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The podcast where we scale up on knowledge so we don't scale up our systems. Find out why working in Industrial Water Treatment is the best job in the world. Hear industry experts share their knowledge and stories. Learn about technologies, methods, and career journeys. Join podcast host Trace Blackmore, former AWT President, LEED, and CWT every Friday for a new episode.© 2018 All Rights Reserved, Blackmore Enterprises, Inc. Economía
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  • 445 Industrial Water Week 2025: Careers Friday

    445 Industrial Water Week 2025: Careers Friday
    Oct 10 2025
    Industrial Water Week 2025: Careers Friday brings the celebration back to first principles—mentors, disciplined training, and field diagnostics that go beyond the screen. Trace reflects on the people who invested in his craft, recognizes guest contributors across the week, and issues a practical challenge to invest in one new professional before the day ends. Foundations that Compound A candid mentorship story anchors today’s episode. Trace recalls how early-career intimidation turned into decades of teaching fundamentals and math at AWT—proof that asking better questions grows better practitioners. Careers Friday becomes a prompt to text the person who built your foundation—and to be that person for someone else. Fieldcraft Over Flash: A Detective H2O Lesson The Detective H2O case distills high-value diagnostics for cooling systems: TTPC biocide can mask PTSA and fool controllers into overfeeding inhibitor; missing blowdown lockout during biocide feed wastes product; and stabilized bromine can become over-stabilized in long-HTI systems—driving ORP spikes, corrosion risk, and poor microbial control. Technology is essential, but interpretation is the craft. Community Voices and a Career Pledge Careers Friday features greetings from industry professionals and closes with Water You Know, a reminder that water often carries purchased energy (heat, cooling, pressure, flow, pre-treatment) that leaders must account for. The day ends with a clear ask: celebrate your mentors, share your origin story with #IWW25 and #ScalingUpH2O, and pledge to help one newcomer discover industrial water treatment. Durable careers are built on shared knowledge, thoughtful diagnostics, and intentional mentorship. Use today to do all three. Listen to the full conversation above. Explore related episodes below. Stay engaged, keep learning, and continue scaling up your knowledge! Stay engaged, keep learning, and continue scaling up your knowledge! Timestamps 02:20 — Opening: Industrial Water Week recap (Pretreatment, Boiler, Cooling, Wastewater) leading into Careers Friday. 03:15 — Community recognition: Scaling Up Nation “20,000+ members” and daily celebration via #IWW25 and #ScalingUpH2O. 05:20 — Careers Friday actions: take photos with equipment, mentors, or customers; share to celebrate the craft. 05:29 — Team traditions: the Industrial Water Week cake (including the infamous “water cake” anecdote). 09:16 — Mentorship story: meeting Bruce Ketrick Sr. and Jay Farmery; intimidation becomes investment. 13:12 — Writing the Fundamentals program with Mark Lewis to build durable entry-level foundations. 14:18 — Personal note: when Trace’s father passed, how Bruce showed up—mentorship beyond the classroom. 16:15 — Careers greetings begin (Lee Bainbrigge, SMS Environmental): be open-minded, keep learning, focus on customer assurance. 18:07 — Episode reference: Lee’s prior appearance (Ep. 370) for Legionella perspectives. 18:21 — Careers greeting (Kalpna Solanki): environmental operator roles as purposeful, global, and essential. 21:39 — Detective H2O — The Case of Knowing It All begins. 38:21 — CWT pathway: free prep resource and 100-question practice exam walkthrough . 42:46 — Water You Know with James McDonald 44:38 — Gratitude for James McDonald’s ongoing community impact. 45:04 — Careers Friday challenge: thank your mentors; post your origin story with #IWW25 and #ScalingUpH2O. 46:15 — Final pledge: help one person discover industrial water treatment this week. Connect with Mike Taraszki Phone: 510.368.4549 Email: michael.taraszki@wsp.com Website: www.wsp.com LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/michaeltaraszki/ linkedin.com/company/wsp/ Connect with Kalpna Solanki Phone: 778.688.9196 Email: kalpnasolanki1980@gmail.com Water Environment Federation (WEF) LinkedIn: in/kalpnasolanki Connect with Lee Bainbrigge Email: l.bainbrigge@sms-environmental.co.uk Website: https://sms-environmental.co.uk/ LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/lbainbrigge/ linkedin.com/company/sms-environmental-ltd/ Connect with James Courtney Phone: +1 443 878 2407 Email: james@csctech2o.com Website: https://www.csctech2o.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-courtney-cwt-leed-ap-379a6877/ Connect with Laith Charles Phone: 941-301-1309 Email: laith@ewatermark.net YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMuigehZdcquaY14QtGm Connect with Mark Lewis Phone: 704.322.5406 Email: MLewis@SELaboratories.com Website: https://www.selaboratories.com/ LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/mark-lewis-01a3b56 Connect with James McDonald Email: james51471@gmail.com Website: chemaqua.com Industrialwaterweek.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-mcdonald-pe/ Links Mentioned AWT (Association of Water Technologies) Scaling UP! H2O Academy video courses Submit a Show Idea The Rising Tide Mastermind...
