Pacific Water Quality Association

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Our 2020 PWQA Virtual Convention Live and Silent Auction Winners are: Newport Beach Harbor Cruise: Chris Layton & Greg Reyneke 2-Story Man Cave Stay for a Day: Irma Bishop Racetrack & Lunch for 2: Bill Riggs Multi-layer Silver Sterling Choker: Mike Mecca... 24 Sterling Silver Necklace: Janine 4-day Fishing Trip: John Miller Dewalt Power Tool Combo Kit: Bill Riggs Pair of Golden Barrel Cactus Pillows: Irma Bishop Paddle Plant Pillow: Irma Bishop Ford Auto Pillow: Allan Horner Chevy Truck Pillow: Mike Baird Our office will contact all our donors and winners and arrange all delivery of items.

The 2020 PWQA Virtual Convention has ended successfully with the support of our generous sponsors, exhibitors, speakers, tech talk contributors, donors, Event Committee Chair Joyce Takeda Wakefield, committee members, and all attendees! THANK YOU ALL!! #pwqaconvention #pwqa #waterindustry #waterquality #WQA

After 4 days of 8 educational classes, 10 tech talks, 10 virtual exhibits, an annual general meeting, a silent and live auction event, a wine tasting session, our 2020 PWQA Virtual Convention ended today with an Awards ceremony. We thank DJ Shanahan, WQA President for his special message to us. We congratulate our 2020 PWQA Special Service Awards recipient, Bill Hanson his dedication to the achievement of the association's outreach goals. And, our current PWQA president, Gr...eg Reyneke handed the PWQA Gavel to Irma Bishop, our incoming president. A heartfelt thank you to Greg for his hard work and leadership this past year!! Congratulations and welcome, Irma! We look forward to your new leadership in the coming year! And, with that we close our 2020 PWQA Virtual Convention generously sponsored by Pentair and Clack Corporation. We'll see you all again at the 2021 Convention & Trade Show, hopefully, in-person! #pwqa #pwqaconvention #waterindustry #waterquality

Final Day of our PWQA 2020 Virtual Convention starts with a session from Allan Horner, Technical Director at Impact Water Products on R/O Sizing for Food Service, Commercial & Whole House Residential Applications and will be followed by Kim Redden of Water Quality Research Foundation on Contaminant Occurrence Map & Other WQRF Resources. Convention Attendees: Join us this afternoon at 4pm for our Awards Ceremony. #pwqaconvention #pwqa #waterindustry #waterquality

We had such a wonderful time sipping our red, white, and pinks while Peter Dills and Michael Higgins introduced us to the Cakebread Cellars Chardonnay and Bodega Norton Malbec. They were on location at Clearman's North Woods Inn, San Gabriel, rustic, lodge-inspired American restaurant with the distinctive snowtop roof. We now know a little more about Bordeaux in France as Michael discussed his new book, "Exploring Wine Regions - Bordeaux France," available here: https://amzn....to/33HW3rR Thank you Peter Dills and Michael Higgins for an entertaining Wine Tasting! Get to know more about Peter at www.diningwithdills.com and Michael at www.exploringwineregions.com. While we enjoyed this evening immensely, please remember to join us tomorrow for our 2 last classes at 7 am PST. And, at 4pm, we'll close our 2020 PWQA Virtual Convention with an Awards Ceremony. See you there!! #pwqaconvention #pwqa #waterindustry #waterquality

Third day of the PWQA Virtual Convention. So much to learn! Thank you to our speakers Marianne Metzger of ResinTech and Douglas Haring of Clack Corporation for presenting this morning's classes. Convention Attendees: Join us at 4pm today as we take you for a wine tasting with Peter Dills & author/photographer Michael Higgins at a local restaurant. Remember: Silent Auction is still open to all bidders!! https://pwqa.com/auction-items/... Our Raffle Time Winner today is Cora Spike, won a $100 Gift Card courtesy of Red Fox Advisors. Our other Raffle winners are Kevin Hamm - $100 Visa Gift Card courtesy of Crusader Water Systems, Scott March & Tad Guzikowski - $100 Amazon Gift Card each courtesy of Arrow Industries, and pairs of MIRA Insulated Stainless Steel Water Bottles courtesy of Water Techniques went to Mike Mormino and Kevin Hamm. We'll be contacting all our winners soon. #pwqaconvention #pwqa #waterindustry #waterquality

Convention Attendees: Tomorrow, Oct. 8th, 4pm - Wine with the Experts! Pour a glass of your favorite vintage and hear author Michael Higgins (Exploring Wine Regions) (Best Travel Book for 2017 & Best Travel & Wine Book of 2016) and KKGO 105FM Radio host Peter Dills (Dine out with Peter Dills) talk wine from a local restaurant. Get tips from the pros. #pwqaconvention #pwqa #waterquality #waterindustry

We had so much fun at our Live Auction just now! Our Newport Beach Harbor Cruise Auction goes to Greg Reyneke and Chris Layton. The Silent Auction will remain open for bidding to everyone until Friday, 3:30pm. Winners will be announced then. Thank you for all your generous bids and feel free to outbid the current bidders!! Click here to continue bidding: https://pwqa.com/auction-items/

Convention Attendees are invited to join in our Silent Auction Items here: shorturl.at/oCERY View all auction items here: https://pwqa.com/auction-items/ Live Auction is at 4 pm today. Join us to see who wins the Newport Beach Harbor Cruise on a 53' Yacht! #pwqa #pwqaconvention

WQA President DJ Shannahan shares insight, encouragement, and wisdom for PWQA members. #WQA #PWQA #WaterQuality

Our second day of the PWQA Virtual Convention starts with our first class of the day - Ion Exchange Options for Nitrate Reduction Systems by Chubb Michaud, Technical Director at Systematix Co. And, at 8:30am, we'll be hearing from Danny Bauer, Sales & Marketing Manager from ENPRESS on Whole Hours Lead Control. We want to thank all our participants especially to our industry friends from the other side of the world!!! Remember to sign in on our website: pwqa.org to view all our Virtual Exhibits and Tech Talks at your convenience! #pwqaconvention #pwqa #waterquality #waterindustry

Our 2020 PWQA Annual General Meeting ended with the announcement of the new 2021 Board. Irma Bishop will be our 2020-2021 President, Russell Harrison as Vice President, and Allan Horner is the Secretary/Treasurer with additional board members, Julie Nunez and Shannon Murphy. And, Congratulations to our first Raffle Winner: Tadeusz Guzikowski who wins a $100 Amazon Gift Card courtesy of Arrow Industries. Attendees: Classes start at 7 am tomorrow and there will be Raffle Time i...n the morning and afternoon as well. And, tomorrow afternoon is Live Auction at 4 pm. So, don't forget to join us! Silent Auction bidding is on now. Take this chance to bid for a Newport Beach Harbor cruise, valuable getaway, fishing trip, and more items starting at half price!! https://pwqa.com/auction-items/ #pwqa #pwqaconvention #waterindustry #waterquality See Less