Talking Under Water

Episode 58: Smart Water Trends & Best Practices


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In this month’s episode of Talking Under Water co-hosts Bob Crossen and Katie Johns dive into recent industry news, including the EPA’s PFAS CERCLA proposal, the Jackson, Mississipi Water Crisis and recent funding for both drought resiliency in the West and SRFs. Additionally, the hosts share an interview with Steve Drangsholt, account executive with Trinnex. Johns and Drangsholt spoke about smart water and how the digital transformation is impacting the water industry. They also dive into machine learning and digital twins, and Drangsholt shares how you can bring digital transformation to your workplace. 

 
 Show Notes: 
  • EPA Issues Final List of Contaminants for Potential Regulatory Consideration in Drinking Water 
  • Water Associations Share Final Comments on PFAS CERCLA Proposal 
  • Biden-Harris Administration Announces $210 Million for Drought Resilience Projects In the West 
  • Illinois EPA Awards $70M in SRF to 13 Projects 
  • NY Wastewater Projects Receive $176M in CWSRF  
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    Timestamps: 
    • Cold open | 0:00 
  • Host intro and episode summary | 0:38 
  • EPA’s proposal to add PFOS and PFOA | 1:25 
  • Jackson, Mississippi, Water Crisis | 6:34  
  • Funding for drought resiliency in the West | 7:15 
  • SRF funding update | 8:08 
  • Steve Drangsholt Introduction | 9:10 
  • What is Trinnex? | 9:36 
  • Current smart water trends | 11:10 
  • Mitigating digital risks | 14:40 
  • Impact of increasingly Intense weather | 17:09 
  • Machine learning & digital twins | 18:57 
  • How digital twins can improve infrastructure | 26:29 
  • Advice for implementing smart water practices | 28:41 
  • Keeping the human element | 31:06 
  • Interview ends | 32:47 
  • Housekeeping | 33:02
  • Outro | 33:52 
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     About the Podcast 

    Talking Under Water is the premier podcast for the water industry, including municipal and industrial water and wastewater, residential water treatment, storm water management and erosion control. It is produced in coordination between Water & Wastes Digest (WWD), Water Quality Products (WQP) and Storm Water Solutions (SWS). The podcast covers topics under the One Water movement including the municipal and industrial water and wastewater, point of use, point of entry, residential, storm water and erosion control markets. Talking Under Water highlights news, trends, new technologies, industry discussions and on-site interviews with experts for WWD, WQP and SWS. New episodes of the podcast are released on the third Friday of every month. Logo Images: Anatoly Tiplyashin / Romolo Tavani / stock.adobe.com. 

    Contact the Talking Under Water podcast editors by emailing [email protected] or engaging with them on Twitter @TUWpodcast. Join the conversation by commenting or using the hashtag #talkingunderwaterpod on social media. 

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