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Bridging the gap between water plant operators and engineers

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The Water Break Podcast, Episode 48: Wanda-ring Through Water

Welcome to “Water Break”, where we try to bridge the gap between Water Operators and Engineers! Today’s episode is our 48th and to celebrate, we have brought back Wanda Baustert of “Wanda’s Water Tidbits”. Typically, our Tidbits are little bits of trivia or articles that are unusual and sometimes even brilliant about water that my mother, Wanda, has sent to me and has asked for my opinion on.…

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The Water Break Podcast, Episode 47: Operator Ethics and Why They Matter

Welcome to “Water Break”, where we try to bridge the gap between Water Operators and Engineers! In today’s episode, we are going to talk about “Operator Ethics and Why They Matter”. We would like to welcome back John Schwartz, who is the Senior Technical Support Representative/Technical Training Manager, and Loyd Rawlings, who is the Technical Training Manager for USA BlueBook. John brings over 40…

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The Water Break Podcast, Episode 46: Package Plant Retrofit From Failure to Success

“Where we bridge the gap between water plant operators and engineers” In today’s episode, we are going to talk about a challenging packaged sanitary wastewater treatment plant retrofit. We are thrilled to welcome back our guest Ibrahim Teres, a senior process engineer at EMCO group with 10+ years in the water and wastewater treatment systems design field. Ibrahim was recently elected as the vice…

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The Water Break Podcast, Episode 45: Source Water Protection!

“Where we bridge the gap between water plant operators and engineers” Matt Casto Jordan Jackson In today’s episode we are going to talk about “Protecting Source Water.” Our guests are Matt Casto and Jordan Jackson of North Carolina Rural Water Association. Matt’s unconventional journey into the water industry began with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sculpture, where he developed an improvisational…

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The Water Break Podcast, Episode 43: What’s That Taste in My Water

“Where we bridge the gap between water plant operators and engineers” In episode 43 of the Water Break Podcast, Heather Jennings, PE, discusses interesting details about water with our guests, John Schwartz, Senior Technical Support Representative/Technical Training Manager, and Loyd Rawlings, Technical Training Manager for a leading MRO company. John brings over 40 years of experience in water…

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The Water Break Podcast, Episode 42: WW Laboratory with Jane

“Where we bridge the gap between water plant operators and engineers” In episode 42 of the Water Break Podcast, Heather Jennings, PE, discusses wastewater laboratory testing with Jane Leatherland. Jane was born in Yorkshire, England and started her career at a coal testing facility that also conducted water, gas, and air analysis. Jane emigrated to the USA in 1986 and worked for Metro Denver…

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The Water Break Podcast, Episode 41: Go! Fight! Win! Operations Challenge Experiences

“Where we bridge the gap between water plant operators and engineers” In episode 41 of the Water Break Podcast, Heather Jennings, PE, is discussing the Operations Challenge with actual participants: Kevin Wegener and Skyler Edmison of Clean Water Services. Operations Challenge is a premier event for wastewater operators, testing skills in process control, maintenance, laboratory procedures, and…

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The Water Break Podcast, Episode 40: Nice Color, Nasty Contaminants, Lots of Water

“Where we bridge the gap between water plant operators and engineers.” In Episode 40 of the Water Break podcast, host Heather Jennings, PE, is in conversation with Ibrahim Teres from Emco Engineering Inc. to dive into an intriguing case study involving a tannery in the United Arab Emirates. Ibrahim is a water solutions expert who serves as the head of the industrial division at EMCO group. Ibrahim…

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The Water Break Podcast, Episode 39: Anaerobic Digestion for Fun and Well….For Fun! Part 2

“Where we bridge the gap between water plant operators and engineers.” In episode 39 of the Water Break podcast our host Heather Jennings, PE, is continuing the conversation with Christopher Hatch to dig even deeper into Anaerobic Digestion and applications. They will cover processes, troubleshooting and safety. Christopher has almost 3 decades of experience in wastewater treatment and biological…

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The Water Break Podcast, Episode 38: Anaerobic Digestion for Fun and Well….For Fun! Part 1

“Where we bridge the gap between water plant operators and engineers.” In episode 38 of the Water Break podcast our host Heather Jennings, PE, is in conversation with Christopher Hatch to dig deep into Anaerobic Digestion and applications. Christopher has almost 3 decades of experience in wastewater treatment and biological systems and he leads the Riverbend division of Chemtron Riverbend as the…

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