Wade Trim's Innovation Alley

Wade Trim's Chief Business Development Office, Tom Brzezinski, PE joins host Tim O’Rourke, PE for a discussion about applying existing technologies to projects in innovative ways, how they team with technical staff to spark innovative solutions and their approach to showing the value of new technologies to clients.

Tim O'Rourke and co-host Dave White are joined by Wade Trim's Water/Wastewater Treatment Practice Lead Vin Rubino and University of Michigan's Glen Daigger to continue the discussion of One Water. They discuss the evolution of water and wastewater systems and how communities identify the best ways to manage their systems. They also address the issues of water equity, water reuse, and the importance of how utilities communicate the value of water.

Wastewater treatment technologies, such as aerobic granular sludge (AGS) continue to evolve to meet new regulations and affordability concerns. In this episode of Innovation Alley, we’ve brought together representative from two heavily involved groups: the engineering community and equipment systems suppliers to share insights on this important topic.

The water industry is never stagnant. New regulations continuously come about to meet new water issues. One significant area of concern that has gained attention in recent years is the presence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in water. PFAS, often referred to as "forever chemicals," are a group of human-made chemicals that have been used in a wide variety of consumer products and industrial applications since the 1940s. In this episode of Innovation Alley, Dave White is joined by experts from Wade Trim and Aqua-Aerobics to discuss regulatory drivers and emerging technologies aimed at treating and destroying PFAS.

As cyber attacks become more sophisticated it is more important than ever to keep pace with new technologies and how attackers use them to access data. Tim O'Rourke and special guest host, Wade Trim's CFO, Ralph Picano, talk with cyber security experts Jason Sting and Brandon Pritz about the latest developments in cyber attacks, the biggest threats companies face, and their innovative approach to cyber security, including user training.