The WQA Podcast

In this episode, we’ll feature a segment from a recent WQA Essentials webinar that provided a look into different communication styles and their impact on the job. The discussion is led by Kelley Mudgett, Human Resources Director, North America, at Culligan International. The panelists are: Claudia Milliron, Market Research Manager, Kinetico Incorporated; Mike Mitchell, Director of Advanced Techno...

Welcome to WQA Radio, a weekly podcast from the Water Quality Association https://wqa.org. Our featured guest is Marcia Silva, Ph. D. and Associate Scientist at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, from a segment of a recent Water Quality Research Foundation webinar that provided an overview of the WQRF Emerging Contaminants Consumer Study. This independent study was performed by researchers fro...

Welcome to WQA Radio, a weekly podcast from the Water Quality Association with host Wes Bleed. Learn more at https://wqa.org. This week's special guest is Amanda Moore, vice president at Atlantic Filter Corporation in West Palm Beach, Florida, and vice president of WQA. We discuss how she grew up in the water treatment industry, moving into management at Atlantic Filter, her work with the Florida...

Welcome to the weekly WQA Podcast from the Water Quality Association, the leading voice of the water treatment industry. Find us at https://wqa.org. This week's guest is Russ Harrison, Master Water Specialist and Key Account Manager at Kinetico, and president of the Pacific Water Quality Association. We talk with Russ about his experiences in the water treatment industry and at Kinetico, the chall...

Welcome to WQA Radio, a weekly podcast from the Water Quality Association. Https://WQA.org. In this week's episode, we hear a portion of one of the main education sessions at the WQA Convention & Exposition in Orlando in April 2022 regarding the WQA Business Operations Report, an online interactive business tool for WQA dealer members in the U.S. to analyze the success of their business and compar...

Welcome WQA Radio, the weekly podcast of the Water Quality Association, the leading voice of the water treatment industry. Learn more at https://wqa.org. Our guest is Doug Ramer, MWS and president of Martin Water Conditioning. Doug talks about his company, his role on the WQA Board of Governors, how he’s preparing now for a possible recession, and his strong belief in why the Mid-Year Leadership C...

Welcome to WQA Radio, a weekly podcast from the Water Quality Association, the leading voice of the water treatment industry. Find out more about us at https://wqa.org. Our featured guest is Sean Caughron, president of the Chester Paul Company in Moorpark, California. Sean talks about his company, his role in the water treatment industry, his involvement in WQA over the past 20-plus years and why...

Welcome to WQA Radio, the weekly podcast from the Water Quality Association (WQA). Learn more at https://wqa.org and at our consumer site, https://betterwatertoday.org. Our featured guest is Julia Zhu, WQA’s Asia-Pacific operations manager. WQA's Susan Keaton talks with Julia about demand for water treatment products in the wake of the pandemic, Julia's role in representing WQA in China, and Asia...

Welcome to WQA Radio, the weekly podcast of the Water Quality Association. Learn more about us at https://wqa.org. In this episode, we feature a conversation with Norma Leep, president of SoCal Water Solutions in Imperial, California. Norma talks about how she participated in a government grant program to supply water treatment equipment to disadvantaged areas. Norma recently rejoined as a WQA mem...

Welcome to WQA Radio, a weekly podcast from the Water Quality Association, the leading voice of the water treatment industry. Find us at https://wqa.org and on social media. In this week’s WQA Radio podcast, we feature more of our interviews on the exposition floor at the WQA Convention & Exposition in Orlando in April. You’ll hear from Tom McGrath of Hankscraft Runxin, LLC. In addition, we’ll fea...

Welcome to WQA Radio, a weekly podcast from the Water Quality Association. Learn more about us at https://wqa.org. In this episode, we feature a portion of a presentation on ethics at the WQA Convention & Exposition in Orlando in April 2022. WQA General Counsel Mike Sennett outlines the value of ethics in the water treatment industry and why the WQA Code of Ethics is so important. As Mike explains...

Welcome to WQA Radio, the weekly podcast of the Water Quality Association, the leading voice of the water treatment industry. Learn more at https://wqa.org. In this episode, we feature a portion of a recent class in WQA’s instructor-led installer training with Dr. Tanya Lubner, WQA's Professional Certification & Training Director. Tanya talks about sources of water, the hydrologic cycle and how th...

