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The DooDoo Diva's Smells Like Money Podcast — 237 episodes

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S19 E02: Human Skills in a Technical World with Karen Valencic

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S19 E01: Why Good Employees Leave (and What Leaders Miss) with Karen Valencic

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S18 E13: The Science of Influence and Conflict with Karen Valencic

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S18 E12: Part 3: Re-use or Run Out with John "Grizz" Deal

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S18 E11: Part 2: Trap It or Trash It with John "Grizz" Deal

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S18 E10: Part 1: Pretreat or Pay with John "Grizz" Deal

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S18 E9: Built to Sell: From Daily Grind to Exit by Design with Gregg Schonhorn

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S18 E8: From Pumps to Profits: Carbon Credits in Wastewater with Ankita Sameer Patwa

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S18 E7: Wastewater’s New Brain: Where AI turns waste into value with Jaymes Lee

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S18 E6: You Want to Treat Wastewater with WHAT? with Russ Davis

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S18 E5: Stop It Before It Hits the Sewer with Howie Honeyman

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S18 E4: AI’s Thirsty Secret with Howie Honeyman

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S18 E3: Aspirational Healthcare: Make Healthcare Work for You the Way You Want with Darrell Moon

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S18 E2: Smells Like Renewable Money with Kathlyn Kinney

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S18 E1: Credibility Gaps: The Silent Killers of Service Businesses with Daniel Strohli

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S17 E13: Why the Cheapest Contractor Always Loses with Daniel Strohli

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S17 E12: Concept to Reality: How WWTPs Can Start Building Energy Resiliency with Jim Dodenhoff

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S17 E11: Microgrids: The Resiliency Engine Behind Modern WWTPs with Jim Dodenhoff

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S17 E10: Why Resiliency Is No Longer Optional for WWTPs with Jim Dodenhoff

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Title: S17 E9: Get the Lead Out: Our Youth Are Depending On It with Michael Ramos

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S17 E8: How and Why Our Approach to Infrastructure Should Change for Best Possible Outcomes

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S17 E7: Smells Like Money Podcast: Plumbers Helping Plumbers with Josh Shelton

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S17 E6: Get Off the Cash Flow Rollercoaster with Brent D. Hershey

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S17 E5: Building a Big Business Without Losing Your Life: Real-world “work-life balance”

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S17 E4: Laid Off to Locked In: How desperation sparked a commercial powerhouse with James Terry

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S17: Smells Like Money Podcast | WWETT Show 2026 Special Edition

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S17 E3: Go East Young Man: Unexpected Locales for Easier Innovation Adoption with Pedro Ferreira

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S17 E2: Beyond the Buzzword: Sustainable by Design: Constructed Wetlands for Desert-Smart Wastewater

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S17 E1:The Best Safety Tools Are Those That Get Used: Getting real crew buy-in for safer, easier work

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S16 E13: Lighter Lids, Heavy-Duty Safety: How Composite Manholes Cut Injuries, Odors, I & I and More

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S16 E12: Shedding Light on Manhole Safety with Shane Jacobson & Jacob Swanson

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S16 E11: The Manhole Game-Changer: How one bad back injury sparked a smarter way to lift lids

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S16 E10: Risk-Averse, Future Ready: Engineers, AI, and the Next Wave of Water & Wastewater Innovation

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S16 E9: ASCE for Everyone with Ken Mika

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S16 E8: The Day the Towers Went Quiet: Data centers and plants ditch evaporative cooling

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S16 E7: Grid, Meet Water: Inside thermal energy networks and the water–energy nexus with Jay Egg

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S16 E6: Heat Hiding in Plain Pipe: WWTP energy that can run your city with Jay Egg

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S16 E5: The Freshwater Collaborative Blueprint with Dr. Marissa Jablonski

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S16 E4: One Water, New Workforce with Dr. Marissa Jablonski

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S16 E3: What Your Staff Needs to Tell You: Unspoken Insights for Critical Staffing Decisions