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  • 444 Industrial Water Week 2025: Wastewater Thursday

    444 Industrial Water Week 2025: Wastewater Thursday
    Oct 9 2025
    Wastewater isn’t an endpoint—it’s a decision point. On Wastewater Thursday, host Trace Blackmore, CWT sharpens the operator’s toolkit with field-tested lessons: dose by mechanism, verify by sampling discipline, and use wastewater’s fast feedback to protect quality, cost, and permits. Sampling discipline protects credibility Trace recounts an early-career moment when an inspector sampled the wrong location, triggering alarms. Immediate, methodical resampling—guided by logs and a clear process map—proved the system was in spec. The leadership takeaway: embed verification before escalation. Clear sampling points, time-stamped logs, and a rapid “reproduce the reading” drill turn uncertainty into clarity. Mechanism over myth: coagulant control In a new Detective H2O case, James McDonald explains why overfeeding coagulant collapses floc. When particles swing past neutral, like charges repel again and settling stalls. The fix is not “more chemistry,” but right-sizing dose to production and confirming with jar tests at the correct take-off point. From discharge to resource Greetings from past guests reinforce the shift under way. Arnaud Valleteau de Moulliac (Veolia Water Technology) frames wastewater as a local, decarbonized resource—with energy-positive plants and reuse as standard practice. Steve Russell (Kiewit) notes supply pressure will push even deeper recycling. Mark Lewis, CWT (Southeastern Laboratories) underscores wastewater’s advantage: “If you treat it, you see it.” Make wastewater a reliable, fast-feedback control loop—rooted in charge balance, sampling rigor, and reuse thinking. Listen to the full conversation above. Explore related episodes below. Stay engaged, keep learning, and continue scaling up your knowledge! Timestamps: 02:17 — Welcome to Wastewater Thursday and the IWW25 theme: “From foundations to futures.” 03:03 — Why wastewater is “the restart”: cleaning for reuse and sustainability. 04:24 — “Every drop counts from influent to effluent” — defining the professional mandate. 05:12 — Field story setup: jar testing with Trace’s father; early lessons. 06:05 — Crisis call: bad regulatory number traced to wrong sampling location. 08:54 — Guest greeting: Arnaud Valleteau de Moulliac (Veolia) on energy-positive, reuse-driven futures. 10:25 — Guest greeting: Steve Russell (Kiewit) on permits, mass balances, and supply-driven recycling. 12:09 — Guest greeting: Mark Lewis, CWT (Southeastern Laboratories) on jar tests and product selection. 14:40 — Detective H2O: The case of too much of a good thing 20:17 — Mechanism lesson: charge neutralization window; like-charge repulsion returns when overdosed. 21:36 — Action: reduce dose; account for residence time; restore performance. 24:29 — IWW25 community prompt: post a safety-approved photo with wastewater equipment; use tags. Connect with Mark Lewis Phone: 704.322.5406 Email: MLewis@SELaboratories.com Website: https://www.selaboratories.com/ LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/mark-lewis-01a3b56 Connect with Steve Russell Phone: 913.689.4533 Email: steve.russell@kiewit.com Website: https://www.kiewit.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-russell-2b0a7960/ Connect with Arnaud Valleteau de Moulliac Email: arnaud.valleteau@veolia.com Website: www.veoliawatertechnologies.com LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/arnaud-valleteau-de-moulliac-9b85353a/ www.linkedin.com/company/veolia-water-technologies/ Links Mentioned AWT (Association of Water Technologies) Scaling UP! H2O Academy video courses Submit a Show Idea The Rising Tide Mastermind 031 The One with Mark Lewis 034 The Other One With Mark Lewis, CWT 112 The One Where Trace Is Interviewed By Mark Lewis 141 The One About Neglected Accounts 149 The One About Some of the Lesser-Used Technologies 382 Leading with Safety: How Veolia Embeds Health into Global Culture 396 Navigating Carbon Capture: Water Demands and Wastewater Solutions with Steve Russell 404 Eight Tips for Business Management: Part 1 – Essential Strategies 406 Eight Tips for Business Management: Part 2 – Essential Strategies
