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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
The $200M Unconventional Exit of Cambrian: Great or Bittersweet?
In November 2023, Cambrian announced a $200 Million Growth Equity commitment from Pennybacker. That came along a bizarre move: Pennybacker was also acquiring Cambrian (for an undisclosed amount).
So,…
S11E14 - This Water Tech won CES 2020: Where are they now?
Hydraloop stole the show despite Samsung, Sony, or Mercedes aiming at big bangs. Yet, how easy is it to create a category in the #WaterSector? More #water insights? Connect with me on Linkedin: https…
S11E13 - The World's Best Water Entrepreneur Actually Runs a Charity
Gary White and his co-founder Matt Damon have enabled water access for over 66 million people! How? Let's find out.
More #water insights? Connect with me on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/antoi…
"Poor People are not a Problem, They are a Market to be Served!" - Gary White (Water.org)
Gary White, co-founder of Water.org, has been at the forefront of innovative solutions for water access. Alongside Matt Damon, White has provided water and sanitation to over 66 million people throug…
S11E12 - How Adionics Took a Bold Stand in the Competitive DLE Landscape
Imagine transforming the way we extract one of the most critical elements for our green future—lithium. Adionics may be that game-changer in the Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE) market, with their sol…
The Future of Lithium Extraction: A Deep Dive into DLE Technologies - Gabriel Toffani (Adionics)
Adionics, a French company specializing in advanced ionic solutions, has developed a breakthrough technology for lithium extraction known as Flionex. This solvent extraction process is distinguished …
S11E11 - How Aquaporin Channels Reverse and Forward Osmosis Together for Growth
What's Aquaporin's Path to Profitability? Let's explore the Nobel-Prize-Rooted water tech company's path with CEO Matt Boczkowski!
More #water insights? Connect with me on Linkedin: https://www.linke…
How Going IPO Boosted This Water Tech Start Up's Confidence - Matt Boczkowski (Aquaporin)
Aquaporin, led by CEO Matt Boczkowski, is at the forefront of integrating biotechnology with water treatment. The company's journey began with the Nobel Prize-winning research of Peter Agre on aquapo…
S11E10 - How Ionic Solutions Trades High Pressure for High Efficiency in Desalination
Desalination often means high energy consumption and OPEX. Is there a way to make it more efficient and sustainable? Ionic Solutions thinks so - let's explore this intriguing water tech company.
Desal…
Revolutionizing Desalination: A Game-Changing Technology - Jordan Grose (Ionic Solutions)
Ionic Solutions is transforming the desalination landscape with its innovative ion exchange membrane technology, which offers significant advantages over traditional reverse osmosis (RO) systems. The…
S11E9 - How to End Gibberish and Measure your Water Stewardship Commitments Right
Water Stewardship and Water Risk Mitigation will be key topics of the upcoming decade. But how can you measure your impact and performance on these if there's no scale? That's where SCS 116 enters th…
Revolutionizing Water Management: A New Approach to Sustainability - Lauren Enright (SCS Global Services)
Water stewardship is about managing water resources sustainably and equitably for all stakeholders. This involves setting standards, measuring impact, and encouraging companies to adopt best practice…
S11E8 - How 120Water Profitably Multiplied Its Customer Base by 50 in 4 Years
Megan Glover co-founded 120Water in 2016, driven by a personal mission sparked by the Flint water crisis. Fast forward to 2024, and 120Water has transformed from a consumer-focused startup to a robus…
"Everyone deserves the technology that Denver Water Uses!" - Megan Glover (120Water)
From Compliance to Growth: Megan Glover on Scaling 120Water
In this episode of 'Don't Waste Water,' host Antoine Walter welcomes back Megan Glover, CEO and founder of 120Water. The discussion covers t…
5 Water Tech Investment Facts That Will Blow Your Mind
I reviewed 1188 investment deals in Water Technologies since 2018 to find out - amongst others - who the 5 largest by number of deals and by capital deployed are. How attractive is the Water Sector? …
S11E7 - How Salinity Solutions Squeezes More Water out of Any Stream for Half the Energy
This water tech start-up turns reverse osmosis into a batch process, which divides the reject by more than two and at half the energy cost. How? Let's find out!
More #water insights? Connect with me o…
"This is Reverse Osmosis - Just Better!" - Tim Naughton (Salinity Solutions)
Salinity Solutions: An innovative water technology company specializing in batch reverse osmosis. The company focuses on improving the efficiency of conventional reverse osmosis systems, achieving hi…
More Water With Less Energy: the RO Batch Miracle?
Elon Musk believes that solving the Global Water Crisis is a matter of Better Desalination. Could it start with this revolutionary tech developed by Salinity Solutions?
Let's find out!
More #water in…
The Economic Fiasco Behind the Global Water Crisis (It's Worse than you Think)
Water is underfunded yet crucial to keeping the economy afloat: that's what we knew... but it turns out worse. We're failing faster than expected, and we don't even manage to spend the money we have.…
7 Insights from Fajer Mushtaq (Oxyle) in under 7 Minutes!
What can you apply from everything Fajer just shared? What can you steal and take home? Well, quite a lot if you ask me, starting with these seven insights I wrote down and number one:
1. Customer-Dri…