Learn how a high school student and a water treatment provider came together to design a new Quick Release Tool for water treatment professionals in the latest episode of the Water Quality Association podcast. It’s a great story of collaboration, creativity and what’s possible when industry and community come together.
Our podcast guests are Rory Sherman of WQA member company Clean Water Guys, teenager Jaxton Gillette, and WQA’s External Affairs Coordinator Jill Gasienica. They share the origin story behind the Quick Release Tool, how Sherman and Jaxton’s mother connected at a past WQA Convention, and how the idea became a reality through co-design. The conversation is a followup to a presentation on innovation at the 2025 WQA Convention & Expo in Long Beach, California.
