030 The One with the 2018 AWT President

On today's show we talk to the 2018 president of the Association of Water Technologies, Marc Vermeulen.  Marc tells us about his life from becoming a water treater to becoming the AWT president.  We will also learn about specific items that you can take advantage of that the AWT is offering this year. AWT Technical Training: If you have listened to the show before, you know that I am proud to be a training with AWT for the Technical and Fundamental trainings.  This episode talks specifically to what is offered at the seminars as well as how to get the most out of the seminars. Pinks and Blues: This segment of Pinks and Blue deals with a set of questions, not just one or two, around pH meters.  I have complied a list of about 12 different and similar questions and talk about the pH meter to try to answer them all.  We will talk about proper meter care, calibration procedure and many more items around the pH meter.  Take a listen.   Timestamps 00:05 - Introduction 00:55 – AWT Technical Training Seminars 14:20 – Interview with Marc Vermeulen Introduction 16:10 – About Marc 17:40- CWT Certification 21:45 – International Business 23:55 – Biggest water treatment victory 24:43 – Biggest water treatment hurdle 26:11 – AWT presidency 28:42 – AWT board meetings 29:55 – AWT – technical 32:10 – Pure Water for The World 39:15 – AWT 2018 40:47 – AWT volunteers 43:20 – What one thing should we know about AWT? 44:50 – Lightning Round 51:35 – Pinks and Blues (Listener Questions) 52:45 – pH meter calibration 1:07:17 – How long should a probe last? 1:08:55 – What is the best pH meter? 1:11:07 – The necessity of a pH meter 1:12:21 – Alkalinity vs. pH meter 1:13:55 – Closing statements   Links Mentioned  Scaling UP! Nation! LinkedIn Group - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12074848 Marc Vermeulen LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/marc-vermeulen-20416721/ Hawkstone Solutions – http://hawkstonesolutions.ca/ CWT Tips – https://scalinguph2o.com/cwt AWT Certification(CWT) - https://www.awt.org/certification/index.cfm AWT Technical Training - https://www.awt.org/education_events/technical_training.cfm AWT Technical Training Booklet - http://www.awt.org/pub/0d1c4ef7-afef-94eb-dc75-2286998dba10