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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
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- 28 minutes
- Episodes
- 476
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Why Most People Get Lithium's Water Impact Dead Wrong
🌊 Think Lithium Mining Wastes Water? Think Again!
More #water insights? Connect with me on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/antoinewalter1/
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Eramet's D…
S12E6 - How Tomatoes Become Drinking Water (And Microsoft Wants In!)
📌 Growing Water with Botanical Water Technologies - A Revolutionary Approach to Water Scarcity!
More #water insights? Connect with me on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/antoinewalter1/
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S12E5 - How Capture6 Transforms Salt into a Climate Change Solution
🌊 Direct Air Carbon Capture AND Water Production? The unlikely duo revolutionizing climate action!
More #water insights? Connect with me on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/antoinewalter1/
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S12E4 - How Carbonet Built Fake Plants to Fight the New Karen
We treat water with oil - true story! Coagulants and Flocculants used in wastewater treatment are oil-based and often feature Polyacrylamide (or PAM). But there's no other way around, right? Well, th…
Why Everyone's Betting BIG on Water in 2024
Why is everyone suddenly obsessed with water technology? When GE sold its water division in 2017, nobody blinked. But in 2024, Georg Fischer's stock jumped 15% when they announced they're selling eve…
How GF Redirects its Flow to Dominate Water Solutions
Georg Fischer (or GF) just announced that it divested its Machining Solutions arm for about 650 million Swiss francs to United Grinding Group and evaluated strategic options to do the same with its C…
Water Book Club - The Dynamics of Water Innovation - Paul O'Callaghan (Review & Critique)
You need to know the rules to beat the rules ⬇️
Water innovation takes decades to be adopted: 35 Years for the average water tech!
For their book "The Dynamics of Water Innovation," Paul O'Callaghan …
Water Book Club - Liquid Asset - Barton Thompson (Review, Critique & Interview)
📚 On the bookshelf: Liquid Asset by Barton Thompson
📘 Subtitle: How Business and Government Can Partner to Solve the Freshwater Crisis
What's the thesis of the book?
What are some key learnings you'll …
S12E3 - How GWT Saves You Millions with Carbon-Negative Wastewater Treatment
Gross Wen Technologies reached $15 Million in yearly sales while rolling out in three verticals and getting selected among hundreds of contestant in THE Global Water Hub - aka Singapore.
All on the ba…
Will Veolia Eat Your Lunch?
The World's largest water company is ambitious: it plans on growing 3 times faster than the market, so that its water tech and new solutions business lines will grow by 50% by 2030.
How? By introduci…
WEFTEC 2024: PFAS, Tech, Series B, AI, ML... What Did You Miss?
Here are my curated picks from WEFTEC 2024:
💰 Aqua Membranes' Series B (led by Burnt Island Ventures) - with CEO Craig Beckman and Partner Steve Kloos
3️⃣ 3 intriguing Water Techs, finally explained …
S12E2 - The US has a $2 Trillion Water Problem - Deep Brief
The US Water Infrastructure is crumbling - and it may be time for Policy to effectively jump in. Let's discuss how and why with:
➡️ Mae Stevens (the highly praised water lobbyist who wrote the Bill i…
S12E1 - Growth Story - How MembrIon Will Reach $50 Million ARR By 2030
In January 2023, MembrIon raised a $12.5M Series B. Roughly two years later, they're on the verge of raising their Series C, but in between, it's been a bumpy road!
From zooming in on their target ma…
S11E20 - How Veolia’s AI Prowess is Redefining Water Technology Leadership
How did Veolia overcome the Leader's Curse to supercharge its internal and external tools with AI and LLMs when so many sat on the edge? Let's find out!
More #water insights? Connect with me on Linked…
S11E19 - How Kando's STREAMi Simplifies Complex Water Quality Data for Executives
Ever wondered how to FINALLY use AI right in water tech? Let's find out with this Episode!
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S11E18 - How Kemira Defied Market Odds to Lead in Bio-Based Tech
What does it take to Create a 500 Million dollar bio-based market? And how can you replicate these strategies for your own growth-stage endeavors? Let's find out with this Episode!
More #water insigh…
S11E17 - How Grundfos is Reinventing Itself as a Global Leader in Water Tech Solutions
Ever wondered how the largest Pump Company in the World turned into a Water Tech player that will enable 300 Million People to get access to Water? Listen to this Episode!
More #water insights? Conne…
S11E16 - How SUDOC Manufactures a 100x Smaller and 1000x More Powerful Catalyst
When traditional chemistry or oxidation processes fall short, SUDOC gives them a hand by putting their efficiency on steroids. Better: it applies the Cuckoo Tactic and may well outgrow its host proce…
REPLAY - How Gradiant Became the First and Only Water Tech Unicorn
How do you go in just a decade from an MIT lab to a billion-dollar valuation in Water Tech? Everybody thought it was impossible until... Gradiant did it! Wanna find out how and what's next? Listen to…
S11E15 - How VAPAR’s AI Makes Underground Pipe Inspections Seamless
Manual pipe inspections are labor-intensive and prone to human error, but VAPAR automates this process using AI, making it more efficient and cost-effective. By providing detailed and objective data …