Podcast

The Next Generation of Water Treatment with VVater’s Kevin Gast

 
6 Jan 2026  |  Episode #283  |  with Kevin Gast

Kevin Gast, Chairman and CEO of VVater, discusses VVater’s water treatment solution, the go-to-market verticals the technology serves, and much more in this phenomenal interview. Plus, Reese Tisdale gives us a Top Ten water issues list to look out for in 2026.

In this session, you’ll learn about:

  • Kevin’s unique path to the water sector as a “South African by birthright, German by blood, and Texan by heart”
  • VVater’s incubation in a large conglomerate and spin-off into its own standalone entity
  • How VVater was birthed within the conglomerate
  • What electroporation is and how using AC versus DC within that process enabled VVater’s water treatment technology
  • The impressive list of awards that VVater has won in 2025 alone
  • The four verticals that VVater is targeting to serve
  • Kevin’s perspective on water use at data centers and how VVater can alleviate fears over water use by data centers
  • Kevin’s thoughts on VVater’s technology and other technologies displacing free chlorine and chloramine as disinfection in water utilities
  • VVater’s mobile treatment solutions as well as fixed solutions
  • VVater’s quick turnaround – 21 days in one instance
  • Why Kevin thinks, “we’re not running out of water, we’re running out of excuses”
  • What 2026 holds for VVater, including what the “VVater Shield” is

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