Audience: Business Operations
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Education, Confidence and Credibility
The WQA Podcast highlights education and professional certification as host Wes Bleed talks with Dr. Tanya Lubner, WQA’s Director of Professional Certification and Training, and Membership and Development Director Danny Lysouvakon.
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Mest joins WQA as Strategic Affairs Officer
Longtime water quality industry leader Richard Mest has joined the Water Quality Association as Strategic Affairs Officer. In the newly created role, Mest will serve as a mentor and catalyst for strategic affairs across the association, but most specifically WQA’s business development strategy, government affairs and technical affairs.
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Inside Washington: 2025 Water Policy Recap
The latest episode of the WQA Podcast features Ted Mondloch, Vice President at Current Strategies, WQA’s lobbying and public-affairs firm in Washington. Mondloch breaks down this year’s water-policy landscape and what industry professionals should be watching as we move into 2026.
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Water Treatment for Agriculture
Mike Heatwole, MWS, Regional Sales Manager for the Mid-Atlantic with Water-Right / A. O. Smith Corporation, sharing how water quality impacts agriculture.
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What Consumers Really Think About Their Water
The WQA Podcast explores what consumers really think about their home water quality. Greg Reyneke, MWS, Managing Director of Red Fox Advisors, discusses key findings from the newly released 2025 Consumer Insights Report, which reveals how household attitudes toward tap water, contaminants and water treatment systems are evolving.
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Reimagining Water: Insights from WQA CEO Pauli Undesser
The WQA Podcast features WQA CEO Pauli Undesser, MWS, discussing her recent TEDxFolsom talk, “Smart Cities Can’t Afford Dumb Water.” Undesser reflects on her experience taking the TEDx stage, what inspired her to speak about “smart water” vs. “dumb water,” and why collaboration across the entire water industry has never been more important.
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Why Influence Matters: A Conversation with WQA President Mike Mitchell
The latest episode of the WQA Podcast features WQA’s Susan Keaton in conversation with WQA President Mike Mitchell.
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Cautious Optimism: Podcast explores new WQA Manufacturer Confidence Report
Two industry experts, former WQA President Sam Karge of A.O. Smith and WQA Director Sean Caughron of Chester Paul Company, unpack the Water Quality Association’s Manufacturer Confidence Report in the latest episode of the WQA Podcast.
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WQA Manufacturer Confidence Report
The Water Quality Association Manufacturer Confidence Report was created to give point-of-use and point-of-entry water treatment industry leaders a clear, consistent read on how their peers are responding to change. This survey captures the perspectives of 45 CEOs, presidents, and business owners across the manufacturing segment, providing insight into strategic behavior, operational planning, and market…
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Partnering with Public Water Systems
The growing collaboration between WQA and the American Water Works Association, and why point-of-use and point-of-entry solutions are gaining traction with municipal treatment operators are among the topics discussed in the latest episode of the WQA Podcast.