain, MN 55359 763-479-3121

info@bergersoncaswell.com www.bergersoncaswell.com

Bollig, Inc. 1721 Technology Drive Northeast, Suite 100 Willmar, MN 56201 320-235-2555

info@bollig-engineering.com www.bollig-engineering.com

Bollig, Inc.

Bolton & Menk, Inc.

Brown and Caldwell

Electric Pump, Inc.

Flow Control Automation

General Repair Service

Hawkins ISG

Minnesota Pump Works

Northwestern Power Equipment Co., Inc.

Rice Lake Construction

SEH, Inc.

Bolton & Menk, Inc. 1960 Premier Drive Mankato, MN 56001

507-625-4171

bmi@bolton-menk.com www.bolton-menk.com

Brown and Caldwell 370 Wabasha Street North, Suite 500 St. Paul, MN 55102 651-468-2034

tekola@brwncald.com www.brownandcaldwell.com

Carbon Enterprises, Inc. 28205 Scippo Creek Road Circleville, OH 43113 800-344-5770

ryan@ceifiltration.com www.ceifiltration.com

Core & Main 15800 West 79th Street Eden Prairie, MN 55344 952-937-9666

john.selsvold@coreandmain.com www.coreandmain.com

Stantec

TKDA

Treatment Resources, Inc. Vessco, Inc.

Widseth

Water Well Rehabilitation & Maintenance

Bergerson-Caswell, Inc.

E.H. Renner & Sons, Inc.

General Repair Service

Dakota Supply Group 845 Berkshire Lane North Plymouth, MN 55441 952-935-0445

brad.simms@dsgsupply.com www.dsgsupply.com

E.H. Renner & Sons, Inc. 15688 Jarvis Street Northwest Elk River, MN 55330 763-427-6100

krenner@ehrenner.com www.ehrenner.com

Electric Pump, Inc. 201 4th Avenue Southwest New Prague, MN 56071

800-211-6432

info@electricpump.com www.electricpump.com

ESS Brothers and Sons, Inc. 9350 County Road 19 Loretto, MN 55357

763-478-2027

trent@essbrothers.com www.essbrothers.com

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Flow Control Automation

17959 SD Highway 15 Clear Lake, SD 57226

605-956-8142

joel@flowcontrolautomation.com www.flowcontroautomation.com

General Repair Service

3535 International Drive Vadnais Heights, MN 55110 651-766-0874 general@generalrepair.com www.generalrepair.com

Hawkins 2381 Rosegate Roseville, MN 55113 877-240-0304 wtg@hawkinsinc.com www.hawkinsinc.com

HR Green, Inc.

2550 University Avenue West, Suite 400N St. Paul, MN 55114 651-644-4389 info@hrgreen.com www.hrgreen.com

ISG

115 East Hickory Street, Suite 300 Mankato, MN 56001 507-387-6651 michael.novitzki@isginc.com www.isginc.com

Integra Clear Co. 1216 6th Avenue North Kent, WA 98032 800-322-6646 info@integraclear.com www.vit-d-chlor.com

Janssen Machine Company 23062 Highway 34 Barnesville, MN 56514

218-493-4470 janssenmachine@rrt.net www.janssenmachine.com

Jet Line Sales & Service

7505 County Road 103 Southwest Kensington, MN 56343 855-JET-TOOL sales@jetlinesales.com www.jetlines.com

KLM Engineering, Inc. 1976 Wooddale Drive Suite 4 Woodbury, MN 55125 651-773-5111

info@klmengineering.com www.klmengineering.com

M.E. Simpson Co, Inc. 3406 Enterprise Avenue Valparaiso, IN 46383 800-255-1521 nataliew@mesimpson.com www.mesimpson.com

Mid America Meter, Inc. 710 Hamel Road Medina, MN 55340 763-478-8041 sales@midamericameter.com www.midamericameter.com

Minnesota Pump Works 1 Cannon Street West Dundas, MN 55019 877-654-8004

info@minnesotapumpworks.com www.minnesotapumpworks.com

Moore Engineering, Inc 1808 East Fir Avenue Fergus Falls, MN 56537 218-998-4041 tyson.hajicek@ mooreengineeringinc.com www.mooreengineeringinc.com

Northwestern Power Equipment Co., Inc. 779 County Road B2 West Roseville, MN 55113 651-628-0683

rshannon@nwpeco.com www.nwpeco.com

Pittsburg Tank & Tower Maintenance Co. PO Box 913 Henderson, KY 42419 270-826-9000 jpyles@pttg.com www.pttg.com

Rice Lake Construction 22350 County Road 12, PO Box 517 Deerwood, MN 56444 218-546-5519 estimating@ricelake.org www.ricelake.org

SEH, Inc. 3535 Vadnais Center Drive St. Paul, MN 55110 651-490-2000 trustedadvisor@sehinc.com www.sehinc.com

