441 Industrial Water Week 2025: Pretreatment Monday

Industrial Water Week is here—and Day 1 is Pretreatment Monday. This special episode sets the tone for the week with specific ways to celebrate as a team, sharpen field practices, and share what you do with the people who matter most. Celebrate with purpose Host Trace Blackmore outlines simple, high-signal actions: take a field photo with your pretreatment gear, tag it #IWW25, #IndustrialWaterWeek, and #ScalingUPH2O, and post it today! Inside your company chat (Slack, group text, etc.), mark each day’s theme so momentum builds across Boiler Tuesday, Cooling Wednesday, Wastewater Thursday, and Careers Friday. Foundations to futures This year’s theme—Water’s Industrial Journey: From Foundations to Futures—is a prompt to audit your own growth. Trace describes the shift from “knowing” to “understanding” when fundamentals interlock, and challenges veterans and newcomers to keep learning in an ever-changing field. You’ll hear a Pretreatment Monday greeting from Tessa Nge of HOH Water Technology, plus the debut of a new Detective H2O case, The Case of the Singing Canary. Follow along on LinkedIn and guess the guest voices—Trace reveals them on Friday. Whether you bake a cake for your crew or host a brief daily stand-up, make the week visible. The work you do improves reliability, energy use, and water stewardship—worth celebrating and worth doing well. Want to learn more about Industrial Water Week? Visit the free Resources dropdown at www.ScalingUpH2O.com to explore all things Pretreatment, Boilers, Cooling, Wastewater, and Careers in water. Stay engaged, keep learning, and continue scaling up your knowledge! Timestamps 01:53 - Trace Blackmore welcome everyone to the Industrial Water Week: Scaling UP H2O as official place to celebrate 05:55 – Field Photo Prompt: Post Pretreatment Equipment Shots; tag #IWW25, #IndustrialWaterWeek, and #ScalingUPH2O 19:29 – Guest Greeting: Tessa Nge (HOH Water Technology) 25:33 – Detective H2O: The Case of the Singing Canary Connect with Tessa Nge Phone: [phone] Email: [e-mail] LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tessaskilton/ Links Mentioned AWT (Association of Water Technologies) Scaling UP! H2O Academy video courses Submit a Show Idea The Rising Tide Mastermind Industrial Water Week Water Cake Recipe Chloride Elution Study Procedure and Data Interpretation Industrial Water Week Resources Page Ep 392 Breaking Barriers: How Diversity and Confidence Drive Growth in Water Treatment