Engineering the Future of Water with Peter Fiske

Peter Fiske, Executive Director of the National Alliance for Water Innovation at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, explores the future of water production and reuse. He highlights major advancements in desalination, filtration, and resource recovery technologies that are reshaping how industries treat and repurpose water. Fiske also discusses emerging methods for extracting magnesium and rare earth elements from fracking brine, along with innovations like reactive plasma processing for high‑tech sectors. He explains how water movement directly impacts energy use and how new local regulations aim to increase the safe reuse of produced water. Podcast Recorded on January 8, 2026