(don't) Waste Water! | Water Tech to Solve the World
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Currently in its 10th Season, the "(don't) Waste Water" podcast has already welcomed around 250 guests from Water Majors (SUEZ, Veolia, Jacobs, Xylem, Kemira, Evoqua, Aquatech, SKion Water...), Scale-Ups (Cambrian Innovation, Epic Cleantec, Gradiant, Liqtech, 374Water, Gingko Bioworks...), Start-Ups (Puraffinity, KETOS, 120Water, ZwitterCo, Membrion, Source...), Universities (Berkeley, the Columbia Water Center), Investment Funds (Sciens Water, Mazarine, Burnt Island Ventures...), Business Accelerators (Imagine H2O, Elemental...), Book Authors (Seth Siegel, David Sedlak, David Lloyd Owen...) or Market Intelligence Companies (BlueTech Research, Global Water Intelligence, World Bank, OECD, Isle Utilities...). Or simply water legends like Gary White, Mina Guli or Andrew Benedek!
On the "(don't) Waste Water" podcast, I strive to make the Water Industry easy to understand for everyone, starting with water professionals, executives, and investors. Hence, he opens the microphone to seasoned, inspirational water experts to discuss their field of excellence.
No one can claim an all-around in-depth understanding of a matter as complex as Water. But piece by piece, you can rebuild the puzzle. With curiosity, patience, and passion, Antoine Walter explores topics such as Advanced Treatment Technologies, Water-Energy Nexus (Hydrogen, Lithium...), PFAS removal, Nature-Based Solutions, Wastewater Reuse, Distributed Water Treatments, Water Finance, and Water Entrepreneurship.
I actually firmly believe that regular listeners of the "(don't) Waste Water" podcast may, in the end, claim a "Water MBA!"
A particular field of interest is how innovation forms, grows and gets widely adopted in a complex and conservative field like the Water Industry. This may be one of the keys to achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal n°6 - #SDG6.
Oh, and in short, about me: I'm a water engineer turned avid student of the water business, market, finance, and tech. I'm married, a happy father of three, and I'm French (nobody's perfect 😅).
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- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 28 minutes
- Episodes
- 476
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
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[Extract] "Should we think a little Laterally?" - James Rees - Botanical Water Technologies
James Rees is Chief Impact Officer at Botanical Water Technologies and Board Advisor at Bluerloop, Droople , and Noverram. Botanical Water Technologies strives to positively impact water scarcity by …
S7E6 - Pre-Disaster Mitigation Needs to Quickly Ramp Up in the US. Will it?
with 🎙️ Nick Shufro - Deputy Assistant Administrator, Federal Insurance & Mitigation Administration, Resilience, FEMA
💧 The Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration (FIMA) manages the Nation…
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[Extract] "We come in on a Disaster's Survivor's Worst Day!" - Nick Shufro - FIMA
Nick Shufrois Deputy Assistant Administrator at the Federal Insurance & Mitigation Administration. The Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration (FIMA) manages the National Flood Insurance Prog…
S7E5 - The Underestimated Hidden Threat of Biomethane Production. Time to Act?
with 🎙️ Semra Bakkaloglu - Research Associate at the Imperial College of London
💧 Semra recently showed in her research how the methane emissions along the biosolids supply chain were vastly underes…
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[Extract] "If we just fix the Super-Emitters we directly reduce Biogas Emissions by 62%!" - Semra Bakkaloglu - Imperial College London
Semra Bakkaloglu is a Research Associate at the Imperial College of London. She recently showed in her research how the methane emissions along the biosolids supply chain were vastly underestimated a…
S7E4 - How to Actually Fight Big Water with Pioneering Bottled Rainwater?
with 🎙️ Taylor O'Neil - CEO of Richard's Rainwater.
💧 Richard's Rainwater markets what it claims to be "The Water of Tomorrow," aka Bottled Rainwater!
