Scaling UP! H2O

2020 has been quite a year. It has required all of us to be flexible and creative to keep our businesses running successfully. Earlier this year, I pulled together the best and brightest and hosted a webinar series to help our Mastermind Group navigate different aspects of the Covid-19 Pandemic. From Human Resources to Self-Care, we covered it all. You can go back and watch those videos anytime by...

In today's episode, I am doing one of my favorite things – answering your questions!    As water treaters, it is so vital that we stay curious and continue to learn all that we can about our industry. That is why I love these episodes so much. It gives us a chance to discuss some common questions that many water treaters have. In today's episode, we get technical! We will be discussing wet analysi...

Happy Thanksgiving Scaling UP! Nation! I am so thankful for  each and every   one of you!  I am also thankful for the organizations out there that help each of us do our jobs better.   There are so many organizations out there that support us in the water treatment industry. Usually, people tend to think about large-scale global organizations, but there are so many local resources that we can work...

In our industry, it is so important to stay on top of new technology. Did you know that feed pumps can now use intelligent pumps, cloud connectivity and digital services? This new technology can enable real-time monitoring, remote control, fault prediction and system optimization to help you reach a new level of performance. In today's episode, I am speaking with Jared Gabel . Jared is a market de...

Scaling UP! Nation, it's hard to run your life. Everyone expects the most from you, and you expect the most out of yourself. This leaves most of us running faster and faster until we run out of gas. We all need to take time to get gas and make sure we take care of ourselves before we take care of everything else. The problem is, we don't. Stave yourself too long without that needed gas, and you ma...

In this week's special episode on the day before a spooky holiday, I only felt it would be appropriate to celebrate Halloween! Did you know that there are legends of haunted boiler rooms throughout the country? A lot of boiler rooms feel a little spooky. I know you probably have your own story about a haunted boiler room. If an operator is there long enough, the operator is bound by some operator...

When I recorded this interview some months back, I didn't realize how important this topic would become. For so many of us, our lives have moved to the digital space due to the pandemic. We are online now more than ever! Our kids are learning online, our meetings and even our conferences have moved to virtual spaces. We must know how to navigate this new world safely.    Our guest on today's episo...

Have you ever felt like you had the best made plans but you did not achieve your goal?  Or your team did not achieve the goal?  Well... you are not alone.   If only we  could apply some disciplines  that allow us to see  potential  pitfalls and help get everyone on the team engaged to  achieving the goal.   Today, Chris McChesney from the Franklin Covey Organization is joining us on Scaling UP! H2...

We are wrapping up our special series for Industrial Water Week . Today's episode is all about careers! Which means we are celebrating YOU – the fine people within the noble Industrial Water Treatment profession. Thank you to each of you that sent in clips of your kids telling us what you do. If anything, we've learned that what we do isn't the easiest to explain.    Join me as we celebrate: Water...

Hello, and welcome back to our special series for Industrial Water Week . Today's episode is all about wastewater! Test your water treatment knowledge with Industrial Water Treatment Jeopardy  and find out what  Detective H2O  has been up to since we last talked .  In regards to wastewater we will discuss filtration, coagulants, flocculants, microbiological treatment, filter presses, oxidation, gr...

Hello, and welcome back to our special series for Industrial Water Week . Today's episode is all about cooling! We will celebrate everything cooling in today's episode! From Trace's favorite cooling tower stories to finding out what Detective H2O is up to next, this episode has something for everyone!   open-recirculating cooling towers   evaporative condensers   chillers   closed loops   cooling...

We are continuing our special series of episodes for Industrial Water Week and today's episode is all about boilers! Boiler Tuesday is about celebrating:   boiler chemistry   cycles of concentration   energy efficiency   water efficiency, safety   boiler water analysis   blowdown control   calculations   corrosion minimization   scale/deposit minimization   water analysis   Much more!   If these t...

