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.

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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.

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​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.

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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.

​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 member, inspired to do so while listening to WQA Executive Director Pauli Undesser at the Opening General Session of the WQA Convention & Exposition in Orlando 2022. 

She also talks about signing up for professional certification.

Later we'll have our WQA tip.

​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 feature a conversation with Annette Bos with Aquatech Global Events.

​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 during the podcast, "It protects consumers, it protects competition and most importantly, it protects the industry."

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

​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 that affects the type of water treatment that might be required. Go to https://wqa.org/installertraining for more information. Also, get more information about WQA’s new rebate program to help cover the cost of your training.

​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 Alliance, an organization that helps to solve the operational and business challenges facing Virginia companies. You can watch the entire webinar by going to wqa.org/webinars. Bill references various slides in the presentation, but don’t worry, you’ll have a good sense of the information he presents.

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

​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 Congress, and how the program ill benefit WQA Members. WQA’s Susan Keaton joins Wes Bleed for our discussion.