The WQA Podcast

In this episode, we hear from Eric Yeggy, WQA Technical Affairs director, talking about sanitation best practices for water treatment products.

Eric spoke to the WQA Dealer Section in April, as he answered questions and concerns about disinfection procedures in light of the COVID-19 crisis. We’ll also have a regulatory update from Kathleen Burbidge, and I’ll have our WQA tip.

In this episode we feature remarks from Doug Ramer, HR Director at Martin Water Conditioning in Myerstown, Pennsylvania. Doug spoke to the WQA Dealer Section in April about the need to reassure customers and staff during the COVID-19 crisis. He talked about communicating more frequently, and, perhaps differently. And, when it comes to employees, Doug says bad news is better than no news.

And we'll have our WQA Tip.

In this episode, we’ll hear from two WQA members, Data Dale Filhaber with Dataman Group, and Amanda Crangle with Lamplight Digital Media and get their perspectives on how to communicate and market during the coronavirus crisis. Plus, we'll have our WQA tip.

For more information about Dale: https://www.datamangroup.com/

For more information about Amanda: https://lamplightdigitalmedia.com/

In this episode, we hear from former House Majority Leader Richard Gephardt, president of the Gephardt Group in Washington, in remarks he gave during the Live Virtual Education at the Water Quality Association.

Leader Gephardt gives an overview of how COVID-19 is affecting policy and politics in Washington, and how difficult it is to predict which bills will get passed and which candidates will likely win in November.

Plus, we'll have our WQA tip.

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Mike Baird, president and owner of Aquamor in Temecula, California, talking about the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on his manufacturing business.

Mike talks about his company’s response to the coronavirus, a unique opportunity that developed for his team, and his thoughts as we look ahead to eventually a return to normal. Plus, we’ll have a regulatory update from Kathleen Burbidge, and our WQA tip.

Our guest is DJ Shannahan, the new president of the Water Quality Association, as he begins his new term.

We spent some time chatting with DJ after the WQA Virtual Annual Meeting on April 2, 2020. We discuss his top priorities as WQA president, the role that mentoring has played in his life, and the excitement he feels about what’s ahead in the coming year.

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

In this episode, we feature remarks Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Wheeler made to the WQA Virtual Annual Meeting held April 2, 2020. In a message that he recorded for our virtual annual meeting, Administrator Wheeler talks about the importance of the water industry during the COVID-19 crisis. And, he highlights some of the other initiatives his office is undertaking.

Our guest is David Loveday, WQA’s Global Government Affairs Director, who discusses how WQA and its members are responding to the coronavirus or COVID-19 crisis.

David talks about the whirlwind of activity his department and others at WQA have been involved with in response to the recent shelter-in-place restrictions across the country.

On this week’s episode of WQA Radio, we’ll talk with WQA Global Government Affairs Manager Kathleen Burbidge who provides highlights from a recent conference call held by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Small Business Administration about the Coronavirus and its impact on business.

Later we’ll hear from WQA Marketing & Communications Coordinator Susan Keaton about the Frequently Asked questions we address about the Convention and how WQA is preparing alternate online options.

Our guest is Dr. Marcia Silva, Associate Scientist and Director of the Water Technology Accelerator which partners with the Water Equipment and Policy Center, or WEP, in Milwaukee.

In this episode, Dr. Silva explains how the WEP takes on new research projects, the timeline for those projects, and how WQA as a member has a voice in which projects get funded.

Learn more at http://www.wepiucrc.com/