The WQA Podcast

In this episode of WQA Radio, our guest is Dr. Marc Verhougstraete with the University of Arizona and co-author of the Cost-Benefit study of point-of-use water treatment devices funded by the Water Quality Research Foundation.

He talks about how they calculated the lifetime economic loss to the city of Flint, Michigan from lead in drinking water, and how he sees the impact of the study in the months and years to come.

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Our guest is the U.S. Department of Labor’s Director of the Office of Public Engagement. Dean Heyl was the keynote speaker at the 2019 WQA Mid-Year Leadership Conference.

Director Heyl joined us on WQA Radio to talk about the challenges of the U.S. workforce, WQA’s involvement in the pledge to America’s workers, and how WQA is poised to help train the workforce of the future. Don’t miss the WQA tip.

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Our guest in this episode of WQA Radio is Steve Ver Strat, the WQA President, talking about the 2019 Mid-Year Leadership which wrapped up this week in San Antonio, Texas.

In this episode we talk with Steve about the success of the Mid-Year Leadership Conference, some of the new features of this year’s event, and also how the first six months as president of WQA have been going for him.

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Our guest in this episode of WQA Radio is Heather Duve, WQA’s Member and Development manager, talking about sponsorship opportunities at the 2020 WQA Convention & Exposition in Orlando coming up April 1st through the 3rd of 2020.

Heather has all the details about the variety of sponsorship opportunities at Convention, from signs to print ads to the WQA App, and why you need to be thinking about it now and making your plans.

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Our guest is Bob Boerner with Culligan of San Antonio and a longtime WQA member. Bob shares his perspective on the value of the WQA Mid-Year Leadership Conference which will take place in San Antonio September 9-11th. We also talk with Bob about his family’s unique history in the water treatment industry and the challenges he and others in Texas are facing when it comes to water quality and treatment.

Our guest is Margaret Martens, executive director of the Water Systems Council which is focused on household wells and small well water systems. We talk with Margaret about the challenges facing her members and the issues that are important to both of our organizations. Plus we’ll have a regulatory update and our WQA Tip: Time to register for the WQA Mid-Year Leadership Conference (wqa.org/mylc).

Our guest is Dr. George Zhou with Purdue University. Dr. Zhou talks about the Water Quality Research Foundation's 2018 Grant Study looking at the removal of emerging contaminants in point-of-use systems. (https://WQRF.org)

Dr. Zhou believes the study will benefit consumers as well as the water treatment industry. Plus, we’ll have a Regulatory Update and our WQA tip.

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​Our guest is Tim Miles of Tim Miles & Co., concluding speaker at the 2019 WQA Business Boot Camp, talking about casting a vision for your business for one year from now.

We feature an edited segment from Tim’s presentation at Boot Camp as he encouraged the attendees to grapple with some tough questions concerning where they are today and where they want to be in one year; and the impact it might have on their business, their families and their communities. Plan now to attend the 2020 Business Boot Camp in Orlando, March 31, 2020.

Plus, we’ll have a Professional Certification Update with Daniel LeBlanc and our WQA tip.

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Our guest is Zac Gleason, the Lab Director at the Water Quality Association talking about how the lab can assist companies with research and development.

We talk with Zac about the WQA Lab, the Gold Seal product certification program and moving beyond certification to R&D and other testing benefits.

Plus, we’ll get a Professional Certification Update and our WQA tip.

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Our guest is Shannon Murphy, the president of the Pacific Water Quality Association. We talk with Shannon about top legislative issues out west, the value of WQRF research and why he’ll be attending the WQA Mid-Year Leadership Conference in San Antonio.

Plus, we'll get a Regulatory Update from Kathleen Fultz and our WQA Tip.

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