It's Your Water
by Michael Urbans
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Tannins: Choosing the Right Resin
Tannins: Choosing the Right Resin
About this podcast
Your Water Education Starts Here. Listen to water treatment industry veteran, Michael Urbans, discuss water filtration and treatment options as they relate to specific issues facing consumers and industry. Topics will include information about contaminants such as the Forever Chemicals (PFOS, GenX), industry best practices. Included will be lighthearted Interviews with industry executives, technicians and business owners.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 89 episodes
- Tannins: Choosing the Right Resin · 16 min · Episode 90Tannin reduction can be tricky, and choosing the wrong resin can lead to costly problems. In this episode of It's Your Water, Mike and Denise Urbans discuss organic trap resins…
- Cracking the Commercial Code: Moving Beyond Residential · 15 min · Episode 89Ready to take your water treatment business toward commercial quotes and installs? In this episode of It's Your Water, Mike and Denise share practical advice on moving from…
- Quick Tip: Cartridge Filters — When Precision Matters · 18 min · Episode 88When do you move from a bag filter to a cartridge filter — or use both? Mike Urbans continues his conversation with Ed Giordano of Endoer Filtration, looking at commercial…
- Quick Tip: Bag Filters — Where They Shine · 11 min · Episode 87When is a bag filter the right choice? Mike Urbans talks with Ed Giordano of Endoer Filtration about where bag filters shine in commercial and industrial water treatment. They…
- 🎓Summer School Reply: What The Toilet Tank Can Tell You About Water Quality · 29 min · Episode 86🎓 Summer School Replay What can a toilet tank tell you about water? More than you might think. In this Summer School Replay, Mike Urbans and Mike Heatwole discuss how a simple…
- Proper Storage of Ion Exchange Resins | Avoid Costly Damage & Performance Loss · 13 min · Episode 85Improper storage can permanently damage ion exchange resin before it ever goes into service. Learn the best practices for storing cation, anion, and mixed bed resins, avoiding…
- 🎓 Summer School Replay: The Troublesome Trio – Iron, Manganese & Hydrogen Sulfide · 33 min · Episode 84This summer we're revisiting some of the most popular and educational episodes from the It's Your Water Podcast archive. In this episode, Mike and Denise discuss the "Troublesome…
- Quick Tips: Freeboard & Minimum Bed Depth – Avoiding Common Tank Filling Mistakes · 10 min · Episode 83What is freeboard? How much media should really go into a tank? Mike Urbans explains freeboard, minimum bed depth, backwash expansion, upper screens, and common dealer mistakes…
- 🐸 Quick Tips: ORP – The Missing Number Behind Better Oxidation · 9 min · Episode 82Most water treatment professionals use chlorine, ozone, or hydrogen peroxide—but how do you know how effective those oxidizers will actually be in the water you're treating? In…
- Quick Tips: Catalytic Carbon Explained: Chloramine, Sulfur & System Design · 13 min · Episode 81Not all catalytic carbon is the same—and choosing the wrong one can lead to early failure, poor performance, and unhappy customers. In this Quick Tips episode of It’s Your Water…
- Distribution Systems Explained · 17 min · Episode 80Distribution systems inside softeners and filters may be hidden—but they’re critical to performance. In this Quick Tip, Mike and Denise Urbans explain distributor baskets, hub &…
- CeraPure AC: Skunk-Free Carbon & Smarter Pretreatment · 20 min · Episode 79In this episode of It’s Your Water, Mike Urbans and Derek French (Wateropolis) explain why Cerapure AC is a smart alternative to traditional GAC and KDF—especially for RO…
- Quick Tips: Mixing Media: What Works — and What Doesn’t · 10 min · Episode 78Can you mix filtration media or resins in the same tank? In this Quick Tips episode of It’s Your Water, Mike and Denise explain when mixing media can work — and when it leads to…
- Quick Tips: When to Use Zeolite Filter Media · 9 min · Episode 77Mike and Denise explain zeolite filter media — what it is, how it works, and when to use it. Learn why zeolite delivers true 5-micron deep-bed filtration and longer filter runs —…
- Quick Tips - Repair or Replace the Softener · 9 min · Episode 76Is it time to repair the water softener—or replace it entirely? Not sure whether to repair or replace the customer's water softener? This Quick Tip breaks down the key signs of…
- Quick Tips - Why Isn't the Softener Softening? · 10 min · Episode 75A fast field guide for dealers and service techs. In this Quick Tip from It’s Your Water, we cover the top reasons a softener stops softening — resin fouling, salt bridging…
- Keeping It Young Part 2 · 28 min · Episode 74In Part 2 Mike and Greg discuss today’s sales challenges, shifting demographics, CRM habits, rising contaminant concerns, and how younger homeowners are reshaping water…
- Keeping it Young · 21 min · Episode 73Mike and Greg Shannon of Westfair Water, Bedford, NY discuss "intrapreneurship" - someone who joins a business and grows it like he owns it! They discuss their mutual passion for…
- Start by Reading the Instructions! · 11 min · Episode 72Mike and a dealer troubleshoot an unsuccessful install of a newly introduced RO.
- Microplastics Update · 12 min · Episode 71Microplastics & Nanoplastics -Listen to this short update for the latest industry news. Show Notes - Microplastics Update