Welcome to WQA Radio, the weekly podcast of the Water Quality Association, the leading voice of the Water Treatment Industry. Learn more at https://wqa.org. In this episode, we feature a portion of a recent WQA Government Affairs webinar on Supply Chain disruption which we held during the recent WQA Congressional Fly-in. We’ll hear from Bill Donohue, President, Executive Director of GENEDGE Allian...

Welcome to WQA Radio, the weekly podcast of the Water Quality Association. Learn more at https://wqa.org. In this episode, we feature a discussion with Josh Greene of A.O. Smith along with WQA Government Affairs Director Jeremy Pollack and Kathleen Burbidge, WQA’s Associate Director for External Affairs. They talk about the Healthy H20 Act, the next steps for moving the legislation along in Congre...

Welcome to WQA Radio, a weekly podcast of the Water Quality Association, the leading voice of the water treatment industry. Find us at https://wqa.org. In this week’s episode of WQA Radio, we feature Mike Gottlieb, founder of Resintech, in a WQA Radio interview from the floor of the WQA Convention & Exposition. Mike talks about the early days back in the mid-1980s when he got the idea for the comp...

Welcome to WQA Radio, a weekly podcast from the Water Quality Association. Find us at https://wqa.org. In this episode, we feature another presentation from the Opening General Session of our recent WQA Convention & Exposition in Orlando. We’ll hear from WQA Executive Director Pauli Undesser, who outlined 3 key ways in which attendees could have an impact in their businesses and overall for the wa...

Welcome to WQA Radio, where we bring you news and insights about the water treatment industry and promote better water quality around the world. We’re publishing this on April 20th, 2022. Find us at https://WQA.org, and on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. And in this episode, we feature presentations at the Opening General Session of our recent WQA Convention & Exposition in Orlando. We’...

Welcome to WQA Radio, a weekly podcast from the Water Quality Association, the leading voice of the water treatment industry. Find out more about us at https://wqa.org. In this episode, we feature our conversation with newly installed WQA President Jim Stern that took place during a Facebook Live stream interview from WQA Central on the exposition floor of the WQA Convention in Orlando. We include...

Welcome to WQA Radio, the weekly podcast of the Water Quality Association, the leading voice of the water treatment industry. In this episode, we talk with WQA Dealer members Sam Barron and Mike McGowan. Mike, with McGowan Water Conditioning in Mankato, Minnesota, is on the WQA Board of Directors. Sam, with Maher Water in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, is active in WQA. They will discuss their experien...

Welcome to WQA Radio, a weekly podcast from the Water Quality Association. Learn more at https://wqa.org. In this episode, we will hear from David Cwiertny, PhD, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Iowa. Dr. Cwiertny spoke during a recent WQA Essentials Webinar which looked at risks to schools and childcare centers posed by lead in drinking water. Dr. Cwiertny foc...

Welcome to WQA Radio, a weekly podcast from the Water Quality Association, the leading voice of the residential, commercial and industrial water treatment industry. In this episode, we talk with Heather Duve, the associate director of Membership and lead organizer of the WQA Business Boot Camp, along with WQA Member Bob Boerner of Culligan Southwest, one of the presenters at this year’s Boot Camp....

Welcome to WQA Radio, a weekly podcast of the Water Quality Association, the leading voice of the water treatment industry. Learn more at https://wqa.org. This week we feature a conversation with Derek Packard, Vice President of Packard Culligan and a member of WQA’s next generation of up-and-coming water treatment professionals. We’ll discuss the value of WQA membership, the value of the upcoming...

Welcome to WQA Radio, a podcast of the Water Quality Association, the leading voice of the water treatment industry. This podcast is sponsored by A. O. Smith North America Water Treatment. Built on family values that provide better water everywhere, while making solutions reliable, innovative, and friendly. Visit the AO SMITH TEAM at Booth 837 at the WQA Convention & Exposition April 6-8, 2022 in...

Welcome to WQA, a podcast from the Water Quality Association, the leading voice of the water treatment industry. In this episode, we will talk with John McCartan, WQA’s Training and Program Manager and Peter Cartwright of Cartwright consulting and WQA Hall of Fame member – we’ll discuss the education tracks and topics at the upcoming WQA Convention & Exposition, set for April 6-8, 2022 in Orlando,...

Welcome to WQA Radio, our weekly podcast from the Water Quality Association. In this episode, we will talk with Chris Wilker, former WQA President with the Canature Water Group, and Candice Wentling of Certified Action to get an overview of the blockbuster sessions that will be presented the first morning of the WQA Convention & Exposition in Orlando, March 6-8, 2022. Ethics, inflation, Business O...