This week on The Stream, Will and Tom are joined by the incredible Professor Dragan Savić, a legend when it comes to the intersection of water and digital.

He was the UK’s first professor of Hydroinformatics, the former CEO of KWR Water Research Institute, and a chartered civil and water engineer with over 40 years of experience in research, teaching, and consulting.

Plus hear about:

• How Will and Tom had the privilege of working alongside Dragan in recent years on an advisory board, at KWR and events.
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• Dragan sharing details of obtaining his master's in Belgrade, Serbia, before moving to Canada, the UK, and Exeter University. Tom would say it's probably the best university in the world, although, as a graduate, perhaps he's personally biased!
• They discuss elements of ‘chance’, and how we can help to stack the odds in our favour by being open to new opportunities and embracing changes.
• As well as touching on topics such as AI and population degrowth, he talks about development in Africa and how he wants to focus on the continent in the next phase of his very fruitful career.

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We’re delighted you can join us on this voyage of discovery, as we journey down The Stream.

Special thanks to this season's sponsor, Raymond James.

And our charity partner, Frank Water.

And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water Institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

It's time to celebrate the ‘Legends’ of water. 🎙️🌊

We are delighted to kickstart the season with this first episode, which welcomes Christopher Gasson, the owner and publisher of Global Water Intelligence, or GWI.

Christopher is well known analyst, publisher, business owner, and has been called the water industry torchbearer who has been building the GWI empire for over 20 years now. His monthly columns for the magazine are revered universally.

In this conversation he talks about the water and climate, the ‘Day Zero’ narrative and how it’s broken, the development of a global standard on water reuse, as well as project and procurement challenges.

🔔 We hope you enjoy the episode and make sure to follow and subscribe to our channels to get alerts on the episodes.

We’re delighted you can join us on this voyage of discovery, as we journey down The Stream.

Special thanks to this season's sponsor, Raymond James.

And our charity partner, Frank Water.

And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water Institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

In this episode, Will and Tom are joined by Newsha Ajami, Chief Development Officer for Research, Earth & Environmental Sciences Area, Berkeley Lab.

They talk about the role of water demand reduction to help increase water security across the Colorado River Basin.

Newsha discusses what’s needed to move from a centralised, aka the conventional water systems, to the decentralised model and the role of engaging community ambassadors.

She believes spurring the first movers is really important in the decentralised movement, and talks about policy developments and leading cities such as San Francisco

There is also talk, believe it or not, on pizza! That’s right, we discuss how digital innovation has given people insights on their pizza’s being cooked and delivered. Why is it that people have a more positive relationship with their local pizzeria than their water company?

It was great to have Newsha back on The Stream – we’re a big fan of her vision for the future of water.

We hope you enjoy the episode!

Special thanks to this season's sponsor, Raymond James.

And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water Institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley  Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

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We’re delighted you can join us on this voyage of discovery, as we journey down The Stream.

Special thanks to this season's sponsor, Raymond James.

And our charity partner, Frank Water.

And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water Institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

In this episode, Will and Tom are joined by Aaron Tartakovsky, co-founder and CEO of Epic Cleantec. 

He talks about the company genesis, and going back to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Reinvent the Toilet challenge.

With a background in politics and one of four co-founders of the business, Aaron talks about the challenges of carving out an entirely new market: onsite, water reuse within commercial buildings.

Although leading a recycled water beer campaign that went viral, the scaling of the business has not been without its challenges. During early events, Aaron was told by senior utility teams that he’s the guy putting them out of business!

Aaron is one of the leading entrepreneurs in this space, and we hope you enjoy his story as much as we did.

Enjoy the episode!

Special thanks to this season's sponsor, Raymond James.

And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water Institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley  Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

🔔 We hope you enjoy the episode and make sure to follow and subscribe to our channels to get alerts on the episodes.

We’re delighted you can join us on this voyage of discovery, as we journey down The Stream.

Special thanks to this season's sponsor, Raymond James.

And our charity partner, Frank Water.

And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water Institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

In this episode, Will and Tom are joined by Dave who gives context on Southern Nevada, providing water in the desert and meeting the needs of a population that booms from tourism and the attraction of Las Vegas.

As one of the Leading Utilities of the World, he discusses why they’re sharing lessons with like-minded water companies around the world on their 20-year demand management journey and also the long term, water resource strategy.

We also talk about grass, or turf, and the limiting of the Colorado river for the irrigation of non-functional turf, naturally refraining from breaking into the Tom Jones’ song, The green green grass of home.

And finally, Dave discusses an innovation on water footprinting with Southern Nevada’s tool being used to evaluate potential water use from incoming businesses.

Plus much much more! We hope you enjoy the episode!

Special thanks to this season's sponsor, Raymond James.

And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water Institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley  Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

🔔 We hope you enjoy the episode and make sure to follow and subscribe to our channels to get alerts on the episodes.

We’re delighted you can join us on this voyage of discovery, as we journey down The Stream.

