​Our guest is Julia Cronin of WQA’s Gold Seal Product Certification team talking about WQA’s Standard 60 product certification program. 

In this episode, we will hear from Julia Cronin, account representative for WQA, about Standard 60 which is for drinking water treatment chemicals. We’ll hear what kinds of chemicals, what the standard does, and how the Gold Seal program offers a way to get a variety of products tested and certified.

https://wqa.org/60.

Learn more about the WQA Convention & Exposition at https://wqa.org/convention.

In this episode, we’ll talk with Water Quality Products Magazine managing editor Lauren Del Ciello, about WQP's State of the Industry survey the magazine conducts each year at this time. 

What was the biggest concern in 2021? What were some of the trends that they’ve seen, and what new product readers were adding to their business model over the past year.

Listen to learn more.

Interested in the WQA Convention & Exposition? Go to https://wqa.org/convention.

In this episode, we’ll talk with Mike Mormino, VP Sales & Marketing for ENPRESS LLC, and Chair of the WQA Research Task Force about the new WQRF Emerging Contaminants consumer study. We're also joined by Kayla Heriaud, Research Project Leader for WQRF.
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We'll discuss how the research was conducted, what was the focus of the survey and what contaminants consumers were most aware of, plus what’s the timetable for seeing the final report.

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​Our guest in this week’s episode of WQA Radio is Christine Vuocolo, office manager and co-owner (along with husband Mark) of MVP Plumbing in Pennsylvania. 

We talk with Christine about MVP plumbing, her unique business background, how water treatment became part of their business and how that led to becoming a member of the Water Quality Association. 

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Welcome to WQA Radio. We’re publishing this on November 17, 2021 during Member Appreciation Month at WQA. If you’re not a member, now’s the perfect time to join. Go to wqa.org/membership to learn more and join the growing water treatment community.
In this episode, we’ll talk with Denise Urbans with Shedd Water and Urbans Aqua, Bret Tangley, President and CEO of Sterling Water, Inc. and Doug Haring, with Clack Corporation -- three veteran WQA Members, all in the WQA Hall of Fame.

​They’ll discuss how they’re wrapping up 2021, and look ahead to the challenges for 2022 and what they’re planning to change in the coming months.

In this episode of WQA Radio, we’ll talk with Ariane Paris about her company, Ethical H2O, why the focus on ethics, what she values in being a member of WQA, and how’s she’s having to deal with a rapidly growing company (nice to have problem).

We’re publishing this on November 10, 2021 during Member Appreciation Month at WQA. If you’re not a member, now’s the perfect time to join. Go to wqa.org/membership.
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Learn more about Professional Certification at wqa.org/profcert.

In this episode, we caught up with WQA Executive Director for Member & Public Engagement Tom Bruursema at the WQA Booth at the Aquatech Show in Amsterdam.

The Aquatech Show is held every two years in Amsterdam. WQA hosts a Pavilion for member companies at the Aquatech shows in Amsterdam, China and Mexico. Learn more at https://www.wqa.org/programs-services/events/international.

November is Member Appreciation Month at WQA. Learn more and join at https://wqa.org/membership.

​In this episode, WQA’s Susan Keaton will chat with "Data Dale" Filhaber with the marketing firm Dataman Group Direct about her work in the water treatment industry and will get her thoughts about how members can use the findings from the WQA Consumer Study in their own marketing initiatives.

Learn more about WQA membership at https://wqa.org/membership. The WQA Convention & Exposition takes place April 6-8, 2022 in Orlando, Florida. https://wqa.org/convention.

This week, we feature a portion of Doug Ramer’s presentation at Mid-Year entitled Making Employees Proud Promoters. Doug is president of Martin Water Kinetico, and a member of the WQA Board of Governors.

It was a great talk about engaging employees, developing a positive company culture, and creating a place where people will go to bat for each other. 

If you're not a member of WQA, please check out all of the benefits of membership at https://wqa.org/membership. Thank you!

In this episode, we feature some very important remarks from former WQA Executive Directors  Doug Oberhamer and WQA Executive Director, Pete Censky. They spoke at the Grand Opening ceremonies outside the new WQA headquarters in September.

If you’re new to the industry, this will give you an excellent background in how we got to where we are today. 

We begin with Doug, as he reminds us of the reasons behind establishing a permanent headquarters nearly 40 years ago. And then, we’ll hear from Pete, as he reflected on the continued growth and credibility of the water treatment industry in the many years since.

Later we'll have our WQA tip. 

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