Stantec Consulting 733 Marquette Avenue, Suite 1000 Minneapolis, MN 55402-2314 612-712-2000 peter.daniels@stantec.com www.stantec.com

TKDA

444 Cedar Street, Suite 1500 St. Paul, MN 55101 651-292-4400 info@tkda.com www.tkda.com

Treatment Resources, Inc. 11670 Fountains Drive, Suite 200 Minneapolis, MN 55369 651-702-2692 sales@treatmentresources.com www.treatmentresources.com

Vessco, Inc. 8217 Upland Circle Chanhassen, MN 55317 952-941-2678 info@vessco.com www.vessco.com

W. W. Goetsch Associates, Inc. 5250 West 74th Street Minneapolis, MN 55439 952-831-4340 jgallagher@wwgoetsch.com www.wwgoetsch.com

Water Conservation Services, Inc. 6251 West Shadow Lake Drive Lino Lakes, MN 55014 612-600-8716 tony.schrantz@gmail.com www.waterleaklocator.com

Widseth 7804 Industrial Park Road Baxter, MN 56425 218-829-5117 brainerd@widseth.com www.widseth.com

Ziegler Power Systems 8050 County Road 101 East Shakopee, MN 55379 800-352-2823 generatorsales@zieglercat.com www.zieglercat.com

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Changing Our Perspectives, Changing Our Lives

Welcome to the first installment of DEI Corner, which will be a regular feature from the Minnesota AWWA Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee. Through this, we will be learning about our members – what differences they share, what similarities they share, and what makes them tick. We welcome testimonials from members such as the one below, as well as a chance to interview them for a profile in the DEI Corner. Submissions can be anonymous. Please contact Stew Thornley, stew.thornley@state.mn.us, if you’re up for it (and/or don’t be surprised if you are contacted by Stew). Don’t be shy; go for it!

We are all products of our environment. The people we grow up with, the cultures, information, and situations we are exposed to from a young age are what shape our thoughts, actions, and feelings towards others. Some of us grow up in a culturally and racially diverse environment, and some of us grow up in secluded communities that are culturally narrow and close minded; I grew up in the latter. I grew up in a rural Minnesota farming community of about 5,000 people. Not as small as many other towns, but culturally very conservative and old-fashioned. In my high school class of 400 we knew of zero students identifying as LGBTQIA+. We had one African American student, and perhaps less than 10 people of Latin or Native American descent. Culturally and racially, we were not considered very diverse as a town or as a student body. It was difficult looking back realizing how narrow minded we were in our world views. Our community despised city people, as we didn’t understand them, didn’t understand their politics, didn’t understand their acceptance of others, we had our ways, and we feared others. What was hard for me in this small town was that I never felt like I fit in. I tried to toe the cultural line by thinking and acting the way others did but it felt unnatural; I felt like there was a lot of hate in my beliefs. Fear of outsiders, fear of change, fear of anything

challenging our midwestern small town way of life. It’s all I knew, how else was I supposed to feel? I was told I was supposed to feel like a man. “Be tough, be a man.”

But I never felt like one, but I also never entertained the thought of anything else because that was “preposterous.”

It wasn’t until I graduated from high school, went to college, and moved to Minneapolis that my eyes were opened to the vast number of differences people have in their cultures. I worked in a neighborhood that was predominantly Hmong and African American, and I learned so much more about the world in just a couple years in that community than I did in my entire life preceding those experiences. I also for the first time in my life was introduced to the LGBTQIA+ community, and it was nothing like what people in small towns feared. I have never met a more loving, accepting, and quite frankly, the most emotionally intelligent community.

After four years of living in various places around the Twin Cities, I moved to Europe to get my bachelor’s degree in engineering. The experiences I found there were the most valuable of my life as I learned what it truly meant to live in a culturally and racially diverse community, both in the towns I lived in and among my university class. I would safely say I interacted regularly with people from every continent. I met a girl from another European country who would become my wife. But years later I came to find these feelings about

me not feeling like I am ‘a man’ resurfaced. I truly wished instead I could have been born a woman. Again, the thought growing up was, “that’s preposterous.” That’s because my small town taught me that isn’t possible. But I am here to say, that with my traveled views, all the way from rural Minnesota, anything is possible. I learned that transgender people exist, and I am one. I transitioned to female about five years ago and have largely kept my transition a secret from the water community out of fear; fear in this day and age of political persecution which the LGBTQIA+ community has not seen on this level since 1933 to 1945. As of writing this, in the past two years, in the United States, the most common topic of bill that was introduced into state and federal legislatures were bills banning the rights of LGBTQIA+ people. Over 500 legislative bills have been introduced attempting to restrict LGBTQIA+ freedoms, predominantly against transgender people. This is why many of us live in fear. I know

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there may be some of you reading this who are afraid to come out to the community for this very reason. There may be some of you reading this and rolling your eyes. No one in America should have to fear political persecution. We say things like “It could never happen here,” but it is happening here, in the so-called “land of the free.”

