Water Foresight Podcast

Meena Sankaran, Founder & CEO of Ketos, joins the Water Foresight Podcast to discuss "Scenarios for Resolving Future Water Quality Challenges."  Meena shares her "Four As" relative to her scenarios.  Who is thinking about how technology can address water quality challenges?  Do regulations respond to or drive investments in water quality-focused technology?  Is there a relationship between environmental justice and technology?  What is the opportunity to connect traditional federal infrastructure funding with innovative technologies to advance efficiencies?  Finally, Meena offers her scenarios for the future of water quality and public health, multi-media risk assessments, and predictive analytics.

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Is communication the vehicle of leadership?  Stephanie Corso and Arianne Shipley of Rogue Water--the H2DuO--join the Water Foresight Podcast to discuss, "How Communication Will Shape the Future of Water."  What will water leaders be discussing in 20 years?  Same thing, different year?  Or, is the real problem that the water sector mired in a constant state of poor communication?  What will drive changes to the way water utilities communicate with customers and other stakeholders?  Does Servant Leadership Theory have anything to do with this?  Will technology advance or detract from more effective communication?  What will the "value of water" conversation look like in 20 years?  The Podcast is a self-monitoring introvert and needs some advice....

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Gary Wong, Global Industry Principal of Infrastructure and Water at AVEVA, joins the Water Foresight Podcast to discuss "Water and the Pivot From Analog to Digital."  Who is making this "pivot"?  What are the barriers to digital transformation within the water sector?  Is customer privacy relevant?  What are the risks of digital transformation?  Will digital transformation ever end?  Finally, do you waive your 4th or 5th Amendment rights when you use a "smart toilet"?  The Podcast is asking for a friend.  Gary is "flush" with his thoughts and observations.

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Robert Powelson, CEO of the National Association of Water Companies (NAWC), joins the Water Foresight Podcast to discuss the impact the private water sector will have on the future of the United States.  What will be the future hurdles for private water?  in 2040, what will be the most significant accomplishment of private water?  How does private water respond to the claim that "water is a human right"?  In 10-20 years, what will be the relationship between the financial services sector and private water?  How does the rise of ESG impact this relationship?  Is it plausible or possible that private water could ever be nationalized?  A broad discussion of important issues.

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Dr. Kevin Morley of the American Water Works Association (AWWA) joins the Water Foresight Podcast to offer his views on the future of cybersecurity in the water sector.  What will the minimum cyber standards look like in 10-20 years?  Can we prevent cyber attacks or simply seek to mitigate the effects?  How will insurance companies and ratings agencies respond?  Will concerns over cybersecurity diminish the water sector's "pivot" from analog to digital?  What will happen to the water sector in 10-20 years?

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Dr. Miguel De La Torre continues the discussion of the future of water through the lens of ethics and worldviews.  In the future, what will be our right relationship with water?  Will it be through a "Eurocentric worldview" of "dominion" or some other worldview?  How will indigenous or other worldviews ("on the margins") impact our view of our relationship with water?  We have much to discuss and consider.

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Dr. David Groenfeldt completes Part 2 of his interview on Ethics and the Future of Water.

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Dr. David Groenfeldt of the Water-Culture Institute joins the Water Foresight Podcast to offer a broad assessment of alternative worldviews and how they may shape the future of water.  What if water is considered a "deity" in the future?  How might indigenous worldviews shape the future of permitting water facilities?

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The Honorable Robert Dawson, Founder of Dawson & Associates, joins the Water Foresight Podcast to examine the future of the federal government and its relationship with water.  What is the role of technology?  What role will trust play over the next 10-20 years?

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Our guest is Cindy Wallis-Lage, President of Black & Veatch's water business.  She unpacks the future of the "one water ethic."  What is the one water ethic?  Will society ever fully achieve the one water ethic?  What will the one water ethic look like in 20 years?

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