​Our featured guest in this week’s WQA Radio podcast is Mike Herman, CEO of Culligan Ultrapure in Owatonna, Minnesota. Mike talks about boosting your business, from dealing with current business challenges for a multi-location dealership to his latest efforts to focus on company values, to the new WQA Business Operations Report. He feels it provides exceptional value to WQA dealer members. 

Mike is also excited to attend this year's WQA Mid-Year Leadership Conference in Lake Tahoe, California September 13-15, 2022. Learn more at https://wqa.org/mylc.

In this episode, we’ll feature a portion of an education session at the 2022 WQA Convention & Exposition in Orlando last April.

We’ll hear from Dami Martins, Civil Engineer, and Clayton Anderson, Mechanical Engineer, at the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations, as they discuss water treatment and reuse challenges in a variety of settings.

The Bureau of Overseas Buildings builds and operate American embassies and consulates as well as housing and support facilities worldwide.
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Later we'll have our Motivational Minute and our WQA Tip. Learn more about our WQA Mid-Year Leadership Conference at wqa.org/mylc.

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 Technology, PUR; Rachel Cook, Director of Human Resources, Eco Water; and Irma Bishop, MWS, General Manager, Hall's Culligan.

Later, we'll have our Motivational Minute and WQA Tip.
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Learn more about the WQA Mid-Year Leadership Conference at wqa.org/mylc.

​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 from the University of Wisconsin system in June 2021 to gauge the American public's knowledge of emerging contaminants in drinking water and their interest in and willingness to use in-home water treatment. Marcia walks us through how the survey was conducted and the main results.

Later, we'll have our Motivational Minute, and our WQA Tip.

Register for the upcoming WQA Mid-Year Leadership Conference, Sept. 13-15, 2022 in Lake Tahoe, California, at https://wqa.org/mylc.

​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 WQA, and now her role on the WQA Board of Governors. 

She also shares why this year’s Mid-Year Leadership Conference is so helpful to members.  “You’re guaranteed to walk out of there with relationships that you never could have created in another space and even on a convention floor,” said Moore on the podcast. “You’re likely to walk out, and I know that I have, with one if not a half dozen mentors in this industry.” 

Later, we’ll have our Motivational Minute, and our WQA Tip.

Learn more about the Mid-Year Leadership Conference at https://wqa.org/mylc.

​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 challenges and opportunities he sees in the next 6-12 months, and why he's excited to be attending his first WQA Mid-Year Leadership Conference September 13-15th in Lake Tahoe, California.

Later, we'll have a Motivational Minute and our WQA Tip.

Welcome to WQA Radio, a weekly podcast from the Water Quality Association. 

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 compare their performance to the industry. 

Former WQA President DJ Shannahan serves as moderator, along with panelists Amanda Crangle, founder of Lamplight Digital Media, and Candice Wentling, Master Water Specialist and director of Certfied Action. They’ll talk about the value of the report and how to use it to position your company for future success.

Learn more at https://wqa.org/bizops.

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 Conference is such an important event for the water treatment industry, and allows attendees to be a voice to share their ideas and help move the industry forward.

​https://mylc.wqa.org.

​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 he’s looking forward to the WQA Mid-Year Leadership Conference coming up in September in Lake Tahoe, California.

​Learn more at https://wqa.org/mylc.

​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 overall, her background in the industry, and where she sees new opportunities in the international marketplace.