Talking Under Water

In this episode of Talking Under Water, the hosts discuss the state of the industry surveys from each water brand — Wastewater Digest and WaterWorld — with some data points. The hosts provide some analysis of the results, including what some of the biggest challenges and trends are moving into 2026.   Show Notes:    2025 State of the One Water Industry 2024 State of the One Water Industry Timestamps:    Cold open | 0:00 Episode summary | 1:01 Financial trends | 6:29 Organizational health | 9:45 Key industry issues | 32:05 Housekeeping | 40:24  Resources:  WWD Videos WW Magazine Subscription StormCon Registration About the Podcast       Talking Under Water is the premier podcast for the water industry, including municipal water and wastewater, residential water treatment, storm water management and erosion control. It is produced in coordination between Wastewater Digest (WWD), WaterWorld and Storm Water Solutions (SWS). The podcast covers topics under the One Water movement including the municipal and industrial water and wastewater, residential, storm water and erosion control markets. Talking Under Water highlights news, trends, new technologies, industry discussions and on-site interviews with experts across the municipal water industry. New episodes of the podcast are released every other week. Logo Images: Anatoly Tiplyashin / Romolo Tavani / stock.adobe.com.       Contact the Talking Under Water podcast editors by emailing [email protected] engaging with them on Twitter @TUWpodcast. Join the conversation by commenting or using the hashtag #talkingunderwaterpod on social media.  

In this episode of Talking Under Water as Kaitlin Spiridellis shares insights from her year-long global fellowship exploring water challenges and solutions across five continents. From Europe’s luxury water market and Vienna’s century-old gravity-fed system to sanitation campaigns in Indonesia, equity efforts for First Nations in Australia, and innovative partnerships in Africa, this episode uncovers surprising patterns in water stress and highlights emerging technologies shaping the future of “One Water” management. Kaitlin also reflects on the emotional impact of her journey and her optimism for global collaboration in building resilient, equitable water systems.  Show Notes:  World of water landing page The Water Chronicles: A Journey to Understand the World’s Water Disparities Timestamps: Cold open - 0:00 Host introduction and episode summary - 0:53 Europe segment - 2:04 Australia - 15:04 Africa - 19:00 Global themes &  future outlook- 22:44 Personal reflection - 33:00 Housekeeping - 36:55 About the Podcast       Talking Under Water, a production of Endeavor Business Media, a division of EndeavorB2B, is the premier podcast for the water industry, including municipal water and wastewater, residential water treatment, storm water management and erosion control. It is produced in coordination between Wastewater Digest(WWD), WaterWorld and Stormwater Solutions (SWS). The podcast covers topics under the One Water movement including the municipal and industrial water and wastewater, residential, stormwater and erosion control markets. Talking Under Water highlights news, trends, new technologies, industry discussions and interviews with experts across the municipal water industry. New episodes of the podcast are released every other week. Logo Images: Anatoly Tiplyashin / Romolo Tavani / stock.adobe.com.       Contact the Talking Under Water podcast editors by emailing [email protected] engaging with them on X @TUWpodcast. Join the conversation by commenting or using the hashtag #talkingunderwaterpod on social media.    

In this episode of Talking Under Water the hosts discuss recent industry news, including the resignation of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) acting administrator, David Richardson; a newly proposed rule of Waters of the United States from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Army Corp; the EPA proposing to revise PFAS reporting under the Toxic Substances Control Act, the Water Infrastructure Modernization Act; and investments from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) into resource recovery research and some patent-pending research for Purdue University surrounding PFAS chemicals.  Show Notes:     Search for the PFAS reporting rule change under docket #EPA-HQ-OPPT-2020-0549 here. View a prepublication version of the PFAS reporting rule change proposal here. Water Infrastructure Modernization Act of 2025 aims at expanding intelligent water infrastructure FEMA acting chief resigns amid disaster response concerns EPA, Army propose new WOTUS definition aimed at clarity and regulatory certainty Purdue researchers develop rapid PFAS screening and replacement method DOE invests $25 million to recover critical minerals from U.S. wastewater Timestamps:    Cold open - 0:00 Host introductio nand episode summary - 0:52 FEMA Administrator resigns - 1:38 EPA releases proposed WOTUS rule - 2:15 EPA proposes TSCA PFAS reporting updates - 3:44 Water Infrastructure Modernization Act of 2025 - 6:21 Purdue research on PFAS chemical alternatives - 7:56 DOE invests $25 million into wastewater resource recovery - 9:02 Housekeeping - 10:16 Resources:  WWD webinars WaterWorld November/December digital edition SWS digital update About the Podcast       Talking Under Water, a production of Endeavor Business Media, a division of EndeavorB2B, is the premier podcast for the water industry, including municipal water and wastewater, residential water treatment, storm water management and erosion control. It is produced in coordination between Wastewater Digest(WWD), WaterWorld and Stormwater Solutions (SWS). The podcast covers topics under the One Water movement including the municipal and industrial water and wastewater, residential, stormwater and erosion control markets. Talking Under Water highlights news, trends, new technologies, industry discussions and interviews with experts across the municipal water industry. New episodes of the podcast are released every other week. Logo Images: Anatoly Tiplyashin / Romolo Tavani / stock.adobe.com.       Contact the Talking Under Water podcast editors by emailing [email protected] engaging with them on X @TUWpodcast. Join the conversation by commenting or using the hashtag #talkingunderwaterpod on social media.  

