The WQA Podcast

WQA's Global Regulatory & Government Affairs Manager Kathleen Burbidge provides highlights of the September bills list, which tracks water-related legislation across the United States.

In this episode, we will give you another taste of the Mid-Year Leadership conference, as we share WQA President DJ Shannahan’s opening remarks to attendees. DJ talked about the COVID-19 crisis, the challenges members faced in the early days of the crisis, and the value WQA provided and continues to offer members of WQA.

In this episode we feature remarks from Curtis Dubay, senior economist in the Economic Policy Division at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Curtis was a featured speaker at the WQA Mid-Year Leadership Conference in September.

He reveals a wealth of data and analysis, and explains what the uphill climb looks like as the economy struggles to recover.

In this episode, we hear from Amanda Moore, a member of the WQA Board of Governors, former WQA President Sam Karge, and WQA Executive Director Pauli Undesser, as they talk about managing through the crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic.

They took part in a recent WQA Essentials Webinar, and we’ll hear a portion of that discussion during this episode of WQA Radio.

Later, we’ll get a regulatory update from Kathleen Burbidge and our WQA tip -- why now is the time to join WQA.

Our featured guest is Richard Mest, president of the Water Quality Research foundation. In this episode, Richard talks about COVID-19, his new role at WQRF and the contaminant occurrence map, one of the big highlights at the WQA Mid-Year Leadership Conference.

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

Our guest is Tanya Lubner, PhD and WQA’s Professional Certification & Training Director. She spoke about the Find a Provider and Find a Water Treatment Professional Search function on the WQA website, a great tool for promoting and growing your water treatment business.

Tanya chatted with Wes Bleed during our August Coffee Break, on Facebook Live, about how to get ahead with WQA’s Professional Certification and training.

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

Register for the Mid-Year Leadership Conference at wqa.org/mylc.

In this episode, we hear from WQA President DJ Shannahan. He talks about COVID-19, his new LEAD initiative to encourage more engagement among members, and the new WQA bench marking reports he believes can have a great impact for the industry. Plus we'll have a WQA Tip.

In this episode, we replay a portion of a WQA Essentials Webinar about new research which is finding surprising differences in the water quality from different taps within the same home.

WQA Professional Certification & Training Director Tanya Lubner talks with Dr. Andrew Whelton, an associate professor of civil, environmental, and ecological engineering at Purdue University.

They talk about the findings, the cause of these water quality variations, and the implications for the Point-of-Use and Point-of-Entry drinking water treatment industry.

Our guest is WQA member Kelly Thompson, president of Moti-Vitality, talking about the impact of COVID-19 on the water treatment industry.

Kelly shares his thoughts about the changes in business, customer service, training and how he’s adapted his business model, all in response to the Coronavirus. Later, we’ll get a regulatory update from Kathleen Burbidge and our WQA tip.

We want to make sure you are planning to join us for the 2020 WQA Mid-Year Leadership Conference. It’s coming up September 16 & 17 with a Welcome Reception on September 15th.

Learn more and register at wqa.org/mylc.

Our guest is Dr. Emily Kumpel with the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She discusses the new WQRF Sustainability Comparison study, which compares Point of Use and Point of Entry water treatment with centralized treatment in small community water systems across the United States.

We talk with Dr. Kumpel about the WQRF study, which contaminants she will track when it comes to the effectiveness of POU and POE, and what the long term benefits will be. And later, we’ll get a regulatory update from Kathleen Burbidge. Plus, we’ll have our WQA tip.

A reminder: Plan now to join us for the 2020 WQA Mid-Year Leadership Conference. It’s coming up September 16 & 17 with a Welcome Reception on September 15th. Learn more and register at wqa.org/mylc.