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3 weeks ago | 
irrigationandlighting.org | Jim Lauria
The irrigation industry is evolving rapidly, driven by advancements in technology, environmental sustainability and the growing complexity of client needs. Success in this field hinges not only on technological innovation but also on cultivating a skilled, motivated and forward-thinking workforce. Incorporating U.S. military veterans in your workforce can be instrumental in shaping a resilient, skilled team, and there are effective strategies to support integrating them into your crew.
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2 months ago | 
wateronline.com | Jim Lauria
By Jim Lauria
I first read Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience in 1990, then again in 2004, 2014, and 2018. I revisited it most recently when it was referenced by Jim Murphy in Inner Excellence, the book that AJ Brown, wide receiver for the Philadelphia Eagles, was reading on the sidelines during a playoff game. Thanks for the influence, AJ, and for contributing to my efforts to tell water’s story and its connection to everything we hold dear.
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Nov 26, 2024 | 
irrigazette.com | Jim Lauria |VP Sales |Mazzei Injectors
Rain picks up carbon dioxide (CO2) as it falls. The carbon dioxide that dissolves into the rainwater forms carbonic acid, gently reducing pH. Moraga replicated the concept in his ECO2MIX system, dissolving CO2 from tanks into irrigation water.
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Nov 26, 2024 | 
irrigazette.com | Jim Lauria |VP Sales |Mazzei Injectors
Rain picks up carbon dioxide (CO2) as it falls. The carbon dioxide that dissolves into the rainwater forms carbonic acid, gently reducing pH. Moraga replicated the concept in his ECO2MIX system, dissolving CO2 from tanks into irrigation water.
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
jim-lauria.medium.com | Jim Lauria
Jim Lauria·Follow6 min read·--There was a time, not so long ago, when people worried that Artificial Intelligence would become too human. That, given enough time and data, the machines would outwit us, read our every emotion, and even surpass us in the realms of empathy, humor, and charm.
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Aug 6, 2024 | 
wateronline.com | Jim Lauria
By Jim Lauria
When I was a kid, baseball cards were hot stuff — collecting them, trading them, flipping them, poring over the photos on the front and statistics on the back. But if you told me that someday collectors in Japan would be going from city to city to seek out trading cards featuring manhole cover art ...well, that would have sounded as strange as trying to sell me a card featuring Willie Mays in a Dodgers uniform.
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Mar 25, 2024 | 
wateronline.com | Jim Lauria
By Jim Lauria
My water career started with beer. No, not the amount I drank on my way to my chemical engineering degree at Manhattan College. I mean the 10,000+ hours I spent optimizing filtration systems in breweries throughout the world. That included all the major breweries in North America and Europe, and while living in Hong Kong in the 1990s, I worked with many more in Asia and Australia. Mega-breweries, microbreweries, and everything in between...I visited them all.
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Sep 11, 2023 | 
wateronline.com | Jim Lauria
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Guest Column
| September 11, 2023
By Jim Lauria
Growing up in New York City and watching the Twin Towers being built in the early 1970s, I am always tearful on September 11th. This day, twenty-two years ago, I lost two friends.
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Aug 15, 2023 | 
wateronline.com | Jim Lauria
Guest Column
| August 15, 2023
By Jim Lauria
I love to read and recently published My 15 Favorite Water Books. (I just added one more to the list after reading Peter Gleick’s book The Three Ages of Water).
This week on the Water Show, Björn Otto and Antoine Walter lamented about the lack of sales training for water professionals selling products and services into our industry.
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Jul 31, 2023 | 
wateronline.com | Jim Lauria
Guest Column
| July 31, 2023
By Jim Lauria
It's no understatement to say that I am deeply into water. As a water professional, I think about water all the time. I stay current on the technologies that help keep our water supply safe. I am an avid student of the history of water systems.