Special thanks to this season's sponsor, Raymond James.

And our charity partner, Frank Water.

And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water Institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

We've been looking forward to this one...

This week, Will and Tom are joined by one of the founders of the sustainability movement, the great John Elkington.

A founding partner and chief pollinator at Volans, and also the co-founder of ENDS (Environmental Data Services), John talks about the triple bottom line (people, planet and prosperity) vision, and why this ended up being recalled and revised.

Plus, John talks about the joint responsibility of younger and older generations when it comes to sustainability.

And John takes an interest in Will’s model spitfire in his office, telling an awesome story of his father flying planes during the war.

Plus much, much more!

We hope you enjoy the episode!

Special thanks to this season’s sponsor Acciona.

And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

🔔 We hope you enjoy the episode and make sure to follow and subscribe to our channels to get alerts on the episodes.

We’re delighted you can join us on this voyage of discovery, as we journey down The Stream.

Special thanks to this season's sponsor, Raymond James.

And our charity partner, Frank Water.

And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water Institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

This week on #TheStream, Will and Tom are joined by Manuela Zoninsine, CEO & Founder of Kadeya, a closed-loop water vending service powered by digitally-connected reusable water bottles and mini bottling stations. 

Find out about Manuela’s early experience as a journalist, being based in China ahead of the Olympic Games and why this helped to harness her critical thinking.

Plus: 

Manuela talks about the need to rethink hydration, particularly in workplaces around the world and the reason to couple this with increased data

The need to develop a business model to eliminate single-use plastics

 And finally, Manuela talks about investment, how the multinationals are viewing potential disruption to their market and also scaling.

And much, much more! We hope you enjoy the episode. 

 Special thanks to this season’s sponsor Acciona.

And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

🔔 We hope you enjoy the episode and make sure to follow and subscribe to our channels to get alerts on the episodes.

We’re delighted you can join us on this voyage of discovery, as we journey down The Stream.

Special thanks to this season's sponsor, Raymond James.

And our charity partner, Frank Water.

And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water Institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

This week, John Matthews, Executive Director at Alliance for Global Water Adaptation (AGWA), joins Will Sarni & Tom Freyberg to #TheStream to talk about his origin story as a butterfly biologist, work with the WWF and a life-changing trip to India where he was given a sobering case on the spiritual value of water.

Plus: 

• John discusses the founding of AGWA and what water resilience really means – way beyond the hard engineering
• The upcoming UN Water Week in New York
• How to get a whisky sponsorship for the podcast.

And, the three of them talk about popular narratives, such as: “climate change is the shark and water is the teeth.” However, as you’ll hear from John, this is a huge oversimplification, and he provides a suggested alternative!

We hope you enjoy the episode!

Special thanks to this season’s sponsor Acciona.

And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

🔔 We hope you enjoy the episode and make sure to follow and subscribe to our channels to get alerts on the episodes.

We’re delighted you can join us on this voyage of discovery, as we journey down The Stream.

Special thanks to this season's sponsor, Raymond James.

And our charity partner, Frank Water.

And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water Institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

In this week’s episode, Will and Tom were delighted to be joined by Brendan Tierney, Managing Director and Head of Global Water Practice at Raymond James.

He talks about his origin story: being attracted to Wall Street as an investment banker, before being made redundant and eventually joining Raymond James in 2016 to build out the water portfolio. 

Plus, Brendan talks about:

• The areas where he sees huge potential for further market activity, including digitalisation of water and water quality, and notable PFAS treatment, otherwise known as forever chemicals
• The recent gargantuan, $7.5 billion merger between the two US water giants – Xylem and Evoqua
•  And what this could mean for the industry following integration.

And much, much more!

We hope you enjoy the episode!

Special thanks to this season’s sponsor Acciona.

And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

🔔 We hope you enjoy the episode and make sure to follow and subscribe to our channels to get alerts on the episodes.

We’re delighted you can join us on this voyage of discovery, as we journey down The Stream.

Special thanks to this season's sponsor, Raymond James.

And our charity partner, Frank Water.

And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water Institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

This week, Will and Tom, are delighted to be joined by Meena Sankaran, Founder & CEO Ketos, a vertically integrated water quality and monitoring platform. 

Meena talks about the importance of crafting a culture in this episode and the importance of maintaining the attitude of a start-up. 

Plus hear about:

• Meena's journey from humble beginnings in India where she learned the value of water before taking a one-way flight to the US to move up the ranks as an engineer
• The challenges of starting her own business that Meena had to overcome battling against naysayers and critics
• The task of raising $40 million in capital investment but how the pure play water investors initially closed the door, forcing her to look to impact and climate-tech investors
• Meena talks openly about investment cycles and how the 18-24 months between investment rounds are not necessarily aligned with the buying cycles of the utility market
• And how Meena purposefully built the strategy of the digital company to work across the utility, industry and agricultural sectors.

It was an absolute joy to have Meena on the podcast, a true passionate visionary who has built a company and culture that crosses industries and the water-energy-food nexus.

