Episodes – Tap Talk

July 9, 2026July 9, 2026

TT084 – Leadership in Drinking Water Regulation: Adapting to Modern Needs (Part 2)

The promotional graphic for Tap Talk episode #84, featuring a photo of guest Anthony DeRosa; and a quote from Anthony: "We're seeing innovations happening at the state. There's an acknowledgment that community works, silos don't. We have a lot we can learn from each other, and there's an openness to not just adhering to what we did because we always did it that way.".

July 2, 2026July 2, 2026

TT083 – Leadership in Drinking Water Regulation: Adapting to Modern Needs (Part 1)

The promotional graphic for Tap Talk episode #83, featuring a photo of guest Anthony DeRosa; and a quote from Anthony: "That's the new thing, right? It's not what you know and what you hold onto and what you memorize. It's how to get the information; how to synthesize it; and how to communicate it, share it, distribute it, present it.".

June 25, 2026July 2, 2026

TT082 – Understanding This Year’s El Niño with the Illinois State Climatologist

The promotional graphic for Tap Talk episode #82, featuring a photo of guest Trent Ford; and a quote from Trent: "Once we have an El Niño, we start saying, 'Well, how strong of an El Niño?' That's dictated by how much warmer the water is than normal. A strong El Niño tends to have a one to two degree above average anomaly. Super El Niño is when we get even up to two and a half degrees above average.".

June 11, 2026June 25, 2026

TT081 – The Other Side of Vermont’s Flash Drought: Stories from Public Water Systems

The promotional graphic for Tap Talk episode #81, featuring a photo of guest Sille Larsen; and a quote from Sille: "87% of our water systems fall in that category: very small, serving 500 or fewer people. When you think about drought emergency response — economy of scale is a thing. They still have to do all the same operational requirements and monitoring requirements, but just with much less resources available.".

TT080 – What We Can Learn from Vermont’s Flash Drought

The promotional graphic for Tap Talk episode #80, featuring a photo of guest Tom DeBell; and a quote from Tom: "The drought last summer was, by any measure that we could look back in the record and see, the most severe we've experienced. That August was the driest month Vermont had ever had, going back to 1895. Unlike other droughts, this developed really quickly. ".

May 28, 2026May 27, 2026

TT079 – The Septage Catch-22: When Better Maintenance Creates Bigger Problems

The promotional graphic for Tap Talk episode #79, featuring a photo of guest Sara Heger; and a quote from Sara: "Rules are in place for a reason, right? To protect public health and the environment, and there's science behind all of that.".

May 21, 2026May 15, 2026

TT078 – Building the Future Workforce with Rural Water Apprentices

The promotional graphic for Tap Talk episode #78, featuring a photo of guest Shannan Walton; and a quote from Shannan: "If we don't start changing things, all of us are going to be hurting. I love water. I love to drink it straight out of the tap. I just want the future of America to be able to have faith in our drinking water.".

May 14, 2026May 14, 2026

TT077 – Discussing the History and Impact of the National Ground Water Monitoring Network (Part 2)

The promotional graphic for Tap Talk episode #77, featuring a photo of guest Bob Schreiber; and a quote from Bob: " We would love for you to fortify what we're asking as professional societies: that we need to have financial assistance to private well owners to be able to do treatment, and more importantly to get the initial testing done.".

May 7, 2026May 7, 2026

TT076 – Discussing the History and Impact of the National Ground Water Monitoring Network (Part 1)

The promotional graphic for Tap Talk episode #76, featuring a photo of guest Bob Schreiber; and a quote from Bob: "Because of the National Ground Water Monitoring Network, there is now a groundwater markup language, a set of standards that data providers can use for flowing the data. That was achieved through collaboration across international boundaries.".

April 30, 2026April 29, 2026

TT075 – Raising Your Hand: The Value of Industry Involvement

The promotional graphic for Tap Talk episode #75, featuring a photo of guest Hunter Adams; and a quote from Hunter: " Just get involved wherever you are, especially as a small system operator. Don't be complacent. Don't do this as just a paycheck. You can come in every day, you can learn something new. You can make yourself better and that's going to make your system better.".