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April 23, 2021 62 mins

Welcome to the Scaling UP! H2O podcast, where we scale up our knowledge, so we don’t scale up our systems. 

Today’s guest is TGWT (Tannin Guys Water Treatment) President & Chief Tannin, TGWT, Green Chemistry, Water Treatment, Wastewater, AWT, Water Tanks, Downhill Skiing, Motorcycles, Friendship, Quebec, Steam Boilers, Cooling Towers, Closed-Loop System, Cooling Closed-Loop System, FDA, Kosher, Organic, Sulfite, Ammonia, Feed Water, ASME Guideline, AWT, Temperature, EDTA, Phosphate, Descale, ScalingUpH2O, #JC21Executive Officer located in beautiful Longueuil, Quebec, Canada, Louis-Philippe Cloutier. Louis has fifteen years of experience working as President, CEO, and Chairman of the Board at TGWT, and since TGWT started in 2005 he has been a knowledgeable and passionate advocate for using tannin in water treatment. 

 Louis has been honored with several awards and accommodations including Best Startup Award for TGWT, Sustainable Supplier Of The Year Award, and Eurêka Award Winner: Public and para-public categories. 

 

Bottom line: Louis-Philippe Cloutier knows how to run a successful water treatment business and one of those keys to his success is using tannin. 

Your roadside friend, as you travel from client to client. 

-Trace 

 

Timestamps:  

Louis-Philippe Cloutier shares the history of tannin [6:40] 

Tannin and food safety: FDA Approved, Organic Certified, and Kosher Certified [17:02] 

Tannin chemistry [18:30] 

Feeding the tannin [21:30] 

Advantages switching to tannins, and operating parameters [24:08] 

Why have you used tannin since 2005? [35:59] 

What’s the strangest thing to happen to you since you started doing water treatment? [44:10] 

Lightning Round questions [45:45] 

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