Water Values Podcast

By Dave McGimpseyBusiness

Water Values Podcast episodes

January 19, 2021LatAm Water Markets and Brazilian Water Opportunities with Shimon Constante
LatAm water veteran Shimon Constante provides great insights into the LatAm water markets, their history, and how they developed. Shimon also focuses on and explains the recent Brazilian water legislation and the opportunities it presents for investors. Tune in to hear a fascinating discussion of LatAm water!
In this session, you’ll learn about:
Broad overview of the LatAm water markets
The unique characteristics of the public versus private debate in LatAm
Why infrastructure coverage in LatAm is relatively low
Shimon’s perspective on how the legacy of Simon Bolivar impacts the LatAm water sector
Shimon’s insights into the Brazilian water market
The recent Brazilian water legislation and the opportunity it presents
How the Brazilian water legislation allows aggregation (and what Shimon expects aggregation means) for privatization opportunities
Resources and links mentioned in or relevant to this session include:
Shimon’s LinkedIn Page
Shimon Constante’s website
TWV #085: Water Conflict in Mexico with Raul Pacheco-Vega
TWV #108: Paleohydrology and What It Can Teach Us with Ken Wright, P.E.
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40 min
January 19, 2021LatAm Water Markets and Brazilian Water Opportunities with Shimon Constante
LatAm water veteran Shimon Constante provides great insights into the LatAm water markets, their history, and how they developed. Shimon also focuses on and explains the recent Brazilian water legislation and the opportunities it presents for investors. Tune in to hear a fascinating discussion of LatAm water!
In this session, you’ll learn about:
Broad overview of the LatAm water markets
The unique characteristics of the public versus private debate in LatAm
Why infrastructure coverage in LatAm is relatively low
Shimon’s perspective on how the legacy of Simon Bolivar impacts the LatAm water sector
Shimon’s insights into the Brazilian water market
The recent Brazilian water legislation and the opportunity it presents
How the Brazilian water legislation allows aggregation (and what Shimon expects aggregation means) for privatization opportunities
Resources and links mentioned in or relevant to this session include:
Shimon’s LinkedIn Page
Shimon Constante’s website
TWV #085: Water Conflict in Mexico with Raul Pacheco-Vega
TWV #108: Paleohydrology and What It Can Teach Us with Ken Wright, P.E.
Thank You!
Thanks to each of you for listening and spreading the word about The Water Values Podcast! Keep the emails coming and please rate and review The Water Values Podcast on iTunes and Stitcher if you haven’t done so already. And don’t forget to tell your friends about the podcast and whatever you do, don’t forget to join The Water Values mailing list!
40 min
January 05, 2021Water Use in Vertical Farming with Sam Schatz
Sam Schatz of AeroFarms pulls back the curtain on water use in vertical farming. Sam discusses water quality issues, filtration, conservation, and crop water intensity, among other issues. Sam also delves into other considerations in vertical farming, including energy and other factors.
Plus, Reese Tisdale from Bluefield Research provides his look back at water in 2020 and a peek ahead at the water sector in 2021 in our Bluefield on Tap segment.
In this session, you’ll learn about:
What vertical farming is
Water use in vertical farming
Water quality issues and filtration in vertical farming
Water intensity of certain crops
The crops that vertical farming can grow
Why vertical farming saves water by not requiring triple washing
How energy and water intertwine in vertical farming
Resources and links mentioned in or relevant to this session include:
Sam’s LinkedIn Page
AeroFarms’ website
TWV #123: Plunging into Virtual Water with Jenny Kehl
TWV #109: A Different Approach to Ag Water and Soil Health
Thank You!
Thanks to each of you for listening and spreading the word about The Water Values Podcast! Keep the emails coming and please rate and review The Water Values Podcast on iTunes and Stitcher if you haven’t done so already. And don’t forget to tell your friends about the podcast and whatever you do, don’t forget to join The Water Values mailing list!
41 min
January 05, 2021Water Use in Vertical Farming with Sam Schatz
Sam Schatz of AeroFarms pulls back the curtain on water use in vertical farming. Sam discusses water quality issues, filtration, conservation, and crop water intensity, among other issues. Sam also delves into other considerations in vertical farming, including energy and other factors.
Plus, Reese Tisdale from Bluefield Research provides his look back at water in 2020 and a peek ahead at the water sector in 2021 in our Bluefield on Tap segment.
