Wayne Griffith, now the Acting Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President of DC Water, Ben Grumbles, the Executive Director of Environmental Council of the States, Christine Boyle, Vice President of Business Incubation for Xylem, and Dave McGimpsey, water, energy and utility Partner at Dentons engage in a panel discussion surrounding water technology and its role in finding solutions for utilities.
In this session, you’ll learn about:
DC Water’s Strategic PlanHow DC Water uses technology to assist customersDC Water’s Blue Plains FacilityWhy the US needs a national water policy that affords State and local governments flexibility to achieve policy goalsWhy innovation at the State and local government levels are needed to address water quantity and water quality concernsHow interplay between grey infrastructure and nature based solutionsExamples of collaboration and conflict between StatesThe connection between the “Conservation Conundrum” and data scienceDigitization and data aggregation leading to real-time decision makingHow utilizing digital strategies can leverage nature-based solutions and reduce grey infrastructure costsConvergence in the energy and water sectorsChanging the utility paradigmWhat the panel sees for the future of water technology implementationResources and links mentioned in or relevant to this session include:
Wayne Griffith’s LinkedIn profileBen Grumbles bio on the ECOS websiteChristine Boyle’s LinkedIn profile Dave McGimpsey’s bio on Dentons’ websiteModerator Linda Willard’s bio on Dentons’ websiteThanks 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!