Bob Kappel is the Director of Sales - Recreational Water for Prominent Fluid Controls. His background consists of 26 years’ experience in the design, manufacture, installation, operation, and service of commercial and industrial water treatment, filtration, and disinfection systems. Other activities include member of the WQA Regional and State Regulatory Affairs committee, member of the NSF AOP, Ozone and Operational Protection Task Groups, past Co-chair of the Wisconsin HFS 172 Code Revision Committee, AFO Instructor Trainer, and past Executive Board Chairperson for the PPOA.

Kappel resides near Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin with his wife and five children and spends his free time as a USSF and WIAA soccer referee and playing guitar in a rock cover band. He is proud to be named to the PPOA Board of Directors and looks forward to sharing his knowledge and experience with the aquatics industry.