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Talking Under Water — 169 episodes

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Collaborating for a Sustainable Future: Insights from AWWA ACE26 Conference

2

Confidence You Can Measure: What Utilities Should Expect from Modern Metering

3

Revolutionizing Water Management: The Circular Water Economy

4

EPA Advances PFAS Regulations and Funding for Water Safety

5

Digital tools are changing how water utilities handle flooding

6

Microplastics, Infrastructure Failures, and Stormwater News

7

Voices from Water Week 2026: Ensuring Resilience and Affordability in Water Systems

8

The battle over Colorado River resources is brewing

9

Different by Design: Turning 30 Years of Expertise into Utility Confidence

10

Lifting as we climb: building trust, confidence, and future leaders in water

11

EPA’s legal PFAS battle, tariff fallout, and America’s aging water systems

12

Building the next generation of water utility leaders: inside Xavier University’s new master’s program

13

Forecasting water in 2026: data centers and wastewater association goals

14

One Water: AI and energy needs in a sustainable water future

15

EPA proposal for Perchlorate MCL, new PFAS treatment and infrastructure failures

16

Where is the water industry heading in 2026?

17

One Water, Many Worlds: Insights from a global fellowship

18

FEMA administrator resignation, WOTUS rules, PFAS reporting & DOE investments

19

The Cost of Quality: Rethinking Water Meter ROI

20

Water’s role in climate resilience

21

Hurricane Melissa, USACE funding pause & American Water and Essential Utilities Merger

22

The Future of Water: Meet the 2025 Rising One Water Leaders

23

PFAS legal action, Jessica Kramer’s EPA appointment & updates to NOAA’s flood mapping tool

24

Graceful Failure vs. Flawless Operations: Understanding an AMI System's True Fortitude

25

Finding holistic One Water success with the A-I-R process

26

NSW hiring, WY DOT projects, Tijuana sewage updates & workplace safety

27

Rivers Under the Microscope: How to Use AI to Monitor Water Quality

28

State Revolving Fund updates, Waterkeeper Alliance PFAS analysis results & water system upgrades

29

Small systems, big challenges: What’s ahead for water utilities

30

Cyber resilience and investment strategy in the water sector

31

Recent floods, PFAS settlement payouts & Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill

32

Talking Under Water: Electricity-based water purification

33

Insights & Trends from ACE 2025

34

Reflecting on a water legacy: Dean Amhaus announces retirement

35

EPA shakes up PFAS regulations

36

Cyber threats in our water supply: What utilities need to know

37

How PFAS regulations could change under President Trump

38

A Splash of Reality: Breaking down the ASCE 2025 Infrastructure Report Card

39

Bridging policy and progress in the water sector

40

The Water Chronicles: A Journey to Understand the World’s Water Disparities

41

President Trump’s first month, EPA Office of Water assistant administrator nomination & the California wildfires

42

U.S. EPA releases PFAS risk assessment: Now what?

43

California wildfires, PFAS risk assessment & EPA administrator hearing

44

Water Reuse Strategies for U.S. Cities

45

Where is the water industry heading in 2025?

46

The Pulse of Water: State of the Industry Insights with Bentley

47

Why is the membrane filter technique so popular for microbiological testing of water?

48

Exploring the intersection of data, communications & power infrastructure, Part II

49

Smart Water Insights with Bentley Systems

50

Exploring the intersection of data, communications & power infrastructure, Part I

51

What does a day without water look like in 2024?

52

Finding Adaptive Solutions with VertiGIS

53

WEFTEC 2024 Wrap-up

54

Clean Water Act Violations & Integrated Water Resources partnership

55

How will Metering as a Service Work for the Water Industry?

56

SpaceX permit application & a new PFAS testing initiative

57

CROSSROADS Report: Charting the Future of Infrastructure

58

Coastal Resiliency Funding & Safe Drinking Water Act Violations

59

SCOTUS overturns Chevron deference: Now what?

60

NOAA announces $60 million for climate-ready workforce

61

One year after Sackett v. EPA: What’s next?

62

DuPont to spin off water business

63

What is on the flood control horizon?

64

Talking Under Water: The looming biosolids crisis in Maine

65

Talking Under Water: What do the new PFAS MCLs mean for the water industry?

