The WQA Podcast

Our guest in this episode of WQA Radio is Lauren Del Ciello, Managing Editor of Water Quality Products Magazine.

Lauren discusses WQP’s annual water treatment industry survey, how it differed from the survey of readers the magazine published last spring when the COVID-19 pandemic was just beginning, how budgets are being affected, and a shift among readers toward more digital technologies.

Later, we’ll have our WQA tip. blog.wqa.org.

Our guest is Gary Hatch, of Hatch Global Consulting Services and the Chair of the Research Task Force for the Contaminant Occurrence Map project for the Water Quality Research Foundation.

Gary discusses how the task force helped to guide the research for the Contaminant Occurrence map, which you can find at wqrf.org/map. Gary has some great insights into how to use the map and how the map will evolve over time.

Later, we'll have our WQA Tip -- how you can still benefit from WQA Member Appreciation Month.

Our guest is Tanya Lubner, PhD and WQA’s Director of Professional Certification & Training.

In this episode, we’ll replay the most recent WQA Coffee Break, where Tanya discusses the impact of ethics training, the credibility of following ethical practices, understanding the role of WQA’s Code of Ethics, and how you can use the Ethics training with your team.

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Happy Thanksgiving

Our guest in this episode of WQA Radio is Ted Jones, Vice President, North American Dealer Sales, Kinetico Incorporated. Ted discusses his role with Kinetico, his family history in the water treatment industry, his passion for the value of WQA and his outlook for 2021 amid the continuing pandemic.

Plus we'll have our WQA Tip.

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Our guest is longtime WQA member and past WQA president John Packard. We talk with John about his company's response to the pandemic, how he changed his communication strategy with his 32 Culligan dealerships and all of his employees as a result of the crisis, and how he views the value of WQA Membership.

Later, we’ll have our WQA tip.

Our guest is Frank DeSilva, National Sales Manager of Resin Tech. He also chairs the WQA Federal Government Affairs Committee.

In this episode, we talk with Frank about the new Resin Tech manufacturing facility in New Jersey, how he makes ion exchange a more interesting topic for conversations and sales presentations, and one of the positives he sees coming out of the pandemic.

Later, we’ll have our WQA tip.

In this episode, we’ll hear a portion of the remarks Congressman Dan Kildee (D-Michigan) made during the joint federal and state and regional government affairs committee meeting at the Mid-Year Leadership Conference. Congressman Kildee begins his presentation with the latest on PFAS and his efforts to find bipartisan solutions to the problem. He also talks about federal infrastructure spending.

Later, we’ll get a regulatory update from Kathleen Burbidge and our WQA tip.

In this episode we feature Kendall C. Wright, one of the speakers at the WQA Mid-Year Leadership Conference. His topic was: Breaking Inclusion Barriers. You'll hear a portion of his comments which provided valuable insights into the roles and responsibilities of a leader in a diverse and changing marketplace.

Later, we'll have a new feature: WQA Business Insight.

Our guest is Greg Reyneke, a member of the WQA Board of Directors and President of the Pacific Water Quality Association.

In this episode, we talk with Greg as he was in the middle of the PWQA annual convention – a virtual show because of the pandemic. We hear about the convention, and then move the conversation into what’s likely ahead for the coming year.

Later, we’ll get a regulatory update from Kathleen Burbidge and our WQA tip.

Our guest is Merritt Partridge, president of the National Groundwater Association. Merritt discusses his efforts to keep the focus on groundwater when discussing future legislation and funding in Washington. He also shares the reasoning behind the decision to make Groundwater Week in December a totally virtual event, and offers his thoughts about how WQA and NGWA can help each other in the cause of better water. We’ll also get a regulatory update from Kathleen Burbidge and our WQA tip.