Trace Blackmore is the Owner of Blackmore Enterprises and the Host of the "Scaling Up! H2O" podcast. The "Scaling Up! H2O" podcast intends to prove to you every week why working in Industrial Water Treatment is the best job in the World.

If you're listening from the UK, Singapore, or maybe Denmark, you'll be surprised by the rest of this introduction. But actually, for the majority of water professionals, this water job is quite lonely. Think of it, there are over ten thousand water utilities in Germany or more than seven hundred wastewater treatment plants in Switzerland. And, of course, the record goes to the US with over 90 thousand water and wastewater utilities. 

As a consequence, when you're working for one of these scattered utilities, you have few colleagues. For instance, 85% of US utilities have three or less than three employees.

The same is true when you're in industrial water treatment. Sure, many people work on an industrial site. But how many deal with Water? In most cases, at most, a hand full.

So yes, Water is everywhere, and so are water professionals. Everywhere, and often alone. What's wrong with that? Nothing, except that it turns personal and professional development into a challenge. When you don't have colleagues to challenge you, bring you some industry news, or share best practices, you can only rely on yourself to improve.

Unless there's another way! Because you might be commuting to work. Or having a run in the evening. Or getting bored while you mow the lawn. That's where podcasts have your back. I know, right now, this may sound like inception because I'm advocating for podcasts on a podcast. But my message here is that you may well right now be enjoying the best water podcast ever produced by a french guy - to my knowledge, I'm the only one, so I'm quite confident about that assumption.

Yet, there are other great shows out there, like "Water we talking about" with Adam Tank and Jim Lauria, Abdelhakim el Fadil's excellent "Smart Water Solutions," Paul O'Callaghan's BlueNotes by BlueTech, or Dave McGimpsey's grandaddy of all shows with the Waver Values Podcast, which is the only one in this list that never appeared on that microphone, hey Dave, we should talk, and inevitably the famous Nation with Trace Blackmore's Scaling Up H2O podcast

I thought you might enjoy going a bit behind the scenes of the podcast production today if you already know Trace and the Scaling Up H2O podcast. Or you may appreciate getting to know a great new podcast in the unlikely event you never heard of Trace before, in which case you'll be delighted to discover you can listen to someone talking about water without my annoying french accent. 

So without further due, I'll let you enjoy my conversation with Trace; just remember that, if you like what you hear, please tell your friends, colleagues, or LinkedIn network what they should take home from the nuggets Trace shares today, and if you don't like what you hear, please reach out to me and tell me what I should be doing differently or better. Come on, do it, and I'll meet you on the other side. 

How to Make a Lonely Water Professional's Mentor, Friend, and Caring Colleague