Episodes – Tap Talk

October 8, 2026October 7, 2026

TT089 – Outreach in Action: The Art of Making Septic Education Fun

The promotional graphic for Tap Talk episode #89, featuring a photo of guest Gary Hawkins; and a quote from Gary: "I think the big message is, let's do these things and have fun learning about them. But we need to make sure that this big stomach that's in your backyard doesn't get upset and really pollute the environment.".

October 1, 2026September 30, 2026

TT088 – One in Three Wells: The Data Behind Massachusetts’ Private Well Push

The promotional graphic for Tap Talk episode #88, featuring photos of guests Jenna Day and Amie Shei; and a quote from Jenna Day: "They just assume that in small rural communities, the air is clean, the water is clean. But we know from our testing that that is not always true.".

September 24, 2026September 23, 2026

TT087 – Growing Kentucky’s Water Workforce Through Apprenticeship (Part 2)

The promotional graphic for Tap Talk episode #87, featuring a photo of guest Heather Stevenson; and a quote from Heather: "In this space and in apprenticeship, relationships are everything. And so we need the operator, the educator, and the regulator at the table to help figure out what is going to make this work.".

September 17, 2026September 23, 2026

TT086 – Growing Kentucky’s Water Workforce Through Apprenticeship (Part 1)

The promotional graphic for Tap Talk episode #86, featuring a photo of guest Heather Stevenson; and a quote from Heather: "My message to young people would be that you don't have to leave your community to find meaningful work. Water and wastewater operations are going to give you a stable career. They will give you purpose and a chance to protect the place you call home.".

September 10, 2026September 17, 2026

TT085 – The Industry Needs You: The Water Tower’s Workforce Vision

The promotional graphic for Tap Talk episode #85, featuring a photo of guest Courtney Lee; and a quote from Courtney: "We want to build a water workforce that's reflective of the communities they serve. So let's go to the communities, figure out who's in our community, and bring them to water.".

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. ".