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Today is a special treat because today I have a friend and trusted colleague, Janet E. Stout PhD, president of Special Pathogens Laboratory and research associate professor at the University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. An infectious disease microbiologist, Dr. Stout is recognized worldwide for seminal …
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As the fourth quarter of 2021 draws to a close, what are the things you are evaluating to make sure that Q4 ends well and that 2022 is going to be a more profitable year for you and your company? If you have ever wondered: how much money should the company have in the bank, …
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My name is Trace Blackmore and I’ve had the honor of celebrating Industrial Water Week with you each day this week! Each year that we celebrate Industrial Water Week, it gets better. Today is all about the fact we all have a career in industrial water treatment. Think about all of the jobs you could …
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Today we continue Industrial Water Week 2021 with Wastewater Thursday. Scaling up Nation, if you don’t see how awesome being a water treater is, you are not doing it right. Industrial Water Treaters are superheroes. You are a superhero! Like many of you, when I started in my career, I couldn’t believe what my clients …
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Today is all about cooling. I’ve always gravitated more towards cooling than any other aspect of water treatment. I am a student of all industrial water treatment areas, but there is just something about cooling that I have always connected with. Do you have a specific area of water treatment that you tend to lean …
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Welcome to the podcast where we water treaters learn and celebrate together! I’m your podcast host, Trace Blackmore. Yesterday we celebrated Pretreatment Monday and today it is Boiler Tuesday! The dictionary definition of a boiler is quite dull and uninspiring, but for me, the boiler has been my backstage pass to some of the coolest …
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The time has come, we are kicking off Industrial Water Week 2021 with Pretreatment Monday! Join us every day this week as we bring you a new podcast episode and a new mini-challenge from the man who started this holiday for us, James McDonald. Don’t forget to post your daily mini-challenge photos by tagging them …
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Scaling UP! Nation, you know I love answering your questions, and today’s listener submitted question made me chuckle and reminisce about high school science class when we swabbed door handles, toilets, keyboards, drink fountain dispensers, and about how, when I started, I made some basic mistakes with these relatively inexpensive and extremely easy to use …
For those long-time listeners, you know that I am passionate about personal and professional development and leadership strategies, which is why I couldn’t wait to share this interview with you! My guest today is Bill Eckstrom, he is the founder and CEO of EcSell Institute, the world’s first and only organization to measure and quantify …
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We’ve talked about what Legionella bacteria is and how to prevent Legionella from developing in your clients’ systems on previous podcast episodes (see list of episodes below), but what do you do when your building does test positive for Legionella bacteria? Over the past few months, the Scaling Up Nation has submitted dozens of questions …
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