In this session, you’ll learn about:
What vertical farming is
Water use in vertical farming
Water quality issues and filtration in vertical farming
Water intensity of certain crops
The crops that vertical farming can grow
Why vertical farming saves water by not requiring triple washing
How energy and water intertwine in vertical farming
Resources and links mentioned in or relevant to this session include:
Sam’s LinkedIn Page
AeroFarms’ website
TWV #123: Plunging into Virtual Water with Jenny Kehl
TWV #109: A Different Approach to Ag Water and Soil Health
Thank You!
Thanks to each of you for listening and spreading the word about The Water Values Podcast! Keep the emails coming and please rate and review The Water Values Podcast on iTunes and Stitcher if you haven’t done so already. And don’t forget to tell your friends about the podcast and whatever you do, don’t forget to join The Water Values mailing list!
41 min
December 15, 2020The Year in Water 2020 with Cathy Bailey, Al Cho, and Debra Coy
An all-star panel of water experts discusses what happened with water in 2020 and provides a glimpse into what they expect 2021 will look like. Cathy Bailey, Executive Director of the Greater Cincinnati Department of Waterworks, Al Cho, Vice President and General Manager at Xylem, and Debra Coy, Executive in Residence at XPV Water Partners, collaborate to provide you with their insights into the water industry.
In this session, you’ll learn about:
The panel’s insights into how COVID really impacted the water sector
How lessons from the last recession played into how utilities dealt with COVID and the financial dip early on in 2020
How the pandemic affected water equity
Thoughts on regionalism, collaboration, and consolidation
A look at what the water landscape might look like under the Biden Administration, including regulations and potential for water investments
And of course, in keeping with tradition, find out what movies our panelists are going to watch this holiday season!
Resources and links mentioned in or relevant to this session include:
TWV #160: The Year in Water 2019 with Jeff Kightlinger, Sielen Namdar and Reese Tisdale
TWV #170: Digitally Enabled Utility Resilience with Xylem’s Albert Cho
TWV #019: What Are the Important Issues in Water Finance? With Debra Coy
Thank You!
Thanks to each of you for listening and spreading the word about The Water Values Podcast! Keep the emails coming and please rate and review The Water Values Podcast on iTunes and Stitcher if you haven’t done so already. And don’t forget to tell your friends about the podcast and whatever you do, don’t forget to join The Water Values mailing list!
46 min
December 15, 2020The Year in Water 2020 with Cathy Bailey, Al Cho, and Debra Coy
An all-star panel of water experts discusses what happened with water in 2020 and provides a glimpse into what they expect 2021 will look like. Cathy Bailey, Executive Director of the Greater Cincinnati Department of Waterworks, Al Cho, Vice President and General Manager at Xylem, and Debra Coy, Executive in Residence at XPV Water Partners, collaborate to provide you with their insights into the water industry.
In this session, you’ll learn about:
The panel’s insights into how COVID really impacted the water sector
How lessons from the last recession played into how utilities dealt with COVID and the financial dip early on in 2020
How the pandemic affected water equity
Thoughts on regionalism, collaboration, and consolidation
A look at what the water landscape might look like under the Biden Administration, including regulations and potential for water investments
And of course, in keeping with tradition, find out what movies our panelists are going to watch this holiday season!
Resources and links mentioned in or relevant to this session include:
TWV #160: The Year in Water 2019 with Jeff Kightlinger, Sielen Namdar and Reese Tisdale
TWV #170: Digitally Enabled Utility Resilience with Xylem’s Albert Cho
TWV #019: What Are the Important Issues in Water Finance? With Debra Coy
Thank You!
Thanks to each of you for listening and spreading the word about The Water Values Podcast! Keep the emails coming and please rate and review The Water Values Podcast on iTunes and Stitcher if you haven’t done so already. And don’t forget to tell your friends about the podcast and whatever you do, don’t forget to join The Water Values mailing list!
46 min
December 01, 2020Why Coaching Makes Sense for Water Leaders with Alan Heymann
Alan Heymann returns as a guest in a different role. Alan launched Peaceful Direction where he provides executive coaching services. During this interview, Alan makes the case that coaching can benefit water leaders, especially with all the uncertainty in the world today.
In this session, you’ll learn about:
Why Alan left the water sector to become a coach

