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TT063 – Empowering Well Owners at the Private Well Class Help Center
This week on Tap Talk, we are beyond pleased to welcome two of our colleagues on our Water & Public Health team at the Illinois State Water Survey to the show: Sallie Dolan and Eri...
TT062 – The Olympics of Water Quality: WEFTEC's Operations Challenge
If you've ever been to WEFTEC, you know about Operations Challenge. The annual showcase of the top operations teams in the country is the Olympics of the industry, and it's impossi...
TT061 – Exploring Septic System Best Practices for SepticSmart Week 2025
To kick off Tap Talk's sixth season, today we bring you a special early episode to mark the 13th annual celebration of SepticSmart Week! Jennifer and Steve welcomed Jim Starbard an...
TT060 – Understanding Water Audits for Small Utilities (Part 2)
And now for the final episode of Season 5! To wrap up this great season, we have the second installment of our conversation with Glenn Barnes, the director of Water Finance Assista...
TT059 – Understanding Water Audits for Small Utilities (Part 1)
For the penultimate episode of our fifth season, Glenn Barnes joins us for the first episode of a two-part series. Glenn is the director of Water Finance Assistance, a consulting a...
TT058 – Solutions for Safety in Buildings' Water Systems
In Tap Talk's 58th episode, Dr. Andrew Whelton of Purdue University visits to discuss plumbing and water system safety in buildings. Dr. Whelton is the lead of Purdue's Center for ...
TT057 – Examining Well Water Standards, Sampling, and Research in Minnesota's Dakota County
This week we are pleased to welcome another deeply knowledgeable guest from the state of Minnesota: Vanessa Demuth, a geologist and well inspector from Dakota County, Minnesota's E...
TT056 – Bridging the Gap with Technical Assistance
U.S. EPA's WaterTA program is an umbrella for a range of services that directly serve the regulated community. In this episode we're chatting about how the program is reducing barr...
TT055 – A Look at Progress and Needs in the Decentralized Wastewater Industry
This is an exciting week for Tap Talk: Our newest episode is our first fully dedicated to decentralized wastewater and septic systems! Steve and Jennifer welcome Dr. Sara Heger, an...
TT054 – The Many Benefits of Iowa's Private Well Grants Program
We're officially halfway through Tap Talk's fifth season! This week, we welcome some guests from our state's neighbor to the West: Mindy Uhle, Bureau Chief of Environmental Health ...
TT053 – How Community Engineering Corps Serves Underserved America
In our latest episode of Tap Talk, our guest is Molly Sullivan, a Program Engineer at Community Engineering Corps (CECorps), a partnership that provides pro-bono engineering and co...
TT052 – Exploring Best Practices for Online Operator Training
Next up on Tap Talk, Steve and Jennifer welcome Dr. Sidney Innerebner of Colorado-based Indigo Water Group to the show. Sidney is certified as an engineer and as both a wastewater ...
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