Thank You Summit Laboratories for Supporting the 2026 CIPCA Conference
Strong conferences depend on strong partners. The Colorado Industrial Pretreatment Coordinators Association, known as CIPCA, is grateful to the organizations that help make the 2026 CIPCA Conference possible for wastewater and pretreatment professionals across Colorado.
This annual gathering gives practitioners a valuable place to learn, compare field experience, discuss regulatory and technical challenges, and build connections that support cleaner water and stronger pretreatment programs. Sponsor support helps CIPCA deliver that experience with the quality and focus the pretreatment community expects.
For 2026, CIPCA is especially proud to recognize Summit Laboratories as our Emerald Sponsor, the highest sponsorship tier for the conference.
CIPCA is grateful for the support behind the conference
The 2026 CIPCA Conference brings together people who work every day on industrial pretreatment, wastewater operations, compliance, sampling, inspections, source control, and related environmental programs.
That kind of gathering takes more than a meeting space and a schedule. It takes a professional community willing to share knowledge and partners willing to support that work.
Sponsors help CIPCA provide:
Useful training for pretreatment and wastewater professionals
Networking opportunities across utilities, agencies, consultants, and industry partners
Technical exchange on real-world challenges in industrial wastewater
Industry collaboration that supports responsible water management in Colorado
A stronger professional community for people doing important work, often behind the scenes
CIPCA sincerely appreciates every organization that supports the conference. These contributions help create a setting where attendees can return to their programs with clearer information, stronger contacts, and practical ideas they can use.
Summit Laboratories is recognized as the 2026 Emerald Sponsor
CIPCA is proud to recognize Summit Laboratories as the highest-level sponsor of the 2026 CIPCA Conference.
Headquartered in Colorado, Summit Laboratories has provided customized industrial water treatment solutions throughout the Rocky Mountain region for nearly four decades. Their work supports facilities that manage complex water systems and rely on consistent performance, dependable service, and sound technical guidance.
Sponsor detail | 2026 recognition |
Sponsor name | Summit Laboratories |
Sponsorship tier | Emerald Sponsor |
Conference | 2026 CIPCA Conference |
Home base | Colorado |
Service focus | Industrial water treatment solutions |
Regional presence | Rocky Mountain region |
Summit Laboratories works with a wide range of industries and facility types. Their team supports water treatment needs for systems such as cooling towers, boilers, and closed-loop systems. These systems play a major role in daily operations for many industrial, institutional, and commercial facilities.
By helping facilities manage water quality, system reliability, and operating efficiency, Summit Laboratories contributes to work that aligns closely with the goals of the pretreatment community.
Industrial water treatment supports reliable operations
Industrial water systems can be demanding. Cooling towers, boilers, and closed-loop systems each require attention to chemistry, equipment condition, water quality, and operating conditions.
When these systems are properly maintained, facilities can reduce avoidable problems and support more reliable operations. Poorly managed systems can create scale, corrosion, biological growth, fouling, or other issues that affect performance and may increase maintenance needs.
Summit Laboratories specializes in the chemicals, equipment, and technical services that help facilities manage these conditions. Their work can support goals such as:
Maintaining stable water quality
Improving equipment reliability
Reducing preventable system problems
Supporting facility performance
Helping sites meet operational and environmental goals
This kind of work matters to the broader wastewater and pretreatment field. Industrial water management does not happen in isolation. Decisions made within a facility can affect discharge quality, treatment needs, permit requirements, and long-term infrastructure performance.
That connection is one reason CIPCA values partners with hands-on technical knowledge. The conference creates space for those connections to grow.
Sponsor support strengthens Colorado’s pretreatment community
Pretreatment professionals often work at the intersection of regulation, operations, industry, and public service. They review permits, inspect facilities, interpret data, respond to changing conditions, and help protect publicly owned treatment works from harmful discharges.
That work benefits from continued education and peer exchange. No single program sees every issue. No single facility faces every challenge. Conferences give people a place to compare notes and learn from examples outside their own day-to-day work.
Sponsor support helps CIPCA keep that exchange active and accessible.
For companies like Summit Laboratories, sponsorship is also a meaningful way to support the professionals and programs connected to industrial water quality across Colorado. It shows a commitment to the people who maintain systems, solve technical problems, and protect water resources.
Summit Laboratories brings regional experience and technical focus
Summit Laboratories’ long presence in the Rocky Mountain region gives the company a practical understanding of local operating conditions and facility needs. Industrial water treatment in this region often requires attention to water characteristics, seasonal operating patterns, equipment demands, and environmental responsibilities.
Their team supports customers through customized treatment approaches rather than one-size-fits-all answers. That matters because water systems differ by facility, equipment, use pattern, and operational goal.
CIPCA appreciates sponsors that bring this kind of field-based experience to the broader conversation. Pretreatment and wastewater professionals value clear information, practical service, and partners who understand the importance of both performance and compliance.
Summit Laboratories’ support reflects that shared focus.
Thank you to Summit Laboratories
CIPCA extends sincere thanks to Summit Laboratories for serving as the Emerald Sponsor of the 2026 CIPCA Conference.
Their generous support helps CIPCA provide meaningful training, networking, and professional exchange for Colorado’s wastewater and pretreatment community. Their continued work in industrial water treatment also reflects the kind of technical commitment that helps facilities operate responsibly and effectively.
Thank you, Summit Laboratories, for your Emerald Tier sponsorship and your continued support of Colorado’s pretreatment professionals. CIPCA looks forward to welcoming attendees and sponsors to the 2026 conference and continuing the shared work of protecting water quality across the state.
About Nick Wright
Nick Wright is an industrial water treatment and solution provider for heat exchange equipment including boilers, cooling towers, chillers, and more. He was introduced to this space in Columbus, Ohio as a commercial maintenance technician.
Nick joined Summit Laboratories in 2018 as an account manager, maintaining chemical feed and control systems at a variety of properties including Memorial North and Central Hospitals, the Verizon Data Center, and many more.
Nick has expanded his role at Summit in many ways, including arranging special discharge permits between properties and Colorado Springs Utilities (CSU). He works directly with CSU at the Clear Springs Ranch Solid Handling Plant, providing boiler treatment and consultation. Nick is one of the most tenured and experienced service reps at Summit Laboratories and has treated hundreds of cooling towers during his time at Summit.
Outside of work, Nick is an avid outdoors person who enjoys recreating in the mountains of Colorado. He has lived in Colorado Springs for 10 years.
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