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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
S6E26 - Breaking the Rules Saves Lives!
We could solve thirst on earth by breaking all the banking rules!
How do banks decide to grant you a loan?
Well, they check your background and how much you own and earn.
As a result, banks don't…
S6E25 - How to x20 in 3 Years?
SAUR multiplied its industrial revenue by twenty in three years.
Two of the three largest water companies in the World are french: Veolia and Suez. So, for SAUR being the "French 3rd guy" is like be…
S6E24 - How to Manufacture Water
Air and Sun: that's all you need to pour your next glass of water!
By 2025, two-thirds of the World's population may be facing water shortages.
And where do you take your water from when ther…
S6E23 - Did they Finally Solve Piloting?
Death by Piloting may finally be history!
Why is establishing a new technology in the Water Industry beyond difficult?
Well, if a water utility delivers polluted water to your tap, you may die!
…
S6E22 - How to Detect a Zombie Outbreak (Early on!)
Your poop says a lot about you!
Every zombie movie starts the same. One infected person acts as if everything is just fine:
"I'm coughing blood? Nah, let me hide it, pretend I'm fine and go hug tho…
S6E21 - The Truth About Green Algae
Green Algae will become your best friends!
Wastewater treatment's workhorse, the activated sludge process, was invented in 1914, and he looks his age, honestly.
Sure, it's an effective way to clea…
S6E20 - The Problem with PFAS
We should protect our blood from PFAS.
In 2015, the US Government commissioned a study to measure the population's exposure to PFAS.
The results were chilling: 97% of Americans had PFAS in their b…
S6E19 - Will You Run Blue?
We should all start running for water.
Zero Carbon, that's a mantra we all heard, and we all can rely upon. Well, international gatherings and global conversations are no different: everybody's hear…
S6E18 - A Cheat Code for California?
California could save 580 million dollars with one simple move!
In fact, California adopted the sustainable groundwater management act in 2014. But don't worry, it won't be enforced before 2040.
Th…
S6E17 - This is Super Critical!
Water is a powerful weirdo beyond 374 degrees
Water is the solvent for life. Beyond the statement, this is a chemical truth: water dissolves a variety of molecules, most of the time for the better.
S6E16 - 320 Nuclear Power Reactors in our Sewers
There are 320 Nuclear Power Plants in our Sewers
Wastewater contains at least seven times the energy needed to clean it. Said differently, what we call "pollution" is, in fact, a type of chemical en…
S6E15 - Is Turquoise Greener than Green?
The greenest Hydrogen is Turquoise.
Hydrogen is not the sustainable gas you probably think it is. Today, 98.7% of the hydrogen used in the World is produced from fossil fuels without carbon capture.
…
S6E14 - One Olympic Swimming Pool every 10 Minutes. Really?
Too much of our best water disappears underground.
Every year, the World loses about one hundred twenty-six billion cubic meters of perfect drinking water in network leakages.
That's one Olympic s…
S6E13 - Your Poop has Superpowers!
Your poop can trigger desalination.
Reverse Osmosis is an energy-intensive process. Now, to be fair to the workhorse of seawater desalination, it's gone a long way since its first commercial applica…
S6E12 - The Problem with Quack Doctors
MM Clear is dangerous.
Roughly one-half of MM Clear channel's 600 videos feature a miracle product that turns any water into perfect drinking water.
That's what they claim, but you'll never see the…
S6E11 - Did we Hold our 1977 Promise?
It's time to hold a 1977 promise!
In 2021, 2 billion people lacked access to safely managed drinking water.
But how can it be when you know that, in march 1977, the United Nations held a conference…
S6E10 - Are Ceramic Membranes the Future?
Ceramic Membranes may take over the market by storm.
When membranes became mainstream in the late nineties, ceramic players already existed in niches such as Oil & Gas. But no one would have ever th…
S6E9 - Are your Wastewater Bacteria on Twitter?
Bacteria can update your calendar!
As a wastewater operator, you have no control over what comes into your system.
So regularly, a sudden gap in wastewater's content causes your bacteria to be upse…
S6E8 - Deep Ocean can Desalinate Water!
Deep Ocean can desalinate water.
To push seawater through a reverse osmosis system, you need to pump it up to a pressure of about 60 bars.
That's roughly 20 times more than the pressure we get at …
S6E7 - Why would you Burn Wastewater?
We burn far too much wastewater!
The industry represents roughly 20% of the World's water abstractions.
And sometimes, that water gets exposed to a wide array of complex pollutants, hence transfor…