The Water Break Podcast, Episode 46: Package Plant Retrofit From Failure to Success
07.28.2025 Episode Length 1:16:15

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

The Water Break Podcast, Episode 45: Source Water Protection!
03.24.2025 Episode Length 59:29

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

The Water Break Podcast, Episode 44: Coaching a System Through a Rate Increase
02.26.2025 Episode Length

The Water Break Podcast, Episode 44: Coaching a System Through a Rate Increase

“Where we bridge the gap between water plant operators and engineers” In today’s episode we are going to talk about “Coaching a system through a rate increase.” We are thrilled to welcome back our guests John Schwartz who is the Senior Technical Support Representative/Technical Training Manager and Loyd Rawlings who is the Technical Training Manager

The Water Break Podcast, Episode 43: What’s That Taste in My Water
01.23.2025 Episode Length 1:03:51

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. (more…)

The Water Break Podcast, Episode 42: WW Laboratory with Jane
12.19.2024 Episode Length 1:08:56

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 Water Break Podcast, Episode 41: Go! Fight! Win! Operations Challenge Experiences
11.26.2024 Episode Length 57:59

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