DJ Gongol & Associates, Inc.

07/22/2026

How to keep the water flowing when the lights go out. Come to the Kirkwood Community College Annual Wastewater Conference next week and find out all the angles -- it's not as simple as just sizing a big permanent generator.

Register here: https://kirkwood.augusoft.net/connect/ClassInfo/ClassInformation?int_class_id=158460

07/21/2026

You wouldn't believe the number of lives that depend upon the answer to this question. Come to the Kirkwood Community College Annual Wastewater Conference on July 27th and find out the answer.

Registration: https://kirkwood.augusoft.net/connect/ClassInfo/ClassInformation?int_class_id=158460

07/17/2026

If you're not already a subscriber to Water Online, then you might have missed this item a few days ago, discussing our recent poster presentation at American Water Works Association . We recommend the article enthusiastically. It's a nice summary of our work on the topic -- and we have something in the works to build on it that you might enjoy.

https://www.wateronline.com/doc/building-a-better-water-workforce-starts-with-people-not-positions-0001

07/04/2026

Happy 250th birthday, America!

In celebration of this milestone, please allow us to highlight one of our favorite presentations, bridging the history of the United States (all the way back to Colonial times) with the history of safe public drinking water. It's called "Water Utilities: The President's Other Secret Service", and it tells the story of how bad water had killed more Presidents than bullets until well into the 20th Century.

To all the people whose job protecting safe water for everyone is a task that never gets a day off (including this Independence Day), this story is about and in honor of you:

Water Utilities: The President's Other Secret Service

05/15/2026

From the 6th-wettest April to the driest May, it's turning into a truly remarkable spring. Have you seen our presentation "Dealing with Mother Nature's Attitude Problem"? It's all about planning for circumstances like this for water, wastewater, and stormwater utilities.

After Des Moines’ 6th-wettest April on record. But I do see lots of planting happening.

03/26/2026

If you want a pump to move water, first you have to get the water to the pump. That's the priming process -- and here's a complete introduction to how to do that:

Explore pump priming fundamentals, self-priming methods, troubleshooting, and safety benefits in water environment applications, emphasizing operator safety and efficient pump operation. Review the main causes of priming difficulties, the differences among different categories of pump primes (self-p...

03/25/2026

All the more noteworthy when you consider that just being in a seawater environment is punishing to anything made of metal.

02/25/2026

We'll debut a brand-new presentation at the annual conference of the Nebraska Rural Water Association on March 10th.

02/25/2026

Coming up on March 10th!