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  • 443 Industrial Water Week 2025: Cooling Wednesday

    443 Industrial Water Week 2025: Cooling Wednesday
    Oct 8 2025
    Cooling Wednesday is about performance, protection, and proof. Trace Blackmore invites the Nation to get hands-on with cooling equipment and share field photos while offering a practical reminder: learn to navigate the chiller’s user interface—because it’s your fastest route to actionable diagnostics, documentation, and energy impact. Reading the Chiller UI—From Intimidation to Insight Modern microprocessor interfaces reveal real-time and historical data that matter to heat transfer: temperatures, loading, and power trends. If you’ve avoided the panel out of fear of “shutting something down,” ask a chiller tech to walk you through the specific unit on site. Once comfortable, log key parameters on every visit and use the trend history to spot changes before they become outages. Proving Value with Clean Heat Transfer and Measured Energy For new or troubled accounts, record energy use during dirty conditions, then maintain the same measurements as the system is cleaned and stabilized. Month-over-month comparisons at similar loads become hard proof that treatment quality translates to lower operating costs—and that contract value aligns with measurable savings. Cooling Wisdom from the Field Guest greetings highlight real-world lessons: avoid shipping sample bottles in flimsy packaging (they’re heavier full than empty), respect the complexity of cooling treatment by breaking it into critical actions, and remember that underfeeding biocides invites biofilm—and problems like foaming—while proper dosing and verification (e.g., dip slides) restores stability. Celebrate—and Document Share your favorite cooling tower or chiller photo with #IWW25 and #ScalingUPH2O. Then, turn celebration into discipline: capture UI data, maintain trend logs, and use the numbers to defend decisions, budgets, and results. Listen to the full conversation above. Explore related episodes below. Stay engaged, keep learning, and continue scaling up your knowledge! Timestamps 02:01 — Kicking off Cooling Wednesday and the #IWW25 photo invite (show your cooling towers/chillers). Why it matters: community learning and pride in craft. 03:22 — Why cooling matters: performance, protection, livability. Why it matters: framing the operational stakes of heat transfer. 03:46 — Willis Carrier’s 1902 humidity control origin story. Why it matters: cooling began as a manufacturing quality solution. 09:54 — Guest greeting: Juan Menezes (Nalco Water, an Ecolab company) on a low-pH excursion and recovery. Why it matters: pH control and response discipline. 11:13 — Guest greeting: Michael Lowenstein (QLabs) PSA on shipping Legionella samples securely. Why it matters: sample integrity = valid data. 12:22 — Guest greeting: Mike Standish (Radical Polymers/MFG) on complexity, simplifying actions, and predictive AI. Why it matters: clarity first; analytics next. 17: 11 – Detective H2O: The Case of Unwanted Foam Party 29:20 — Wrap: keep celebrating; post your cooling equipment; Wastewater Thursday is next. Why it matters: momentum through the week. Connect with Juan Meneses Phone: 337.309.9619 Email: jmeneses@ecolab.com Website: Reinventing the Way Water is Managed | Nalco Water LinkedIn: Juan A. Meneses | LinkedIn Connect with Michael Loewenstein Phone: +1 513 207 4943 Email: MLoewenstein@qlaboratories.com Website: Scientific Consulting for Q Labs LLC LinkedIn: Michael Loewenstein | LinkedIn Connect with Mike Standish Phone: 423.316.9877 Email: mike.standish@radicalpolymers.com Website: www.radicalpolymers.com mfgchemical.com LinkedIn: in/mike-standish-7890627 Links Mentioned AWT (Association of Water Technologies) Scaling UP! H2O Academy video courses Submit a Show Idea The Rising Tide Mastermind 014 The One with Mike Standish 176 The One About Tagged Polymer Technologies 350 Polymer Perspectives: Understanding Copolymer Innovations in Water Treatment 377 Future of Legionella Monitoring: Strategies for Employing qPCR in a WMP 405 Cooling Water Innovation: Harnessing Wastewater for Sustainability 418 Maleic Acid-Based Corrosion Inhibitors: Expanding the Water Treatment Toolbox with Mike Standish
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