The water meter is the cash register for a water utility. For those how have worked win the water business for any amount of time, they've likely heard that adage. But how does a water system choose the right meter for the utility? Should utilities pick the cheap option because they cash-strapped? What is the difference if they are willing to pay for higher quality? In this sponsored interview with Kamstrup, Jake Piccioni, solution manager for Kamstrup, talks about the company’s “culture of quality” to ensure their customers have the very best meters in their systems. Learn how high quality meters can lead to long-term savings with total cost of ownership, and that’s even before considering the benefits that newer modern meters offer utilities in terms of accuracy, pressure and other measured parameters.  Show Notes Learn more about Kamstrup: https://www.kamstrup.com/en-us/water-solutions Timestamps 00:00 – Introduction to episode and guest 01:10 – What challenges do utilities face when lower quality meters are used? How can that increase the total cost of ownership? 03:29 – What about the Kamstrup designs sets these meters apart?  06:24 – What about the materials? What are your meters made of? 08:00 – Given this scrutiny Kamstrup places on the design and materials, how then does that cultural of quality translate to manufacturing of the meters? What rigors do these meters go through for QA and QC?  10:54 – What are the dangers of having poor or inaccurate data for a utility? What can utilities realize when they have good data? 14:16 – Outro About the Podcast   Talking Under Water is the premier podcast for the water industry, including municipal water and wastewater, residential water treatment, storm water management and erosion control. It is produced in coordination between Wastewater Digest (WWD), WaterWorld and Storm Water Solutions (SWS). The podcast covers topics under the One Water movement including the municipal and industrial water and wastewater, residential, storm water and erosion control markets. Talking Under Water highlights news, trends, new technologies, industry discussions and interviews with experts across the municipal water industry. New episodes of the podcast are released every other week. Logo Images: Anatoly Tiplyashin / Romolo Tavani / stock.adobe.com.

In this episode of Talking Under Water, co-host Katie Johns spoke with Dr. Jeremy Hoffman, director of Impact Evaluation and Community Science at Groundwork USA, about water's role in climate resilience. Dr. Hoffman spoke about his research with Groundwork USA, including heat and flood data; touches on the importance of community engagement and shares what challengees the industry is facing when it comes to resiliency.  Show Notes:     Cooling urban heat islands with smart stormwater systems Resilience isn’t one-size-fits-all: Rethinking resilience for locally impactful solutions New report finds water infrastructure investment could add $3.9 trillion to U.S. GDP Transforming wastewater into renewable natural gas and advancing the circular water economy Groundwork USA Timestamps:    Intro | 00:08 Hoffman's climate science background | 01:06 Overview of Groundwork USA and its mission | 04:09 NOAA’s Urban Heat Island Mapping Campaigns | 05:06 Water’s central role in climate resilience | 08:47 Challenges of addressing climate change |16:42 How environmental conditions drive disparities in life expectancy across neighborhoods | 19:03 Defining climate resilience | 21:01 Closing thoughts | 23:55 Housekeeping | 25:26 Resources: WWD Q3 Trump Performance Poll WaterWorld Subscription StormCon Call for Abstracts About the Podcast       Talking Under Water, a production of Endeavor Business Media, a division of EndeavorB2B, is the premier podcast for the water industry, including municipal water and wastewater, residential water treatment, storm water management and erosion control. It is produced in coordination between Wastewater Digest(WWD), WaterWorld and Stormwater Solutions (SWS). The podcast covers topics under the One Water movement including the municipal and industrial water and wastewater, residential, stormwater and erosion control markets. Talking Under Water highlights news, trends, new technologies, industry discussions and interviews with experts across the municipal water industry. New episodes of the podcast are released every other week. Logo Images: Anatoly Tiplyashin / Romolo Tavani / stock.adobe.com.       Contact the Talking Under Water podcast editors by emailing [email protected] engaging with them on X @TUWpodcast. Join the conversation by commenting or using the hashtag #talkingunderwaterpod on social media.