Our guest is longtime WQA member and past WQA president John Packard.

​We talk with John about his company, Culligan Water Conditioning of Minnetonka, Minnesota, and its response to the pandemic, how he changed his communication strategy with his 32 dealerships and all of his employees as a result of the crisis, and how he views the value of WQA Membership.

​Our guest is Frank DeSilva, National Sales Manager of Resin Tech. He also chairs the WQA Federal Government Affairs Committee. 

In this episode, we talk with Frank about the new Resin Tech manufacturing facility in New Jersey, how he makes ion exchange a more interesting topic for conversations and sales presentations, and one of the positives he sees coming out of the pandemic. 

Later, we’ll have our WQA tip.

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In this episode, we’ll hear a portion of the remarks Congressman Dan Kildee (D-Michigan) made during the joint federal and state and regional government affairs committee meeting at the Mid-Year Leadership Conference.

​Congressman Kildee begins his presentation with the latest on PFAS and his efforts to find bipartisan solutions to the problem.  He also talks about federal infrastructure spending.

Later, we’ll get a regulatory update from Kathleen Burbidge and our WQA tip.

In this episode we feature Kendall C. Wright, one of the speakers at the WQA Mid-Year Leadership Conference. His topic was: Breaking Inclusion Barriers.  You'll hear a portion of his comments which provided valuable insights into the roles and responsibilities of a leader in a diverse and changing marketplace.

Later, we'll have a new feature: WQA Business Insight.

Our guest is Greg Reyneke, a member of the WQA Board of Directors and President of the Pacific Water Quality Association.

In this episode, we talk with Greg as he was in the middle of the PWQA annual convention – a virtual show because of the pandemic. We hear about the convention, and then move the conversation into what’s likely ahead for the coming year.
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Later, we’ll get a regulatory update from Kathleen Burbidge and our WQA tip.

Our guest is Merritt Partridge, president of the National Groundwater Association. Merritt discusses his efforts to keep the focus on groundwater when discussing future legislation and funding in Washington.

He also shares the reasoning behind the decision to make Groundwater Week in December a totally virtual event, and offers his thoughts about how WQA and NGWA can help each other in the cause of better water.

​We’ll also get a regulatory update from Kathleen Burbidge and our WQA tip.

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In this episode, we will give you another taste of the Mid-Year Leadership conference, as we share WQA President DJ Shannahan’s opening remarks to attendees.

​DJ talked about the COVID-19 crisis, the challenges members faced in the early days of the crisis, and the value WQA provided and continues to offer members of WQA.

In this episode we feature remarks from Curtis Dubay, senior economist in the Economic Policy Division at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Curtis was a featured speaker at the WQA Mid-Year Leadership Conference in September.
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He reveals a wealth of data and analysis, and explains what the uphill climb looks like as the economy struggles to recover.

In this episode, we hear from Amanda Moore, a member of the WQA Board of Governors, former WQA President Sam Karge, and WQA Executive Director Pauli Undesser, as they talk about managing through the crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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They took part in a recent WQA Essentials Webinar, and we’ll hear a portion of that discussion during this episode of WQA Radio.

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Our featured guest is Richard Mest, president of the Water Quality Research foundation.

​In this episode, Richard talks about COVID-19, his new role at WQRF and the contaminant occurrence map, one of the big highlights at the WQA Mid-Year Leadership Conference.
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