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Tap Talk — 85 episodes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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TT078 – Building the Future Workforce with Rural Water Apprentices

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

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

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TT075 – Raising Your Hand: The Value of Industry Involvement

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TT074 – Mitigating Legionella Risks in Water Systems: Lessons from a Microbiologist

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TT073 – Behind the Scenes of Water and Environment Reporting

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TT072 – Build Trust Before a Crisis: Communication Basics for Water Systems (Part 2)

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TT071 – Build Trust Before a Crisis: Communication Basics for Water Systems

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TT070 – Diving Into Biofilms With Water Quality Investigations (Part 2)

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TT069 – Diving Into Biofilms With Water Quality Investigations (Part 1)

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TT068 – How the Be Well Informed Tool Educates Well Owners

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TT067 – The Value of Well Data in Serving Well Owners

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TT066 - Understanding PFAS and Private Wells (Part 2)

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TT065 - Understanding PFAS and Private Wells (Part 1)

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TT064 – Lessons from RCAP's Private Well Technical Assistance Network

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TT063 – Empowering Well Owners at the Private Well Class Help Center

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TT062 – The Olympics of Water Quality: WEFTEC's Operations Challenge

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TT061 – Exploring Septic System Best Practices for SepticSmart Week 2025

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TT060 – Understanding Water Audits for Small Utilities (Part 2)

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TT059 – Understanding Water Audits for Small Utilities (Part 1)

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TT058 – Solutions for Safety in Buildings' Water Systems

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TT057 – Examining Well Water Standards, Sampling, and Research in Minnesota's Dakota County

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TT056 – Bridging the Gap with Technical Assistance

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TT055 – A Look at Progress and Needs in the Decentralized Wastewater Industry

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TT054 – The Many Benefits of Iowa's Private Well Grants Program

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TT053 – How Community Engineering Corps Serves Underserved America

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TT052 – Exploring Best Practices for Online Operator Training

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TT051 – Resources for Well and Septic Owners to Face Florida's Changing Climate

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TT050 — Solving the Challenges of a National CEU Program

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TT049 – Bringing Water to All With Water Well Wish

38

TT048 — Solutions-Focused Journalism: Creating Water Stories

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TT047 — Hands-On Training: How to Develop the Water Workforce

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TT046 - Lead Service Line Replacements: Lessons from Cleveland (Part 2)

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TT045 - Lead Service Line Replacements: Lessons from Cleveland (Part 1)

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TT044 - Cybersecurity: Helpful Resources for Small Systems

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TT043 - Local Solutions: A Key to Growing the Water Workforce (Part 2)

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TT042 - Local Solutions: A Key to Growing the Water Workforce (Part 1)

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TT041 - Data: The Key to Private Well Advocacy

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TT040 - Be the Champion: Building Knowledge with Informal Communities

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TT039 - RCAP at 50: Building Sustainable Rural Communities

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TT038 - Operator Training: It Takes Skill

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TT037 - Partnership: The More You Give, The More You Get

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TT036 - Busting Myths about Regionalization

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TT035 - The State of Drinking Water

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TT034 - Leveraging Passion to Protect Public Health

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TT033 - Research for Water Equity (Part 2)

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TT032 - Research for Water Equity (Part 1)

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TT031 - Funding Your Water Infrastructure Project

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TT030 - Improving Safe Water Access for the Cherokee Nation

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TT029 - The Power of Persistence

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TT028 - Data and Details from an Effective Program

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TT027 - The Future of Operator Certification

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TT026 - Focusing on the Customer

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TT025 - Understanding Drought and Drinking Water

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TT024 - Thinking Differently about Infrastructure

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TT023 - Environmental Justice, Water, and Public Health

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TT022 - Best Practices in Webinar Training

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TT021 - Education and Funding Options for Well Owners

66

TT020 - Community-centered Infrastructure Planning

67

TT019 - Water and Children's Health

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TT018 - Creative Collaborations in Water (Part 2)

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TT017 - Creative Collaborations in Water (Part 1)

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TT016 - Listening to People and Data

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TT015 - Selecting Appropriate Water Treatment and Ethical Providers

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TT014 - Building Civic Engagement in Rural Water Issues

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TT013 - Water is an Economic Development Problem

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TT012 - Water Supplies and Renter's Rights

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TT011 - Risk Communication and Perception

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TT010 - Understanding Groundwater Quantity and Quality

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TT009 - Asset Management for Rural America (Part 2)

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TT008 - Asset Management for Rural America (Part 1)

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TT007 - Helping the Smallest Water Systems

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TT006 – Protecting Well Users in North Carolina

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TT005 - Controlling Nitrification in Chloraminated Systems

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TT004 - The Problem with Springs

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TT003 - Mastering Well Owner Education

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TT002 - Private Wells vs. Public Water Systems

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TT001 – The Drinking Water in Rural America Podcast