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S16 E2: AI vs. Reality: Apples-to-Apples Results with Chris Koch

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S16 E1: Europe’s Playbook, North America’s Pipes: AI + Humans = Better Inspection Data | Chris Koch

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S15 E13: What Your Customers Aren't Telling You: The Silence that Can Impact Your Bottom Line

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S15 E12: Because Everything is a Project: Upping Your Skills and Career as a PMP with Farokh Kakar

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S15 E11: Staying Ahead of the Hackers: Cybersecurity Know-How for Utilities with Farokh Kakar

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S15 E10: Closed End Funds: A Hidden Gem for Income Generation and Business Security -Steve Selengut

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S15 E9: Environmental Justice In Water Management with Dr. Heather Fenyk

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S15 E8:The Power of Historic Hydrology for Flood Resilience & Urban Planning with Dr. Heather Fenyk

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S15 E7: Combined SSOs - Could Green Infrastructure Help? with Dr Heather Fenyk

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S15 E6: Making the "Impossible" Possible with John Soulliere

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S15 E5: Turning Over Every Rock with John Soulliere

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S15 E4: Manhole Covers - I & I Culprit or Hero? with Eric DuPre

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S15 E3: Getting Some Positive Publicity and Free PR with Mary Shafer

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S15 E2: Job Costing - the Key to Profitability with Jim Aanderud

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S15 E1: Profit Is Not A Dirty Word with Jim Aanderud

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S14 E13: Stormwater Infrastructure Needs Our Love with Mike Hoffmaster

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S14 E12: The Model for Betterment: Setting The Bar for Growth and Expansion with Mike Hoffmaster

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S14 E11: Single vs. Dual Component Grout – A Chemistry Lesson for Project Success with Charlie Lerman

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S14 E10: Hydrophilic vs Hydrophobic: Critical Nuances Beyond the Obvious with Charlie Lerman

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S14 E9: Wastewater as a Precious Resource with Hye Jin Lee

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S14 E8: Keeping Out What Doesn't Belong with Hye Jin Lee

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S14 E7: What's Your Why & Why It Matters | Smells Like Money Podcast with Daniel Dominguez

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S14 E6: Outside-Of-The-Box Healthcare Coverage Options: Alternatives You Need to Know About

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S14 E5: When It's Under Pressure: A Breakthrough in Trenchless Rehab for Pressure Pipelines

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S14 E4: Success is a Double-Edge Sword with Candice McField

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S14 E3: Twist & Shout: Aeration Tech To Tell All Your Friends About with Lewis Titus

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S14 E2: Creating a Culture of Change with Scott Tackett | Smells Like Money Podcast

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S14 E1: Managing for Accountability with Scott Tackett

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S13 E13: Stop Exposing Yourself with Van Carlson

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S13 E12: Lighten UP! Small Diameter Pipe Rehab Just Got Easier

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S13 E11: Smells Like Money Podcast: Training is the Secret for Retaining

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S13 E10: If Only I Had Known: Interviewing Tips to Hire Right Fit Talent with Danielle Wernert

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S13 E9: In a Room Full of Apples, You Need to Be the Banana

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S13 E8: Smells Like Money Podcast: So You Need a Salesman? Farmer vs Hunter

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S13 E7: Smells Like Money Podcast: How Much is All This Marketing Going to Cost?

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S13 E6: Smells Like Money Podcast: Maximize Results, Minimize Stress: The Fractional CMO Solution

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S13 E5: Smells Like Money Podcast – Join the Pipeline Revolution

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S13 E4: Smells Like Money Podcast: I Wanna Be Your Sludge Hammer with Dervin Witmer

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S13 E3: Conflict - Yes, It Can Be Productive with Clare Monteau

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S13 E2: The Hidden Drain on Your Organization's Bottom Line

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S13 E1: The Post-COVID Workplace - Re-establishing Trust and Human Connection

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Bridging the Engineering Divide: Enhancing Collaboration Across Disciplines & Roles Chuck McDonald

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S12 E12: Do Your Homework – Due Diligence for the Best Possible Project Outcomes

