Talking Under Water

Finding holistic One Water success with the A-I-R process


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In this episode of Talking Under Water, co-Host Bob Crossen speaks with Jacquelin Mutter, One Water planning lead, and Trent Stober, utility management services director, both for HDR about using the A-I-R process to optimize One Water processes. Mutter and Sober discuss how A-I-R, which stands for Assess, Identify and Reimagine, can help utilities navigate their One Water approaches successfully. The two also discuss why the One Water approach is important to the industry and how A-I-R can benefit water utilities.

Show Notes:
  • Discover and Expand Multiple Benefits by Applying a One Water Perspective
  • One water: Integrated water resource management is the future
  • What is One Water?
  • Timestamps:
    • Intro | 00:00
    • Meet the guests: Jacqueline Mutter & Trent Stober of HDR |00:01:00
    • Challenges facing today’s utilities | 00:02:20
    • Defining One Water and making it actionable | 00:04:00
    • The AIR process: Assess, Identify, Reimagine | 00:05:00
    • Embedding equity and resilience into planning | 00:08:10
    • Benefits of One Water for utilities & communities | 00:09:40
    • Enhancing core services through a holistic approach | 00:12:15
    • Real-world challenges: data centers, industry, and partnerships | 00:14:30
    • Building smarter investments and business cases | 00:16:40
    • Workforce resilience & cross-training initiatives | 00:18:00
    • The growing role of communications in the water sector | 00:19:30
    • Closing reflections | 00:20:00
    • Outro & housekeeping (magazine, WEFTEC, webinars) | 00:21:35
    • Resources:
      • WaterWorld September/October issue
      • Stormwater Awareness Week Webinar
      • Subscribe to WaterWorld
      • Subscribe to Stormwater Solutions
      • About the Podcast      

        Talking Under Water is the premier podcast for the water industry, including municipal water and wastewater, residential water treatment, storm water management and erosion control. It is produced in coordination between Wastewater Digest (WWD), WaterWorld and Storm Water Solutions (SWS). The podcast covers topics under the One Water movement including the municipal and industrial water and wastewater, residential, storm water and erosion control markets. Talking Under Water, a production of Endeavor Business Media, a division of EndeavorB2B,  highlights news, trends, new technologies, industry discussions and interviews with experts across the municipal water industry. New episodes of the podcast are released every other week. Logo Images: Anatoly Tiplyashin / Romolo Tavani / stock.adobe.com.      

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

        Editor's Note: The episode timestamps were written with the assistance of generative AI.

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