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82: 🐸 Quick Tips: ORP – The Missing Number Behind Better Oxidation
Most water treatment professionals use chlorine, ozone, or hydrogen peroxide—but how do you know how effective those oxidizers will actually
81: Quick Tips: Catalytic Carbon Explained: Chloramine, Sulfur & System Design
Not all catalytic carbon is the same—and choosing the wrong one can lead to early failure, poor performance, and unhappy
80: Distribution Systems Explained
Distribution systems inside softeners and filters may be hidden—but they’re critical to performance. In this Quick Tip, Mike and Denise
79: CeraPure AC: Skunk-Free Carbon & Smarter Pretreatment
In this episode of It’s Your Water, Mike Urbans and Derek French (Wateropolis) explain why Cerapure AC is a smart
78: Quick Tips: Mixing Media: What Works — and What Doesn’t
Can you mix filtration media or resins in the same tank? In this Quick Tips episode of It’s Your Water,
77: Quick Tips: When to Use Zeolite Filter Media
Mike and Denise explain zeolite filter media — what it is, how it works, and when to use it. Learn
76: Quick Tips – Repair or Replace the Softener
Is it time to repair the water softener—or replace it entirely? Not sure whether to repair or replace the customer’s
75: Quick Tips – Why Isn’t the Softener Softening?
A fast field guide for dealers and service techs. In this Quick Tip from It’s Your Water, we cover the
74: Keeping It Young Part 2
In Part 2 Mike and Greg discuss today’s sales challenges, shifting demographics, CRM habits, rising contaminant concerns, and how younger
73: Keeping it Young
Mike and Greg Shannon of Westfair Water, Bedford, NY discuss “intrapreneurship” – someone who joins a business and grows it
72: Start by Reading the Instructions!
Mike and a dealer troubleshoot an unsuccessful install of a newly introduced RO.
71: Microplastics Update
Microplastics & Nanoplastics -Listen to this short update for the latest industry news. Show Notes – Microplastics Update
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Most water treatment professionals use chlorine, ozone, or hydrogen peroxide—but how do you know how effective those oxidizers will actually […]
Not all catalytic carbon is the same—and choosing the wrong one can lead to early failure, poor performance, and unhappy […]
Distribution systems inside softeners and filters may be hidden—but they’re critical to performance. In this Quick Tip, Mike and Denise […]
In this episode of It’s Your Water, Mike Urbans and Derek French (Wateropolis) explain why Cerapure AC is a smart […]
Can you mix filtration media or resins in the same tank? In this Quick Tips episode of It’s Your Water, […]
Mike and Denise explain zeolite filter media — what it is, how it works, and when to use it. Learn […]
Is it time to repair the water softener—or replace it entirely? Not sure whether to repair or replace the customer’s […]
A fast field guide for dealers and service techs. In this Quick Tip from It’s Your Water, we cover the […]
Get the details on a new media! Mike and Derek French of Wateropolis discuss Cerapure-MAC, a combination of manganese dioxide, […]
In this episode Mike goes over a list of tools which every water treatment technician should have in the work […]
Michael discusses how to troubleshoot filters and how to deal with their idiosyncrasies.
How do you troubleshoot a residential water softener? Listen to this podcast to brush up on your water softener trouble […]
In this episode Mike and Ted Begg, of Purolite Company, further the discussion about dealkalization. Show Notes Topics include: Boiler […]
Mike and his guest, Ted Begg of Purolite Company, discuss why a pH shift occurs when treating water with strong […]
If improperly applied, the media used to remove radiological contaminants from water can become radioactive! Mike discusses best practices when […]
Organic substances can have complex molecular structures making their removal from domestic water supplies a difficult and sometimes frustrating challenge. […]