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S12 E11: Stormwater Rehabilitation with UV-GRP – A better approach to renewing vital water assets

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S12 E11: Stormwater Rehabilitation with UV-GRP – A better approach to renewing vital water assets

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S12 E10: UV-GRP 101 – Understanding, Applications & Incredible Benefits

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S12 E9: Smells Like Money Podcast: Safeguarding Your Crews and Revenues Too

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🎉 Happy New Year from The DooDoo Diva's Smells Like Money Podcast Team! 🎉

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🎄 Merry Christmas from The DooDoo Diva's Smells Like Money Podcast! 🎄

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S12 E8: Smells Like Money Podcast: Downtime Costs - Small Items that Save $$$

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S12 E7: Financial Wellness for Wastewater Pros Series- Part III: DIY Retirement Income Creation

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S12 E6:Financial Wellness for Wastewater Pros Series- Part II: Your Exit Strategy, Are You Prepared?

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S12 E5: Financial Wellness for Wastewater Pros Series- Part I: Selecting the Right Financial Advisor

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S12 E4: Need Some Air? : Lagoon Aeration Technology Breakthru

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S12 E3: FOG Problems - Who You Gonna Call? : Grease Has Met Its Match

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S12 E2: Overcoming Staffing Challenges: Contractor Insights for Hiring, Training and Retaining Great Talent

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S12:E1 - Flush with Success: Insights to Crafting Sustainable Onsite Treatment Systems

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S11:E13- Virtual Reality Manhole Maintenance: See What Your Vertical Collection Systems Assets Are Telling You

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S11:E12- New Tech Implementation: Smart Ways to Assess a Good Fit with Kwin Peterson

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S11 E11: Safeguarding Your Human Assets: Prevent. Predict. Propel

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S11 E10: Risk-Free Innovation: The Benefits of Your Own R&D Center

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S11 E9: Ahead of the Regulation Curve with Blair Corning

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S11 E8: Exponential Client Acquisition & Retention – How AI Can Accelerate Your Service Business Growth

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S11 E7: Smells Like Money Podcast: Power Security - How Will You Keep the Lights On?

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11 E6: "Incremental = Exponential - The Surprising Impact of Tiny Changes"

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S11 E05: Healing Our Buried Infrastructure: How New Trenchless Rehabilitation Technology Makes the Impossible Possible

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S11 E04: Doing the Most With What You Have "Addressing Budget Shortfalls for Buried Infrastructure"

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S11 E3: It's Not Your Grandfather's Sewage: Navigating Modern Wastewater Challenges

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S11 E02: Beyond the Surface: The Power of Spray-Applied Coatings in Infrastructure

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S11 E1 - Technology Innovation - Changing the Adoption Landscape Globally

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S10 E13: Micro Algae - Tiny But Mighty Game Changer for Treatment and Sustainability

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S10 E12- Are We Setting Them Up for Failure or Success? Solving the MidLevel Management Development Gap

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S10 E11: Smells Like Money Podcast: Confined Space 911: How Prepared Are You?

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S10 E10- Smells Like Money Podcast Episode: Fix Your Leaks "Light"-ning Fast: Easy, Durable DIY Repair Tech Breakthru

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S10 E9 Smells Like Money: Are We On The Same Page? Alignment, The Secret to Successful Automation Adoption

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S10 E8 Smells Like Money: Tiny Bubbles - Unlocking and Exploring the Full Potential

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S10 E7 Smells Like Money: Pipeline Intelligence: What AI Can Tell You About Your Pipelines That Traditional Inspection Can't

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S10 E6 Smells Like Money: PipeAId: Helping Asset Owners Make Better Decisions Faster

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S10 E5 Smells Like Money: Becoming an Industrial Athlete: Ergonomics in the Wastewater Industry

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S10 E4 Smells Like Money: Uncovering Hidden Hazards: The Importance of Audits and Third-Party Inspections

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S10 E3 Mandated, Essential and Critically Beneficial