Today we are kicking off Industrial Water Week , and I couldn't be more excited! This week is truly one of the best weeks of the year. We have created a week of episodes to help you celebrate this wonderful holiday! James McDonald, Mr. Industrial Water Week himself, will be sharing with us each day. You do not want to miss hearing what Detective H2O has been up to.   Today is what we are calling P...

Happy Association of Water Technologies 2020 Convention week! If it weren't for COVID19, we would all be together right now. However, through the magic of technology, we are virtually together. Proving once again, we can get through COVID19. We can get through anything! We are Water Treaters! Every year the Association of Water Technologies bestows an award called The Ray Baum Memorial Water Techn...

Our test kits are our greatest tool. But what happens when the tests we rely on don't do what they are supposed to do? Yes, your tests know how to lie! They also know how to have a bit of fun and not react the way you are expecting. Adds a bit more fun to our job, doesn't it?   Well, the fact is our test will always react within the confines of chemistry, even if we don't understand the chemistry....

If there has ever been a  year  we need more positive things in our lives, it is 2020. I spent a good part of 2020 focused on the things I couldn't do because of COVID 19. I couldn't go to AWT's training seminar in March, and several of my other speaking and facilitating engagements got canceled. Our church stopped holding in-person services, and the two vacations we had planned got canceled. 2020...

I have been a water Treater for over 25 years. And there is no doubt about it; I love my job. I get private tours of facilities that make products I use regularly. I have great relationships with my customers that have turned into friendships. I have met some outstanding fellow Water Treaters, some of which have become my best friends. And many other unexpected benefits for being in the Industrial...

"Normally, during this time of year, I am getting ready to see all of you at The Association of Water Technologies Annual Convention. But, as everything goes, this year, I figured that wouldn't be happening. "        Those were my thoughts before I learned more about the virtual convention AWT is doing instead of an in-person event. Yes, I am sad that I cannot see  all of  the members of the Scali...

Happy Legionella Awareness Month! Today's episode wraps up our celebration of expanding our knowledge of Legionella bacteria.      Our special guests today are all of you from the Scaling UP! Nation !  We posed your questions to industry experts to get the best responses possible.    We hope you learned something new this month. But I hope this encourages you to find out what you don't know about...

We are in the middle of Legionella Awareness Month. The goal of devoting a month of episodes to Legionella is to raise the bar on our water treatment knowledge when it comes to Legionella. On many shows, I ask how you are learning new things. It is effortless to become complacent with our current knowledge and not actively seek more. A day that I don't learn something new, I consider a failure.   ...

Last week we learned some Legionella basics.  I think it was a good refresher for all of us.  We are always learning  new information  about Legionella bacteria, so make it a point never to stop learning about this critical topic.     This week, we will learn about alternative testing when it comes to sampling water systems to detect L egionella bacteria with  Paul Lem . Paul is a medical doctor a...

Happy August Scaling UP! Nation!    In honor of the Annual Legionella Conference at the end of every August, The Scaling UP! Nation! declared August: Legionella Awareness Month . In line with most conferences currently, The Legionella Conference is now in January 2021. But that doesn't mean we can't learn more about this bacterium. So please help me raise the bar on Legionella Awareness during Aug...

Scaling UP! Nation!, as a water treater, we always need to learn new things. If we ever stop learning, somebody else or the industry is going to pass you by. Staying ahead of this curve is especially important when it comes to learning new and innovative ways to treat the water treatment systems we oversee. If we are not careful, we can become overly comfortable with the same type of water treatme...

Nation! thank you for being a part of this platform that brings helpful information about our industry. The Scaling UP! Nation! is growing every day. That's because of you. And because we have an impressive following, we can attract guests to interview on this show.    Our Guest today is Charles Fishman , an award-winning, best-selling author who has written dozens of books like The Wal-Mart Effec...

Today's episode is my favorite format that we do. It is where you ask questions, and I answer them. As a water treatment professional, we should always have more questions than answers. Generating new questions means that we are thinking about everything we are doing, and we are trying to do what we do better. If you are not asking questions (even to yourself), you are not stretching your level of...