I always wanted to walk into a cocktail party and nonchalantly toss off the phrase "I have a book deal" or "Excuse me. I have to take this call. It's my editor." I drive a Volkswagen so status symbols normally…

It's the most common, the oldest and the simplest measurement made in all of electrochemical measurements. And yet, I have found that almost no one understands how the humble pH probe works. I don't mean the measuring circuit that comes…

I'm old enough to remember how a rotary phone worked and brilliant enough to know that it is never coming back. The electronics in my cell phone shrinks with every passing year AND it gets more powerful. I still stare…

Welcome to my blog. I didn't do this willingly. Were it not for a friend of mine who was the publisher of our region's largest newspaper and social media guru, I would continue with my belief that those who blog…

Last month Treatment Plant Operator published an article based on a white paper by Mark Spencer on ORP measurement. The article caught the attention of Water Online editors who decided to run the white paper. You can read the article…