But we need the world to realize that our different cultures, our ways of life will not

simply go away because they are different. It is only through acceptance of others and letting go of irrational fears can people stop hating what they don’t understand. I know it’s hard for many to accept others. But I want everyone to know, you are unique and no one is like you. It’s our differences as individuals that we celebrate. Our differences in race, gender identity, and cultures should be no different in how we celebrate one another.

People in my small town would say I was brainwashed by my “liberal professors” in college, when in truth, I am not sure what much if any of what my college lecturers’ political affiliations were. It wasn’t college staff that opened my eyes, it was merely living in a different place, with different customs, that taught me that there are different world views other than what is taught through a narrow lens. I was raised to believe that personal freedoms are what’s most important. That aspect of me has never changed, but what amazes me is all the people who taught me this belief are trying so hard to erase mine and many other’s freedoms. The hypocrisy I cannot abide. I challenge anyone to try to put into perspective that other cultures can find happiness and if that doesn’t align with your way of thinking, then try to find some understanding that there are many lenses to view this world through.

I am writing this to let many of you know I came from your town, I shared your experiences, and yet I have learned that there’s more to this world than hate, and I’m far happier knowing and celebrating our differences. Perhaps someday I will reveal who I am, but for now, you can just think of me as a small-town Minnesota girl currently working in the water industry you once knew as a boy. Be careful what you say, I could be anyone. I could even be a family member, coworker, or friend. So please be kind to one another. •

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Breeze is made possible by the companies below who convey their important messages on our pages. We thank them for their support of The Minnesota Section of the American Water Works Association (MN AWWA) and its publication, and encourage you to contact them when making your purchasing decisions. To make it easier to contact these companies, we have included the page number of their advertisement, their phone number, and, where applicable, their website.

AE2S 35 701-364-9111 www.ae2s.com

American Ductile Iron Pipe 35 205-325-7701 www.american-usa.com

Apex Engineering Group 18 701-373-7980 www.apexenggroup.com

Arcadis U.S., Inc. 45 614-985-9100 www.arcadis.com

Barr Engineering Company 40 952-832-2619 www.barr.com

Bergerson Caswell 19 763-479-3121 www.bergersoncaswell.com

Bollig Engineering 45 320-235-2555 www.bollig-engineering.com

Bolton & Menk, Inc. 6 507-625-4171 www.bolton-menk.com

Brown and Caldwell 12 800-727-2224 www.brownandcaldwell.com

CEI Carbon Enterprises, Inc. 44 800-344-5770 www.ceifiltration.com

Core & Main 4 952-937-9666 www.coreandmain.com

Dakota Supply Group 16 800-328-3976 www.dakotasupplygroup.com

E.H. Renner & Sons, Inc. 31 763-427-6100 www.ehrenner.com

Electric Pump, Inc. 37 800-211-6432 www.electricpump.com

ESS Brothers & Sons, Inc. 8 763-478-2027 www.essbrothers.com

Flow Control Automation, Inc. 47 605-956-8142 www.flowcontrolautomation.com

General Repair Service 2 800-767-5151 www.generalrepair.com

Hawkins Water Treatment Group 8 877-240-0304 www.hawkinsinc.com

HR Green, Inc. 40 800-728-7805 www.hrgreen.com

Integra Clear Co – Vita-D-Chlor  15 800-322-6646 www.vita-d-chlor.com

ISG 12 507-387-6651 www.isginc.com

Janssen Machine Co. 10 218-493-4470 www.janssenmachine.com

KLM Engineering, Inc. 42 888-959-5111 www.klmengineering.com

Mid America Meter, Inc. 14 800-324-0365 www.midamericameter.com

Milbank Winwater 19 605-432-4594 www.winsupplyinc.com

Minnesota Pump Works 7 877-645-8004 www.minnesotapumpworks.com

Moore Engineering, Inc. 44 701-282-4692 www.mooreengineeringinc.com

Northwestern Power Equipment Company 48 651-628-0683 www.nwpeco.com

Pittsburg Tank & Tower Maintenance Co., Inc. 19 270-826-9000 www.pttg.com

Rice Lake Construction Group 19 218-546-5519 www.ricelake.org

SEH 32 651-490-2000 www.sehinc.com

Stantec 45 651-604-4706 www.stantec.com

TKDA 45 651-292-4621 www.tkda.com

Treatment Resources, Inc. 34 651-702-2692 www.treatmentresources.com

Vessco, Inc. 3, 41 952-941-2678 www.vessco.com

W. W. Goetsch Associates, Inc. 40 952-831-4340 info@wwgoetsch.com

Water Conservation Services, Inc. 12 612-600-8716 www.watermainleaklocator.com

Widseth 12 218-829-5117  www.widseth.com

Ziegler Cat 40 952-885-8218 www.zieglercat.com

To reach water professionals through Breeze magazine and its targeted readership, contact Jeff at your earliest convenience to discuss your company’s promotional plans for 2024.

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