What coaching is

How coaching works in a virtual world

Why coaching can benefit the water sector

How leaders “make the weather”

Why leaders need someone to speak with and how coaches are the perfect fit

How to justify coaching with a tight budget

The different styles of coaching

How to find a coach for you
Resources and links mentioned in or relevant to this session include:
Alan’s LinkedIn page

Peaceful Direction’s website

TWV #091: What’s the Blue Mind? With Wallace J. Nichols

TWV #122: Creating New Revenue Streams with Alan Heymann
Thank You!
Thanks to each of you for listening and spreading the word about The Water Values Podcast! Keep the emails coming and please rate and review The Water Values Podcast on iTunes and Stitcher if you haven’t done so already. And don’t forget to tell your friends about the podcast and whatever you do, don’t forget to join The Water Values mailing list!
26 min
December 01, 2020Why Coaching Makes Sense for Water Leaders with Alan Heymann
Alan Heymann returns as a guest in a different role. Alan launched Peaceful Direction where he provides executive coaching services. During this interview, Alan makes the case that coaching can benefit water leaders, especially with all the uncertainty in the world today.
In this session, you’ll learn about:
Why Alan left the water sector to become a coach
What coaching is
How coaching works in a virtual world
Why coaching can benefit the water sector
How leaders “make the weather”
Why leaders need someone to speak with and how coaches are the perfect fit
How to justify coaching with a tight budget
The different styles of coaching
How to find a coach for you
Resources and links mentioned in or relevant to this session include:
Alan’s LinkedIn page
Peaceful Direction’s website
TWV #091: What’s the Blue Mind? With Wallace J. Nichols
TWV #122: Creating New Revenue Streams with Alan Heymann
Thank You!
Thanks to each of you for listening and spreading the word about The Water Values Podcast! Keep the emails coming and please rate and review The Water Values Podcast on iTunes and Stitcher if you haven’t done so already. And don’t forget to tell your friends about the podcast and whatever you do, don’t forget to join The Water Values mailing list!
26 min
November 17, 2020The Birth of Western Water Market with Founder Kristina Ribellia
Kristina Ribellia is a water entrepreneur who identified a need and created the solution. Take a listen to her interview explaining how she came to the water sector, recognized a need, and built the solution.
In this session, you’ll learn about:
Kristina’s background

How Kristina’s time in the water sector allowed her to recognize the need for a more efficient system of water rights transfers in Washington state

How the idea for Western Water Market got off the ground

What Western Water Market does

How Western Water Market connects buyers and sellers of water rights

Why the transparency allowed by Western Water Market will help allocate water rights more efficiently

What are some of the policy tools to make water markets more efficient

How Western Water Market works for leases of water rights

How Western Water Market is growing and serving the needs of water rights market participants
Resources and links mentioned in or relevant to this session include:
Kristina’s LinkedIn page

Western Water Market’s website

TWV #135: Water Resiliency for the Ag Economy with AQUAOSO’s Chris Peacock

TWV #106: Alternative Transfer Methods with James Eklund
Thank You!
Thanks to each of you for listening and spreading the word about The Water Values Podcast! Keep the emails coming and please rate and review The Water Values Podcast on iTunes and Stitcher if you haven’t done so already. And don’t forget to tell your friends about the podcast and whatever you do, don’t forget to join The Water Values mailing list!
31 min
November 17, 2020The Birth of Western Water Market with Founder Kristina Ribellia
Kristina Ribellia is a water entrepreneur who identified a need and created the solution. Take a listen to her interview explaining how she came to the water sector, recognized a need, and built the solution.
In this session, you’ll learn about:
Kristina’s background
How Kristina’s time in the water sector allowed her to recognize the need for a more efficient system of water rights transfers in Washington state
How the idea for Western Water Market got off the ground
What Western Water Market does
How Western Water Market connects buyers and sellers of water rights
Why the transparency allowed by Western Water Market will help allocate water rights more efficiently
What are some of the policy tools to make water markets more efficient
How Western Water Market works for leases of water rights
How Western Water Market is growing and serving the needs of water rights market participants
Resources and links mentioned in or relevant to this session include:
Kristina’s LinkedIn page
Western Water Market’s website
TWV #135: Water Resiliency for the Ag Economy with AQUAOSO’s Chris Peacock
TWV #106: Alternative Transfer Methods with James Eklund
Thank You!
Thanks to each of you for listening and spreading the word about The Water Values Podcast! Keep the emails coming and please rate and review The Water Values Podcast on iTunes and Stitcher if you haven’t done so already. And don’t forget to tell your friends about the podcast and whatever you do, don’t forget to join The Water Values mailing list!
31 min

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The Water Values Podcast series is presented in collaboration with Bluefield Research. This podcast series explores water issues from a variety of perspectives with the goal of uncovering the true…