05 — Jar Test Training
Jar testing is an art.
Few are trained to do it.
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Run correctly, the jar test should be an integral part of daily process control — not a one-off compliance check. We train your team to run it right, read the result, and translate it to the floor.
What we teach
A curriculum built around your plant.
The jar test, done right
Coagulant selection, dosing sequence, mix/flocc/settle timing, and reading the floc — the technique most operators were never formally taught.
Translating the bench to the floor
How to scale a jar result to full-scale dosing and recognize when the plant has drifted from the bench — closing the loop between lab and operations.
Operator training credits
Classes carry CEU credits recognized for operator certification renewal, with documentation provided for your state program.
On-site
At your plant — your water, your bench, your floor
Remote
Live virtual session with your team and your jar data
Jar Testing vs. Commodity Sales
Why the jar test wins.
Commodity chemical salespeople submit on price and deliver no value behind it. Our jar test is the opposite — a disciplined method that proves the value before a single dose hits your floor.
Starting point
A product to sell and a price to win.
Your water, your process, and your compliance goal.
The jar test
A demo to close the sale — show just enough to look good.
A disciplined method: coagulant selection, dosing sequence, mix/flocc/settle timing, and reading the floc.
Who runs it
A salesperson trained to sell.
A specialist trained to read the water.
Reading the result
“Looks good — here’s the quote.”
Translate the bench to full-scale dosing, and catch it when the plant drifts from the bench.
When the water changes
Gone when the chemistry stops working.
Re-test, re-tune, and stand behind the outcome.
What you walk away with
A chemical invoice.
A documented method, a trained team, and a result you can reproduce.
How it’s priced
Submits on price.
Value proven before the invoice.
Top 10 — From the desk of Scott Frazier
David Letterman's Top 10
Reasons Jar Tests Fail.
The failure modes we see again and again — when a jar test looks good but the full-scale trial falls apart. Counting down from ten.
10
No field equipment to conduct testing
The investment in equipment to properly serve LaNova's clients is greater than $10,000 — and we put it to use daily.
09
Improper sampling over time
Testing must be done on representative sampling drawn over a period of time — not a one-time grab that misses the real picture.
08
Apathy — "We have always done it this way"
A thought process that stifles innovation when all options should be exhausted.
07
Inability to interpret data
All process variables should be considered — pH especially — but also incoming and outgoing phosphorus curves to establish cost per pound of phosphorus removed.
06
Incompetence
We might all agree the SMEs in this area are few and far between. A good service provider can overcome challenges and offer solutions.
05
Improper make-down and prep of coagulants and flocculants
If the products are not made down and applied correctly they will not give the desired results.
04
Inexperience
Jar testing is a lost art.
03
Lack of basic wastewater math
Most chemical sales people can't pass a D license. The ability to accurately dose the products and extrapolate the jars to the "big system" is critical to success. We have often heard, "they could clean it up in the jars but not the big system," which leads to trial failures.
02
Improperly sized feed equipment
Feed equipment sized wrong to deliver the recommended dosing can lead to under-dosing or over-dosing chemical.
01
No ability to troubleshoot or adapt
"Set it and forget it." No ability to troubleshoot or adapt to a changing process.
On completion
A certificate your operators keep.
Every trainee who completes a session receives a branded digital certificate documenting their operator training credit hours — recognized for certification renewal.
LaNova Water LLC · Wastewater Treatment Service & Support
Certificate of Completion
Operator Training Program
This certifies that
Operator Name
has successfully completed
Jar Test Training — On-site
Recognized CEU credits toward operator certification renewal
Date
August 12, 2026
Scott Frazier
Founder · LaNova Water
Certificate No.
JT-2026-0001
From the floor
Operators who took the class.
"I've run jar tests for twelve years and never knew how much I was guessing. LaNova taught us to read the floc and tie the bench result straight to our dosing pumps. We cut our coagulant spend in the first month."
Daniel R.
Chief Operator
Municipal WWTP · Texas
"The on-site session was the first training that actually used our water. By the end of the day our whole shift could run the test the same way and agree on the dose. That consistency is worth more than any chemical."
Maria S.
Lab Supervisor
Regional WRF · Idaho
"Our team came in skeptical of another 'training' that's really a sales pitch. This wasn't. They taught the art, handed us the credits, and left. Six months later we're still running the protocol they set up."
Kevin T.
Operations Manager
Food Ingredient Manufacturer · Midwest
Schedule a session
Book a training session.
Pick a session type, a date that works, and a time window. We'll confirm within one business day and tailor the curriculum to your process.
Prefer to talk it through first?
We're happy to scope the session around your compliance goals and your team's experience level.