What we covered:
💧 How Richard's Rainwater i…
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[Extract] "Big Water is one of the Worst Polluters!" - Taylor O'Neil - Richard's Rainwater
Taylor O'Neil is the CEO of Richard's Rainwater. Richard's Rainwater markets what it claims to be "The Water of Tomorrow," aka Bottled Rainwater!
People who know me well know my little secret: I hav…
S7E3 - Seth Siegel: 50'000+ US Water Utilities, 500 Water Talks, 5 Decisive Truths?
with 🎙️ Seth Siegel - writer, lawyer, activist, serial entrepreneur, and an acclaimed public speaker.
💧 You might have read his "Troubled Water" book - and if you haven't, you should - or his inter…
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[Extract] "The only time the Federal Bureaucracy is gonna move is when there's a huge hue and cry!" - Seth Siegel
Seth Siegel is a writer, lawyer, activist, serial entrepreneur, and an acclaimed public speaker. You might have read his "Troubled Water" book - and if you haven't, you should - or his international …
S7E2 - Expensive, Heavy but Desperately Needed: is Source the Future of Drinking Water?
with 🎙️ Colin Goddard - Director at Source Global
💧 Source aims to market the world's first renewable drinking water system. Clean, safe, made entirely off-grid, and available almost anywhere in the…
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[Extract] "an Egregious Waste of Money?! No, a Beautiful Use of Resources!" - Colin Goddard - Source Global
Colin Goddard is Director at Source Global. Source aims to market the world's first renewable drinking water system.
Clean, safe, made entirely off-grid, and available almost anywhere in the world.
…
S7E1 - How will the Trial Reservoir Change Piloting Forever and For Good?
with 🎙️ Piers Clark - Chairman and Founder of Isle Utilities
💧 Isle Utilities aims to bring new technologies to life by connecting expertise, investment, and inspired ideas across the globe..
What …
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[Extract] "This is either Incredibly Brave or Fantastically Stupid!" - Piers Clark - Isle Utilities - Trial Reservoir
Piers Clark is the Chairman and Founder of Isle Utilities. Isle aims to bring new technologies to life by connecting expertise, investment, and inspired ideas across the globe.
I remember my first …
S5E20 - My 5 Most Funded Guests / SUEZ & VEOLIA News / Episode 100
I know, it's the back-to-school period; you've got a lot of things on your plate, I get that, so don't worry.
I won't make that special episode too long, and you'll get a fast-track update on many …
S6E32 - Two Bit da Vinci is Wrong
Two Bit da Vinci is wrong when he says:
"The smaller unit, the tsunami 500 can produce between 0.5 and 8 gallons per hour or up to 200 gallons per day. With the smaller unit, you'd be able to produc…
S6E31 - Let's not Forget that there's a "S" to "SDGs"!
Limiting Water to SDG 6 is restrictive.
When the united nations defined its Agenda 2030 and split it down into 17 sustainable development goals, they parked "everything water" into number 6.
But is…
S6E30 - Why do we Obsess Over These 0.1%?
We focus on the wrong water!
Would you drink your neighbor's pee?
I'll be honest; I may well know that once fully treated, it's an absolutely safe water source; but I would still be reluctant.
In…
S6E29 - The Problem with Water's Coping Costs
People lacking access to Water and Sanitation is an economic non-sense.
How much does it cost not to have access to Water?
Well, Water from a tanker costs 15x the utility averages and up to 50x mor…
S6E28 - Water Subsidies: a False Good Idea
Subsidies are dangerous to water!
We almost never pay utility water at its real cost, and even less so in the poorest countries, where 89% of utilities don't recover their costs.
So how do these u…
S6E27 - A Hidden Treasure in our Pee?
There's so much better to do with your pee!
Feeding 7.8 billion humans requires a lot of fertilizers, and all types combined, nitrogen fertilizers are the ones that experience the fastest growth.
I…