How Much Water Does Your Cooling Tower Use? The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates that for every ton-hour of cooling, a typical cooling tower evaporates about 1.8 gallons of water — equivalent to removing 12,000 BTUs of heat (EPA). For a large commercial or …
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Why Boiler Blowdown Is Essential for System Performance Boiler blowdown isn’t just a maintenance task–it’s a key control point for water efficiency, equipment longevity, and steam system safety. Boilers are closed-loop systems, but they’re far from clean. Every gallon of makeup water introduces new dissolved …
Read Full ArticleWhy Cooling Tower Maintenance Can’t Be an Afterthought If you’re running cooling towers in a commercial or industrial facility, you already know how fast things can go wrong. Poor water flow, excessive vibration, rising temperatures–any of these signs could signal a problem that started months …
Read Full ArticleWhy Steam Quality Matters Steam plays a central role in energy transfer across industrial and commercial systems. It’s used to power heat exchangers, drive sterilization, regulate process temperatures, and maintain comfort in large-scale buildings. But when steam isn’t properly managed, the system pays for it …
Read Full ArticleWhy the Difference Matters In building water systems, whether your loop is open or closed impacts everything – from how you maintain it to the risks you need to manage. It shapes how water moves, how it’s treated, and what kind of damage it’s vulnerable …
Read Full ArticleRunning a high-rise building in the Tampa Bay area comes with more than its fair share of responsibilities. Between managing tenants, maintaining equipment, and keeping up with repairs, things can become overwhelming fast. One thing that often falls lower on the priority list? Staying on …
Read Full ArticleIf you’re home base is the Tampa Bay area, you know how different the weather can feel depending on the time of year. Cool winters quickly turn into long, hot, humid summers. While most people think about how that affects things like air conditioning or …
Read Full ArticleWhy Legionella Risk Assessments Matter Legionnaires’ disease is a potentially fatal form of pneumonia caused by breathing in water droplets that contain contaminated water Legionella bacteria. These bacteria thrive in manmade water systems – particularly those with warm temperatures, low flow, or aging infrastructure. If …
Read Full ArticleIn a lot of facilities, corrosion problems don’t announce themselves loudly. They develop quietly, behind insulation, inside piping, or at connection points no one looks at until something fails. One of the most common examples we see in the field is galvanic corrosion. It shows …
Read Full ArticleAt the intersection of business and high technology is innovation. Innovation helps to create new ideas and new ways of doing business. But innovation costs time, money, and effort. So, how do companies weigh the needs of the business with smooth operation? Efficiency has become …
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