Welcome to the WQA Podcast, the weekly podcast from the Water Quality Association, the leading voice of the residential, commercial and industrial water treatment community. Find us at https://wqa.org.

As we mark the 50th anniversary of WQA, we are featuring some of our more popular and important podcasts over the years. This one is from 2021 and the grand opening of WQA’s new International Headquarters and Laboratory in Lisle, Illinois, outside Chicago.

We feature so remarks from two former WQA Executive Directors -- Doug Oberhamer and Pete Censky. If you’re new to the industry, this will give you an excellent background for how we got to where we are today.

We begin with Doug, as he talked about the reasons behind establishing a permanent headquarters more than 40 years ago. And then, we’ll hear from Pete, as he reflected on the continued growth and credibility of the water treatment industry in the many years since that time.