S3E17 - Nikki Ingram - Ripple’s Magical Wastewater Adventure

About this episode

Nikki Ingram discusses her children's book about wastewater and the importance of educating future utility workers.

Episode Notes: In this episode, Nikki Ingram talks about her recently published children’s book, “Ripple’s Magical Wastewater Adventure.” Nikki, a wastewater engineer from Texas, discusses how the book idea came about. She also explains the process of going from an idea to publication. Nikki stresses the need to educate tomorrow’s utility workers and ratepayers. She also gives some tips on how to make technical messaging engaging. As always, a pop quiz finishes out the episode. Find out more at https://streaming-water.pinecast.co

People in this episode

Host: Blair Corning

Guest: Nikki Ingram

Topics covered

• wastewater engineering
• children's literature
• education
• technical messaging
• utility workers

Keywords

• wastewater
• children's book
• education
• utility workers
• technical messaging

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Ripple’s Magical Wastewater Adventure

Places: Texas

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