66

Talking Under Water: What utilities need to know about cybersecurity

67

Meet the new EPA water leader

68

Women in Water with Kathy Romans

69

Talking Under Water: Building a network with Womxn in Water

70

Talking Under Water: What California’s new direct potable reuse regulations mean

71

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in the Water Sector

72

How to elevate groundwater desalination efforts

73

The intersection of water & food processing

74

PFAS Progress Report for 2023

75

Episode 84: State of the Industry

76

Episode 83: Climate Variability & Infrastructure Challenges

77

Episode 82: Smart water sentiments

78

Episode 81: WOTUS &The Clean Water Act

79

Episode 80: WEFTEC Audio Diaries

80

Episode 79: Imagine a Day Without Water

81

Episode 78: The Importance of the One Water Approach

82

Episode 77: Water’s role in the Blue Economy

83

Episode 76: Monitoring Microplastics

84

Episode 75: Cloud Seeding & Droughts

85

Episode 74: Challenges & solutions for small systems

86

Episode 73: USGS PFAS Study

87

Episode 72: The evolution of water reuse

88

Episode 71: Consumer Confidence Reports

89

Episode 70: AWWA ACE23 Wrap-up

90

Episode 69: Exploring the ocean’s future with bluetech

91

Bonus Episode: Smart water products & solutions with Badger Meter

92

Episode 68: Flood Control Trends

93

Episode 67: The Reservoir Center for Water Solutions

94

Episode 66: Analysis of U.S. EPA’s PFAS MCLs proposal

95

Episode 65: EPA proposes PFAS Maximum Contaminant Levels

96

Episode 64: Women in Water with Naomi Jones & Michaela Rempkowski

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Episode 63: Women in Water with Megan Glover

98

Episode 62: Diversity, equity & inclusion in the water sector

99

Episode 61: Xylem acquires Evoqua

100

Episode 60: Industrial Water Trends to Watch

101

Episode 59: 2022 State of the Industry

102

Episode 58: Smart Water Trends & Best Practices

103

Episode 57: Rising Water Leaders

104

Episode 56: The Emerging Contaminants Puzzle

105

Episode 55: Challenges & Trends in Small Systems

106

Episode 54: Measuring Water Insecurity

107

Episode 53: Discussing Water as a Global Community

108

Episode 52: Flood Mitigation as a One Water Issue

109

Episode 51: Diving into Regulations

110

Episode 50: Women in Water

111

Episode 49: The Importance of DE&I to the Water Industry

112

Episode 48: One Water Innovations & Tactics

113

Episode 47: State of the Industry 2021

114

Episode 46: Women in Water 2021

115

Episode 45: The Future of One Water

116

Episode 44: How is PFAS a One Water Issue?

117

Episode 43: Small Systems Trends

118

Episode 42: Sustainable Hotel Water Management

119

Episode 41: Water Scarcity, Economy & Equity

120

Episode 40: Funding, Travel & New Technologies

121

Episode 39: Seizing Water’s Moment

122

Episode 38: When it Rains, it Pours

123

Episode 37: Balance & Belonging

124

Episode 36: Trends in Sustainable Investment

125

Episode 35: State of the Industry 2020

126

Episode 34: Women in Water

127

Value of Water Series: Water Access Perspective with COPE

128

Episode 33: Source Water Contamination

129

Value of Water Series: Community Perspective with Milwaukee Water Commons

130

Value of Water Series: Utility Perspective with Buffalo Sewer Authority

131

Value of Water Series: One Water with Radhika Fox

132

Episode 32: Acceleration of Digital Technologies

133

Episode 31: West Coast One Water Stories

134

Episode 30: Water Quality Monitoring & Sustainable Solutions

135

Episode 29: Clean Water Partnerships & Storm Water Management

136

Episode 28: Equity & Resiliency

137

Episode 27: Water Equity & Affordability

138

Episode 26: Water Infrastructure Funding & Smart Water

139

Episode 25: The County of Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund

140

Episode 24: COVID-19’s Impact on the Water Industry

141

Episode 23: Coronavirus & DC Fly-In

142

Special Episode: WEF Executive Director Talks Coronavirus

143

Episode 22: Water Advocacy

144

Episode 21: Funding

145

Episode 20: State of the Industry

146

Special Episode: Cybesecurity

147

Episode 19: Energy Efficiency & Drives

148

Episode 18: Community Water

149

Episode 17: One Water

150

Episode 16: Women in Water

151

Episode 15: Smart Water Quality

152

Episode 14: Flooding in the Midwest

153

Episode 13: Young Professionals

154

Special Episode: AWWA ACE19

155

Special Episode: WQA Convention & Exposition 2019

156

Episode 12: Water Scarcity & Coastal Flooding

157

Episode 11: Commercial Water

158

Episode 10: River Engineering

159

Episode 9: Legislation & Lead

160

Episode 8: Waters of the United States

161

Episode 7: State of Our Industries

162

Episode 6: Water Equity

163

Special Episode: WEFTEC 18

164

Episode 5: Hurricane Florence

165

Episode 4: Water-Related Travels

166

Episode 3: One Water Musings

167

Special Episode: ACE18 Recap

168

Episode 2: Pollution in Waterways

169

Episode 1: Cape Town Follow Up