Industrial water professionals work with chemistry, equipment, permits, and performance targets every day. Yet every gallon also moves through a framework of policy decisions: who can withdraw water, how it …

## Episodes

**480 From Engineering Numbers to People, Power, and Policy with Sherine El‑Wattar**  
In today’s episode of Scaling UP! H2O, host Trace Blackmore sits down with workplace resilience expert and U.S. Marine veteran Tiffany Wentz‑Root to decode how different generations show up in the …

**479 Water Treatment: The Next Generation – Hustle Culture Meets Emotional Literacy with Tiffany Wentz‑Root**  
Power plant water and steam chemistry does not fail in isolation. A mistaken unit, an unused analyzer, an overdesigned pretreatment system, or a misunderstood condensate return problem can ripple across …

**478 Rethinking Power Plant Water and Steam Chemistry with Brad Buecker (Part 2)**  
Power plant water and steam chemistry is not a background task. It affects safety, reliability, metallurgy, production, and the decisions plant teams make under pressure. In Part 1 of this …

**477 Rethinking Power Plant Water and Steam Chemistry with Brad Buecker (Part 1)**  
Communication shapes how teams learn, respond, correct, and build trust. Trace Blackmore, CWT welcomes returning guest Paule Genest, Director, Sales and ESG (Environment, Social and Governance) Water and Energy TGWT / The Tannin Guys for …

**476 Positive Communication, Temperaments, and the WOW Effect with Paule Genest**  
A boiler failure can create pressure quickly: production is down, emotions are high, and the water treater may be the first person blamed. Cheryl Heiser of TGWT Clean Technologies Inc. …

**475 Inside the Boiler: Inspection, Failure Analysis, and Photography with Cheryl Heiser**  
Every career in industrial water treatment is shaped by decisions, mentors, credentials, systems, and the willingness to keep learning. In this special mailbag-style episode, Trace Blackmore, CWT, answers questions …

**474 Questions from the Scaling UP! Nation about Trace**  
Industrial water professionals often think about water in terms of treatment, compliance, reuse, and operational risk. John Durand brings a different but closely connected view: water as infrastructure, water as a managed …

**473 From Oil to Water: How the Water Midstream Sector Was Born with John Durand**  
“Document everything.” Spring startup season exposes more than operational stress. It also reveals what happened months earlier when systems were laid up poorly, maintenance steps were skipped, or warning signs …

**472 Finding and Fixing the Invisible: Chris MacDonald on Pressure Pipe Inspection and Rehab**  
Biofilm is not a fringe issue in cooling systems. As Dr. Jeff Kramer explains, it is a given. That matters because biofilm affects heat transfer, contributes to corrosion, and can …

**471 Biofilms, Biocides, and TTPC: A Deep Dive with Dr. Jeff Kramer**

## The Scaling UP! H2O Academy is here to serve professionals working in industrial water treatment.