Many people in Oregon face significant water justice challenges, including affordability, accessibility, and quality. Addressing these issues requires place-based, community-specific solutions. In this episode, Alai Reyes-Santos, Associate Director of the PNW Just Futures Institute for Climate and Racial Justice, discusses her work in Oregon and what she has learned from…
On Innovation... Sivan Zamir of Xylem categorizes innovation into three tiers: sustaining, next generation, and breakthrough. She also says there is an opportunity for the water sector to dramatically increase use of augmented and virtual reality, particularly to service customers and provide training. From conversations at the Reservoir Center for…
Meet April Ingle of River Network As advocacy director, April helps support organizations and individuals working for water. She is also shining a light on successful partnerships between utilities and community groups, which is a unique but important model.
Louisiana faces severe coastal erosion and land loss, making coastal restoration a critical challenge. One of the innovative solutions is the $2.9 billion Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion project, which aims to restore about 20 square miles of wetlands and land. In this episode, Brad Barth, Diversions Program Manager from the Coastal…
What happened to Grand River's rapids? After a devastating flood in 1904, dams were installed, rocks were removed, and the banks were hardened. Now Grand Rapids is launching the River For All project to remove the dams, restore rocky features, and create natural shoreline.
💧H2O Minute News⏰ Matt Carney of Quantified Ventures: Six green banks receive $1.3 million in awards and technical assistance to finance equitable clean #water infrastructure thanks to support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. More: https://www.quantifiedventures.com/green-bank-equitable-water-infrastructure H2O Minute News is sponsored by 120Water.
As Chief Strategy Officer, Maureen is focused on EPIC’s mission of speeding up implementation of solutions. EPIC connects communities to tools and funding for water projects and supports emerging leaders who can advance them.
Urgent water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) challenges persist across the United States. Peer-to-peer support for utility professionals in these communities can make a positive difference. Anniestacia Denton, a Utility Advisor at Moonshot Missions, provides a look into these pressing issues, with a particular focus on her home state of Alabama.…
Sandeep R. Burman is Drinking Water Administrator for Minnesota Sandeep says the Safe Drinking Water Act is unique in its scope and flexibility, and credits it with helping Minnesota to get ahead on identifying and addressing PFAS pollution. #SDWA50 series a collaboration with the Association of State Drinking Water Administrators…
Join Mark Duey, CEO of Water For People, as he sheds light on the global water crisis and Water For People's mission to address it across Latin America, Africa, and Asia. With over 30 years of experience partnering with governments to improve access to water, sanitation, and hygiene, Water For…
Dan Favre of the Greater New Orleans Foundation: Urban Water@10 marked a decade since the release of the Greater New Orleans Urban Water Plan and supplemental programs that rethink the region’s water management. More: https://www.gnowater.org H2O Minutes News is brought to you by 120Water #water #watersolutions #waternews #watermanagement #neworleans
This video features George McGraw of DigDeep discussing the critical issue of water access in the United States, where over 2 million people lack basic taps or toilets at home. Through the organization Vessel, co-founded by DigDeep and Water for People, stakeholders from various sectors come together to address this…
As Chief Strategy Officer, Maureen is focused on EPIC’s mission of speeding up implementation of solutions. EPIC connects communities to tools and funding for water projects and supports emerging leaders who can advance them.
This episode features a series of rapid-fire questions with Alan Roberson of the Association of State Drinking Water Administrators, delving into some of the most pressing issues facing the drinking water industry today. The conversation tackles hot topics such as regionalization, Consumer Confidence Reports, the Lead and Copper Rule, PFAS,…
Welcome to Tunnel Tops and Crissy Field in San Francisco. These adjoining spaces on the bay provide recreation for the public, capture water with green infrastructure, and offer habitat for wildlife, explains Cynthia Koehler of WaterNow Alliance. #water #watersolutions #greeninfrastructure #sanfrancisco
Salesforce Tower in San Francisco is the tallest building in the western United States and has the largest onsite water recycling system in a commercial high rise. All of the building's wastewater is treated onsite and reused to flush toilets and irrigate the adjacent Salesforce Park. This saves almost 8…
💧H2O Minute News💧 Sonali Abraham of the Pacific Institute: Pilot project in Los Angeles deployed 1,200 toilet leak detection sensors and found opportunity for significant water and cost savings at multifamily housing buildings. More: https://lnkd.in/gGhyeyzv H2O Minute News is sponsored by 120Water: https://120water.com/ #water #watersolutions #waterefficiency #waterconservation
The South continues to experience rapid development and is now facing more intense rainfalls due to climate change. This makes stormwater management a more critical issue for the region. This episode delves into the challenges and solutions with Vinicius Taguchi, an Extension Associate at North Carolina State University. He highlights…
San Mateo is susceptible to the heavy rains that are increasingly flooding communities in the U.S. West. So Tina led her team to better prepare San Mateo by cleaning out catch basins, preparing sandbag stations, and educating residents on steps they can take. She also credits the leadership program at…
This episode is part of a series Mississippi By Nature that explores how nature based solutions are helping the river and its communities. The Houma Nation has a deep-rooted history in southeastern Louisiana, where they have lived and thrived along the Mississippi River and its delta for centuries. Recently, they…
Christy Harowski of the US Water Alliance: Annual poll finds ensuring reliable water services continues to be a top issue for voters, concern about water infrastructure is on the rise, and there is strong support for more funding. More: https://lnkd.in/eU48MM9y #water #watersolutions #waterinfrastructure #voters #poll
Welcome to Mission Rock. This 28-acre development in San Francisco links 11 buildings to the largest private blackwater treatment system in California. The water will be recycled for non-potable uses including irrigation and toilet flushing, saving millions of gallons each year. #podcast: https://lnkd.in/etF4mpdz #water #watersolutions #waterrecycling #wastewater
💧H2O INTRO🤝 Meet Michael Kotutwa Johnson of the Indigenous Resilience Center at the University of Arizona. Michael is a 250th generation Hopi farmer and a specialist in indigenous agricultural resilience. He says traditional practices can be used to grow crops with much less water and produce healthy food. #water #watersolutions…
