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The Straight FlushEp. 40 - 2024 WEF Updates and InitiativesVWEA's WEF Delegate Felicia Glapion (AlexRenew) catches up with WEF's current president Howard Carter (City of Saco Water Resource Recovery Department) to discuss WEF's current priorities, and the importance of telling your "water story."
2024-12-1725 minThe Straight FlushEp. 32 - Operations Series: Operations Challenge and What it Can Do for You!We continue The Straight Flush's Operations Series with a special episode focusing on VWEA/WEF's Operations Challenge! This episode has host Stacie Crandall (HRSD) hosting a discussion with Tim Scott (HRSD), Lacy Burnette (Western Virginia Water Authority), and Patrick Porto (HRSD) exploring their path to state and national Operations Challenge competitions and what it has done for their career.
2024-02-2740 minThe Straight FlushEp. 29 - 2023 WEF Updates and InitiativesVWEA's WEF Delegate Chris Tabor (Hazen and Sawyer) catches up with WEF's current President Ifetayo Venner (Arcadis) to review WEF's current priorities and new strategic plan.
2023-09-2629 minThe Straight FlushEp. 28 - Legacy Series: Bud Curtis and his Many HatsThe Straight Flush's Legacy Series continues with Jessica Hou (Gannett Fleming) sitting down with Lamont "Bud" Curtis (City of Newport News) to look back on his diverse career in consulting, politics, academia, and the public sector. We want to thank VWEA member Holly Anne Matel (HRSD) for recommending this podcast topic!
2023-08-2856 minThe Straight FlushEp. 22 - Virginia's CSO Communities Series: The Future of Combined Sewer SystemsWe conclude our three-part series on Combined Sewer Overflow systems with series host Kyle Logue (Greeley and Hansen) sitting down with Karen Pallansch (Alexandria Renew Enterprises) to discuss her utility's embrace and implementation of a novel CSO solution, and how their approach speaks to the future of water infrastructure and its relationship with the community. We would like to thank VWEA's Collection Systems Committee for developing and contributing this three-part series to our podcast. Note that this episode was recorded in March 2022 and reflects the conditions at that time.
2023-01-1749 minThe Straight FlushEp. 21 - Virginia's CSO Communities Series: History of Regulations in VirginiaWe continue our three-part series on Combined Sewer Overflow systems as assembled by VWEA's Collection Systems Committee. In this episode , the series host Kyle Logue (Greeley and Hansen) catches up with Patrick Bradley (City of Richmond at time of recording) to review the history of federal and Virginia CSO regulations that shaped the strategy for infrastructure construction, operation, and management. Note that this episode was recorded in March 2022, and reflects the state of regulations at that time.
2022-12-1447 minThe Straight FlushEp. 20 - Virginia's CSO Communities Series: History of Combined Sewer Systems in VirginiaThis episode kicks off a three-part series assembled by VWEA's Collection Systems Committee. On this episode, the series host Kyle Logue (Greeley and Hansen) sits down with Tim Mitchell (Lynchburg Water Resources) to discuss the history of CSO in Virginia, and the investments they have taken to tackle this challenge in their community.
2022-10-2445 minThe Straight FlushEp. 19 - DE&I Series: Collaborating for Culture ChangeWe continue our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion series with VWEA's DE&I Committee Chair Shawn Heselton (HRSD) sitting down with VA AWWA's DE&I Committee Chair Supriya Murthy to discuss the collaboration between our two Associations and how to make actionable changes to shift the culture toward more inclusive organizations.
2022-09-0833 minThe Straight FlushEp. 14 - Legacy Series: The Life and Times of Clarke WallcraftThe Straight Flush's Legacy Series continues as Ryan catches Clarke Wallcraft (Pepper's Ferry Regional Wastewater Treatment Authority) during his last day on the job to discuss his career arc in the utilities field, his contributions to VWEA, and his little red Corvette!
2022-01-3155 minThe Straight FlushEp. 13 - DE&I Series: Engaging and Developing the Next Generation of Water Workers and LeadersWe continue our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion series with VWEA's DE&I Committee Chair Shawn Heselton (HRSD) sitting down with the Committee's Vice Chair Dorissa Pitts-Paige (HRSD) to discuss ideas for addressing DE&I opportunities within VWEA and the water industry as a whole.
2022-01-1724 minThe Straight FlushEp. 5 - 2021 WEF Updates and InitiativesVWEA's WEF Delegate Kevin Wood (Dewberry) sits down with WEF Trustee Aimee Killeen at WaterJAM to discuss WEF updates and current initiatives.
2021-09-2023 minThe Straight FlushEp. 4 - DE&I Series: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Joint Task Force IntroductionShawn Heselton (HRSD) provides an introduction to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I), and why VWEA and VA AWWA developed a joint task force to identify needs and develop goals for DE&I enhancement within our associations.
2021-07-1630 min
ANAK Creates Podcast | Coffee with CreatorsThe creative workflow that helped for a remotely made record w. Malcolm CottleWhile 2020 was difficult, creators adapted to use the tools they could to create things remotely, and it actually opened up some amazing new technology and workflows, as well as access to the whole world of collaborators!
This week, I sat down (virtually, again) to chat with Malcolm Cottle about the newest Sons of Horus release that just came out on March 15th! This EP (the Revolution EP) was created almost purely over the internet (including mixed by myself), with many different feature guests on it (myself included) produced and created across borders. We chat about how that...
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