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TT039 - RCAP at 50: Building Sustainable Rural Communities
The Rural Communities Assistance Partnership (RCAP), WaterOperator.org's principal collaborative partner, has been providing technical assistance to America's rural communities for...
TT038 - Operator Training: It Takes Skill
The methods with which we teach and train water operators have evolved as the world changes around us, but one thing hasn't changed: It takes skill and effort on the parts of both ...
TT037 - Partnership: The More You Give, The More You Get
In the time we've spent building and maintaining WaterOperator.org and its family of websites, the importance of building strong partnerships and teams has never been more apparent...
TT036 - Busting Myths about Regionalization
Regionalization is not just one thing, but a spectrum of partnership opportunities for efficiency and economies of scale. In this episode we're chatting with RCAP's Laura Landes an...
TT035 - The State of Drinking Water
As we approach 50 years of the Safe Drinking Water Act, public water systems and state regulators continue to face new and long-standing challenges. In our conversation with Alan R...
TT034 - Leveraging Passion to Protect Public Health
Pennsylvania has no statewide well construction code or other private well regulations, but this suburban Philadelphia county is one of a small number leading the way to greater pu...
TT033 - Research for Water Equity (Part 2)
In the second half of our conversation with Dr. Kelsey Pieper, we discuss alternate perspectives on real private well problems. The conversation reiterates the need for personalize...
TT032 - Research for Water Equity (Part 1)
Research engineers like Kelsey Pieper get to work at the interface between knowledge discovery and real world application. In this first of two conversations with Dr. Pieper we exp...
TT031 - Funding Your Water Infrastructure Project
When Saco, Maine calculated the true cost of not updating their wastewater plant to accommodate the impacts of climate change, local government officials took action to secure the ...
TT030 - Improving Safe Water Access for the Cherokee Nation
Tribal communities share many of the water issues experienced by public water systems and private well users across the US, but they also have some unique challenges. In this episo...
TT029 - The Power of Persistence
Tammy Helms has been a certified water operator for 27 years because she refused to be told 'no.' Today she also manages Alaska DEC's technical assistance program. In this episode ...
TT028 - Data and Details from an Effective Program
In this episode we're chatting with Frieda von Qualen from the Minnesota Department of Health. Our conversation features insights on running a successful outreach program, an upcom...
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