Overview
The Amalie Arena is a 21,500 seat state-of-the art arena that is used for ice hockey, basketball, arena football games, as well as concerts. It is home to the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League and Tampa Bay Storm Arena Football League. The 2012 Republican National Convention was held there. It is the 4th busiest arena in the USA.
Challenges
The booster heating elements of the dishwashers in the kitchens were scaling up, causing a maintenance nightmare. Bacteria formation was a concern and the dishwashers needed to be working properly all the time. The entire building has corroded pipes and large industrial water softeners that were breaking down and wanted to get rid of.
Solution
As an initial test of ScaleBlaster, one SB-MAX was installed on the feed line going to the dishwasher.
Installed
July 18, 2014
Outcome
Since installation, the heating elements are completely descaled. Additional ScaleBlaster units are now being installed on the players sauna room, the domestic water lines for the bathrooms and kitchens, the cooling tower-chiller system on the entire building, and the cooling tower for the ice rink chiller system.
Founder and Co-Owner of Clearwater Enviro Technologies
Jeff Conway is the founder and co-owner of Clearwater Enviro Technologies, which opened in 1989 from the city it started from – Clearwater, Florida. The first product line was the Clearwater Pool Systems with Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin as it’s company spokesman. In 1995, the electronic water conditioner ScaleBlaster was added to the product line. Jeff was born in Auburn, Indiana but grew up in Fairfield, Connecticut. He is a graduate of Florida Southern College in 1978 and has resided in the Tampa Bay area ever since. Several products have evolved over the years, making the company the largest manufacturer of mineral ionization equipment and electronic water conditioners in the world.