Chris Peacock, water sector entrepreneur and founder of the Water Innovation Project, takes us on a journey in search of “smart water”. He shares what he has learned about the water market over the years and how new information technologies are…
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Creative Environmental Solutions and Watershed Protection
Margaret Palmer, University of Maryland Professor and Director of the National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center, takes her study of water flow and stream restoration to Appalachia and shares with us the impact that mountaintop removal coal mining…
Thoughts on Water Utilities from the Chair
From state to state, how are water utilities meeting the fiscal challenges of providing a reliable and safe water supply, at a reasonable rate, while staying operationally efficient? Will the smaller utilities be able to stay afloat? Chairman Alaina…
Handling Environmental Issues in the Wastewater Treatment Process
Beth Toot-Levy, Senior Environmental Specialist with the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District, joins The Water Values Podcast to discuss environmental issues faced in the wastewater treatment process by this sewer utility serving over a million…
Effective Communication in the Water Industry
Donna Vincent Roa, a communication specialist, water sector communication expert and Managing Partner at the Vincent Roa Group, comes on The Water Values Podcast for a discussion on the importance and effectiveness of communication using storytelling,…
Rolling Out AMI in San Francisco
Alison Kastama, a communication manager with the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) and Heather Pohl, a project manager at SFPUC for the Automated Water Meter Program, join The Water Values Podcast for the second half of a two-part…
Rolling Out AMI in San Francisco
Alison Kastama, a communication manager with the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) and Heather Pohl, a project manager at SFPUC for the Automated Water Meter Program, join The Water Values Podcast for the first of a two-part discussion…
What Are the Important Issues for Investor-Owned Water Utilities?
Michael Deane, the Executive Director at the National Association of Water Companies, comes on The Water Values Podcast to discuss important issues for investor-owned water utilities. He describes how both the private and public sectors can work…
What’s the State of the Water Industry?
Ken Mercer, the American Water Works Association’s (AWWA) Senior Manager of Technical and Research Programs, comes on The Water Values Podcast to discuss the AWWA’s State of the Water Industry Survey. Ken does a deep dive into how those in the…
How Does Your Utility Measure Up?
Ken Mercer, the American Water Works Association’s (AWWA) Senior Manager of Technical and Research Programs, comes on The Water Values Podcast to discuss the AWWA’s Rate Survey and it Utility Benchmarking Survey. Ken fills us in on the trends that…
