How The Water Treatment Industry is Evolving and the Changes That Come With It with Jack Walker. Episode 15: Show Notes. Our guest today is Jack Walker, CEO of WaterTech Specialties Incorporated. Jack is also one of the founders of The Association of Water Technologies. WaterTech is a family-owned and operated business. They pride themselves on the diversity of their customer base, from small family businesses to Fortune 100 companies. Truly, they are small enough to care and large enough to make a difference. In this episode we’re talking about what changes Jack has seen throughout his lifetime, what it was like for him transitioning his company to his children and what he thinks about water treatment in general. We also talk about some things to think about when the season change and answer listener questions on “Pinks and Blues.” Season Changes. When seasons start to change you need to look at making changes to your programs. For instance, chiller and cooling tower cleaning. If your customer doesn’t have filtration on their cooling tower, they should be cleaning their cooling tower a minimum of twice a year. It’s easier to keep a clean system clean than it is to clean up a dirty system. There has to be a synergy with mechanical i.e... cleaning and chemical. Whenever there is a season change it’s also recommended that legionella testing be done. Any equipment upgrades or maybe you have to change some product dosing, you need to think of all those things next time you go to service your accounts, now that you’re in a different weather pattern. Key Points From This Episode:
Tweetables: “If you don’t have an interest in the long term, it’s not going to work.” — Jack Walker [0:17:53.0] “You need to be focused on one thing, one industry.” — Jack Walker [0:42:19.0] “Whatever you do, make sure you make referrals and talk to someone in the same industry.” — Jack Walker [0:52:39.0] “When you’re sending new people out, make sure that they’re trained at least well enough so it looks good on the company.” — Trace Blackmore [0:57:28.0] “If we’re all better then people are going to look at the industry better.” — Trace Blackmore [0:59:05.0] “Most of us are applicators; we are not scientists.” — Jack Walker [1:05:35.0] Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode: Jack Walker — http://www.watertech.net/ AWT — https://www.awt.org/ AWT Convention — https://www.awt.org/annualconvention17/ AWT Webinars — http://www.awt.org/education_events/webinars.cfm IWC Conferences — http://www.iwcconferences.com/