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S10 E2 Smells Like Money: Nanobubble Technology for Wastewater Applications

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S10 E1 Smells Like Money: Surfactants: Unexpected Challenges with Water Conservation

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S9 E13 374 Degrees Celsius: A Temperature Setting to Save $$$

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S9 E12 Smells Like Money: Why We Need Standards Based Specifications

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S9 E11 Smells Like Money: Specialty Consultants - Bet You Never Knew You Needed One

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S9 E10 Smells Like Money: Getting By With A Little Help From Your Friends

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S9 E9 Smells Like Money: Better Utility Stewardship thru Streamlined Procurement

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S9 E8 Smells Like Money: We Are Officially Action Super Heroes

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S9 E7 Smells Like Money: The Book Club

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S9 E6 Smells Like Money: Intrapreneur or Entrepreneur? (A New Model for Trades Business)

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S9 E5 It Takes Two to Tango

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S9 E4 A Different Type of Septic

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S9 E3 Crafting Water Stories: The Art of Storytelling in the Industry

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S9 E2 Breaking Ground: Inspiring Careers in Wastewater Management

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S9 E1 Smells Like Money Podcast: Revolutionizing Wastewater Management with SCADA Technology

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S8 E13 Holiday Special: Doodoo Divas Smells Like Money Podcast Recap

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S8 E12 Knock, Knock - Who's There? The Power and Potential of Website Visitation Data

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S8 E11 Because It is All Connected

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S8 E10 Keys to Attracting Young Talent With James Moss

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S8 E9 What To Do About PFAS: Because We're All In This Together

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S8 E8 CIPP - What's in the Pipeline

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S8E7 Almost at the Speed of Light: Speeding Up DMR & MMR Generation and More

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S8E6 When Nature Calls

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S8 E5 Working Together To Get It Done

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S8 E4 Metal Finishing WW

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S8 E3 Accountability = Win Wins

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S8 E2 A Marriage Of Convenience - WWTPs and Data Centers - why it is a perfect match

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S8 E1 Becoming a WaterWoman

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S7 E13 Now this amount is JUST right!

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S7 E12 Taking Credit: Carbon Capture Benefits Revealed

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S7 E11 Purchasing Cooperatives: Benefits, Truths, and Misconceptions

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S7 E10 You're Leaving Money On the Table, How to Get a Seat at the Federal Contracting Table

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S7 E9 Government Contracting - Myths & Facts, Misconceptions = Missed Opportunities

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S7 E8 One Water - One Stream Utilizing Our Cleanest Source

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S7 E7 The Benefit of Benefits

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S7 E6 Permit Compliance

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S7 E5 NOV Avoidance

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S7 E4 It's in the Sampling

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S7 E3 Disinfection from a New Perspective

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S7 E2 Payday Pickpockets

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S7 E1 Who's Got Their Hands in Your Cookie Jar

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S6 E13 Small But Mighty

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S6 E12 The HUSTLE Mindset

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S6 E11 What's Up with Nanobubbles?

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S6 E10 Making It Easy To Be Green

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S6 E9 Personal WWTPs: Migration from Traditional Septic Options

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S6 E8 PFAS, One Water Mindset and Solutions

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S6 E7 Who's Minding The Store

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S6 E6 Solving Decentralized Treatment Plant Challenges

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S6 E5 Logical Logic Helping Wastewater Tech Speak the Same Language

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S6 E4 Tech for Wastewater Tech PLCs

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S6 E3 The Solution Is Under Our Feet

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S6 E2 Gain, Train, and Retain. Finding, Empowering, and Keeping Great Talent for Your Service Business

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S6 E1 Do You Hear That? Your Collection System Is Trying To Tell You Something

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S5 E13 SPCC Plans - Your Lifeline in Times of Disaster

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S5 E12 He Who Tells the Best Story Wins

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S5 E11 Is A Renaissance Period For The Wastewater Industry Coming?

