Water Values Podcast

The Importance of Earnestly Valuing Water with Alex Shannon


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Alex Shannon, Senior Vice President and West Region Business Line Leader, provides a phenomenal interview focusing on valuing water, spending water infrastructure funds efficiently, and analyzing the issues from multiple perspectives: economics, OneWater, local politics, and more. Tune in for some of Alex’s great insights.

In this session, you’ll learn about:

  • Alex’s transformation from economist to the water economist 
  • How Alex’s economics background meshes well with the water sector
  • The benefits of dynamic economic modeling of capital improvement plans (CIPs) and master plans for water utilities
  • How to maintain a dynamic CIP and master plan
  • Alex’s thoughts on how artificial intelligence (AI) will affect dynamic CIPs and master plans
  • The three major variable inputs for dynamic CIPs and master plans
  • OneWater and the value proposition for water
  • Why water quality is top of mind for Alex
  • How water quality and OneWater approaches differ from large systems to small systems
  • Alex’s thoughts on overcoming local politics to creatively solve water issues
  • Where Alex has seen IIJA and IRA funds going to water infrastructure issues
  • How Alex has seen water utilities overcome affordability challenges
  • Alex’s thoughts on what’s in the future for water utility infrastructure
  • Resources and links mentioned in or relevant to this session include:

    • Alex’s LinkedIn profile
    • WSP’s water supply & distribution web page
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