Episode 64: Women in Water with Naomi Jones & Michaela Rempkowski

In this month’s episode of Talking Under Water the hosts discuss U.S. EPA’s recent MCLs proposal for six PFAS in drinking water, share notes from a Build America, Buy America webinar and talk about new funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law through this year’s Clean Water State Revolving Fund. Finally, our interview this month is with Naomi Jones and Michaela Rempkowski, who are design integration directors for McCarthy Building Company’s Water Business Unit. They share with us their career paths, advice and what it means to be women in water.  

 

Show Notes:  

• EPA allocates $2.4B for 2023 Clean Water State Revolving Fund
• Talking Under Water Episode 63: Women in Water with Megan Glover
• Women in Water: Creating a Pipeline to Opportunity 
• EPA proposes MCLs for six PFAS in drinking water

Examples of PFAS Hazard Index Equations

 

Timestamps:

• Cold open | 0:00 

• Episode summary |  1:27

• EPA PFAS MCL & MCLG announcement | 2:08 

• Cybersecurity memorandum | 5:19 

• Update on Build America, Buy America | 5:57 

• Impact of BABA delays on business | 8:32 

• EPA announcement of CWSRF funding | 9:27 

• Interview begins | 10:30 

• Michaela Rempkowski career path | 11:10 

• Naomi Jones career path | 12:15 

• McCarthy’s all-women design integration team | 13:20 

• What working with an all-women team is like | 15:17 

• The role of mentorship | 17:39 

• Michaela’s advice for young women professionals | 20:01 

• Naomi’s advice for young women professionals | 20:55 

• What it means to be a woman in the water industry | 22:30 

Awards:

• WWD Young Pros
• WQP Young Pros & Industry Icon  

StormCon Discount: 

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About the Podcast  

Talking Under Water is the premier podcast for the water industry, including municipal and industrial water and wastewater, residential water treatment, storm water management and erosion control. It is produced in coordination between Water & Wastes Digest (WWD), Water Quality Products (WQP) and Storm Water Solutions (SWS). The podcast covers topics under the One Water movement including the municipal and industrial water and wastewater, point of use, point of entry, residential, storm water and erosion control markets. Talking Under Water highlights news, trends, new technologies, industry discussions and on-site interviews with experts for WWD, WQP and SWS. New episodes of the podcast are released on the third Friday of every month. Logo Images: Anatoly Tiplyashin / Romolo Tavani / stock.adobe.com.  

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