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Industrial water professionals often think about water in terms of treatment, compliance, reuse, and operational risk. John Durand brings a...

"Document everything." Spring startup season exposes more than operational stress. It also reveals what happened months earlier when systems...

Biofilm is not a fringe issue in cooling systems. As Dr. Jeff Kramer explains, it is a given. That matters because biofilm affects heat tran...

Shawn Powell has built a following by doing something wastewater operators have needed for a long time: making practical technical education...

Boiler performance rarely depends on a single decision. It depends on design, controls, maintenance, workforce capability, and, as this conv...

Tom Brandvold, CWT , has lived industrial water treatment from the inside out. In this conversation, he traces that path from sweeping floor...

What happens when a water chemist leaves the lab and heads to the pump room? Dr. Jake Elliott knows firsthand. A former PhD researcher who s...

AWT's in‑person technical training is a keystone for developing competent water treaters. Yet classroom knowledge only matters when it survi...

Industrial water training only works when the knowledge transfers. That means the material lands with the audience, survives the drive home,...

"Don't be afraid to say I don't know. - Will Ritter" Corrosion is expensive, relentless, and easy to underestimate—until a "lasagna battery"...

"If you say something over and over often and enough, it becomes true because perception is reality." Paul O'Callaghan has built a career at...

Industrial water work rewards people who can move between precision and practicality. Katie Holliday brings both. She started as a lab chemi...

Corrosion rarely announces itself as a "big water problem." It shows up as leaching at the tap, residual loss in the field, premature equipm...

Boilers can feel intimidating the first time you step into a boiler room—the heat, the noise, the pressure gauge, and the weight of knowing...

Industrial water professionals are increasingly pulled into conversations about scarcity, resilience, and "where the next gallon comes from....

"Stay curious. And you only have one reputation. Guard it with your life." Hiring for judgment, not just rehearsed confidence Industrial wat...

Trace Blackmore opens 2026 with a practical reset: how to plan with urgency, sharpen the fundamentals that make troubleshooting easier, and...

A year-end recap is more than a highlight reel—it's a practical reset. In this New Year episode, Trace Blackmore walks through 2025 using a...

"So one thing I never do is try to start giving remediation or advice before I truly have understood and diagnosed the problem." Mentorship...

Industrial cooling is one of the biggest levers industrial facilities can pull on water use—and it's getting harder to ignore as data center...

Industrial water professionals sit at the intersection of risk, regulation, and community trust. In this episode, Dr. Annette Davison ("the...

Entamoeba histolytica nearly ended Ron Blutrich's scientific career. Instead, it pushed him to rethink how we protect people in multi-family...

What happens when you build a company around one niche, listen obsessively to customers, and never stop improving? In this episode, host Tra...

"The More You Know" - Robin Deal A million-gallon-a-day perspective, distilled into actionable steps. Robin Deal , AquaPure Product Manager...

Get stuck in – Michael Bourgeois , CWT How do standards get written in ways that working water treaters can actually meet? In this conversat...

Holidays don't usually line up with release day—but this year they did. In this Halloween special, Trace uses the horror-movie trope of the...

Hiring in industrial water is slow, specialized, and expensive to get wrong. In this conversation, executive advisor Randi Fargen explains h...

How do you make "right person, right seat" a repeatable system—not a hope ? Fact Water Co ' s Danielle Scimeca (President) and returning gue...

Industrial Water Week 2025: Careers Friday brings the celebration back to first principles—mentors, disciplined training, and field diagnost...

Wastewater isn't an endpoint—it's a decision point. On Wastewater Thursday , host Trace Blackmore, CWT sharpens the operator's toolkit with...

Cooling Wednesday is about performance, protection, and proof. Trace Blackmore invites the Nation to get hands-on with cooling equipment and...

Boiler rooms reward clarity: how many BTUs from the flame actually arrive in steam—and stay there to do useful work? For Boiler Tuesday, Tra...

Industrial Water Week is here—and Day 1 is Pretreatment Monday . This special episode sets the tone for the week with specific ways to celeb...

The best leaders are the ones that can hold space for both—care personally and challenge directly. Work never happens in a vacuum. Field cal...

What happens when cities become "networked"—and water systems start telling us what they need in real time? In this episode, Trace Blackmore...

Can a carbon-negative, bio-based molecule replace legacy phosphonates and help you use less azole —without sacrificing corrosion performance...

What if HR wasn't the department you dreaded — but the partner that helped your team thrive? In this episode of Scaling UP! H2O , host Trace...

With those words, Jemma Tennant highlights one of the most profound differences between Legionella management in Europe and the United State...

Legionella remains one of the most complex challenges for water professionals worldwide. How do we balance effective monitoring with realist...

"Rules written in a panic rarely stand the test of time. " In this encore episode, Trace Blackmore welcomes back Patsy Root , Senior Manager...

What if preventing Legionella outbreaks wasn't about adding more chemicals, but removing what the bacteria needs to survive? In this episode...

"Just because you have a water management plan doesn't mean it's working." That's the hard truth Matt Freije, founder and CEO of HC Info, de...

Are You Ready to Talk About Legionella? Every August, we dedicate an entire month to a topic that touches public health, liability, and the...

"The winning combination will include not just removal—but real destruction of PFAS." - Brian Liotta PFAS: The Invisible Challenge Reshaping...

"You can't learn it all in one year. You can't even learn it all in ten." That single statement from Jim Lukanich captures the spirit of thi...

What happens when a nuclear chemist pivots into industrial water treatment? In this episode, host Trace Blackmore is joined by Dr. Jasbir Gi...

" Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death!" - Patrick Henry Honoring Innovation, Freedom, and Small Business on the 4th of July In this special Ind...

In this episode, Trace Blackmore welcomes back Tom Hutchison , Chairman of the Board, HOH Water Technology , to reflect on what it really ta...

"You don't have to transition your entire business. You just need to start. Small beginnings are okay." Revolutionizing Water Treatment Thro...

A Lifelong Exploration into Chlorine Dioxide In this episode of Scaling UP! H2O, Trace Blackmore welcomes Greg D. Simpson , a recognized aut...