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S5 E10 Floating To Greater Aeration Effectiveness

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S5 E9 Digital Solutions to Sampling’s Weakest Links

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S5 E8 Capturing The Knowledge - Preparing The Next Generation

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S5 E7 CCTV Tech Innovation - What's In the Pipeline

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S5 E6 Reduce I/I Today So You Can Be Productive Tomorrow

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S5 E5 Private Or Public Opportunities Are Everywhere

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S5 E4 Harvesting Solar PVs Hidden Energy

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S5 E3 Microplastics 101

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S5 E2 M&A In The Industry

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S5 E1 Sewer Force Main Renewal Methods Are Expanding

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S4 E13 Finding Talent In Unexpected Places

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S4 E12 Old School For A New School World

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S4 E11 Seek To Understand First

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S4 E10 Lean Labor Force? How Embracing Tech Can Help

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S4 E9 What Do You Need...Really?

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S4 E8 Lifting The Veil Part 2

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S4 E7 Lifting the Veil Part 1

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S4 E6 Small Contractor Startup Elements - What You Need To Succeed

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S4 E5 The Truth about Reality – What Every Leader Might Want to Know

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S4 EP 4 Human Being Vs. Human Doing

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S4 EP 3 Breaking the Ceiling of Victimhood

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S4 EP 2 Clean When Wet

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S4 EP 1 Smart Manholes for Smart City Initiatives

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S3 EP 13 Manhole Covers - I & I Culprit or Hero?

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S3 E12 Using "What You Don't Know"

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S3 E11 Nothing Personal, It’s Just Business or is it?

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S3 E10 Call Me, OK?

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S3 E9 Using I-Beams

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S3 E8 The Advantages of Being Under Pressure

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S3 E7 Taking Care of Operators Who Get Around TUIT...

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S3 E6 An MRI for your Wastewater Structures

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S3 E5 New Technology to Stop the I & I Money Waster For Good

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S3 E4 Servant Leadership: Benefiting the Bottom Line and Beyond

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S3 E3 Your Online Digital Footprint: Is it Helping or Harming Your Business

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S3 E2 Geopolymers: A Cost-Saving Alternative to Infrastructure Rehabilitation

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S3 E1 It Pays Off Big When You Make Your Customer the HERO

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S2 E13 Creating Win-Wins in the Septic Industry: How to win client loyalty thru price increases, stay competitive and be PROFITABLE

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S2 E12 Sewer Cleaning Tools...where the real power and magic resides

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S2 E11 How to Keep Great Talent - create a empowering workplace culture and work/life balance

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S2 E10 Getting Some...Positive Publicity and Free PR that is ;-)

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S2 E9 Job Costing - the Key to Profitability

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S2 E8 Turning Rough Stones to Glittering Diamonds: How Underdogs Rise Above Adversity to Entrepreneurial Success

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S2 E7 What's Your Why? and Why It Matters

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S2 E6 How to Future Proof Your Business for Success and Sustainability

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S2 E5 From Plumbing Tech to Entrepreneur: How to Build a Profitable & Professional Enterprise

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S2 E4 Profit Is Not A Dirty Word

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S2 E3 Making Women-Owned and Minority Certification Work for You

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S2 E2 Bidding Wars: How to Make the Procurement & Bidding Process Easier and Less Costly

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S2 E1 Ergonomics - Why WWTPs Need it Even More than Your Office

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S1 E10 The Secrets of Guerilla PR Getting the Spotlight On You

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S1 E9 Safeguarding Your Crews and Revenues Too

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S1 E8 This Ain't Your Grandfather's Sewage

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S1 E4 The Profit of Kindness - How to ROK it!

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S1 E6 Predict The Future with Your Pipeline Inspection Data

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S1 E5 Tips for Choosing the Best Lining or Coating for Your Infrastructure Rehabilitation Projects

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S1 E7 The Triple Bottom Line

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S1 E3 Vacuum Sewers, the Affordable and Sustainable Collection System Solution for High Water Table Communities

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S1 E2 Eliminating Costly Data Silos

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S1 E1 How to Eliminate More I & I For Good