We know you will enjoy this episode!

Special thanks to this season’s sponsor Acciona.

And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

🔔 We hope you enjoy the episode and make sure to follow and subscribe to our channels to get alerts on the episodes.

We’re delighted you can join us on this voyage of discovery, as we journey down The Stream.

Special thanks to this season's sponsor, Raymond James.

And our charity partner, Frank Water.

And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water Institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

This week, Will and Tom were delighted to be joined by Karina Peña, Co-founder & CEO of Dutch start-up, Field Factors.

Karina talks about her origin story, moving from the Dominican Republic to being attracted to the Netherlands, with a background as an architect evolving into an urban water entrepreneur.

Hear about how:

• At Field Factors Karina is rethinking rainwater harvesting, at scale, helping to provide water resources closer to where they are needed
• Karina talks about the Dutch city of Rotterdam, renowned globally as “Resilient Rotterdam” for its progressive approach and policies towards urban water resilience
• Karina talks about her entrepreneurial journey and the importance of the co-founder dynamic, often with pairings between the “why” and the “what” people providing a solid match.

Plus, Karina talks about evolving financially, from bootstrapping the organisation to grow a team of 10 people to opening the door to VC financing to grow further. 

And much, much more!

We hope you enjoy the episode!

Special thanks to this season’s sponsor Acciona.

And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

🔔 We hope you enjoy the episode and make sure to follow and subscribe to our channels to get alerts on the episodes.

We’re delighted you can join us on this voyage of discovery, as we journey down The Stream.

Special thanks to this season's sponsor, Raymond James.

And our charity partner, Frank Water.

And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water Institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

Episode four of the Stream is now live! 

This week Will and Tom are delighted to be joined by one and only Joel Makower, chairman and founder of GreenBiz Group.

Joel has been called the “guru of green business practices” by the Associated Press and has spent over 3 decades writing, speaking, advising and influencing companies to align pressing environmental and social issues with business success.

Listen to them chat about:

• Joel's origin story and journey to setting up GreenBiz Group, a media and events company focusing on the intersection of business, technology and sustainability
• The value of content in a world of greenwashing, and questions the expression “Content is King”, rephrasing it as “Context is King” as content has infact become ubiquitous
• How Joel has always been a guiding light for many in the world of sustainability, keeping track of the trends and often cutting through the PR, green hype often spouted out by corporations over the years

And finally looking at what Joel has achieved as an entrepreneur, journalist, events organiser, author, speaker and podcaster has been, and will continue to be a north star for me in the world of water.

Trust us, this is a great episode!

We hope you enjoy!

Special thanks to this season’s sponsor Acciona.

And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

🔔 We hope you enjoy the episode and make sure to follow and subscribe to our channels to get alerts on the episodes.

We’re delighted you can join us on this voyage of discovery, as we journey down The Stream.

Special thanks to this season's sponsor, Raymond James.

And our charity partner, Frank Water.

And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water Institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

In the latest episode of the season, we were delighted to be joined by Baptiste Tellier, the managing director of Fall Line Capital who is focused on farm management, data analysis and deal sourcing.

As a trained agronomist, Baptiste previously he oversaw the development and implementation of sustainable farming practices for over 200 potato farmers at Nestle. Before this, he was the former farm operations intern at The Mitchell Farm, conducting agronomic studies on corn yield.

As he currently manages both farmland and venture activities, he provides a super interesting perspective, with Fall Line essentially building out its own ecosystem – investing into the innovations and with the farmland to help deploy and scale those innovations.

Baptiste disagrees with the stereotype that farmers are slow to adopt innovations, instead shifting the focus onto the solutions that aren’t perhaps the right fit for the market.

As well as discussing previous investments, including into Lumo, he also talks about what excites him about the market – for example, robotic automation in agriculture.

🔔 We hope you enjoy the episode and make sure to follow and subscribe to our channels to get alerts on the episodes.

We’re delighted you can join us on this voyage of discovery, as we journey down The Stream.

Special thanks to this season's sponsor, Raymond James.

And our charity partner, Frank Water.

And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water Institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

This week, Melissa Meeker, CEO of The Water Tower, joins Will Sarni and Tom Freyberg to talk about her 25 years of experience in water resources management.

Plus hear about:
How Mellissa previously served as the CEO of The Water Research Foundation, helping it to merge with two other associations, as well as serving as the executive director of the South Florida Water Management District

The latest updates on The Water Tower and the “living laboratory”

How Melissa's journey led her to become the CEO to help establish and open The Water Tower

The potential of franchising the model from Gwinett County across North America but also international partnerships in Spain and even Australia

The coming “silver tsunami” – a term used to describe the potential skills gap, resulting from highly experienced water operators and engineers that are due to retire soon.

And Will and Tom finish by asking Melissa if she could go back in time and give her 17-year-old self advice, what would it be? Thankfully, she didn’t say it would be to decline an invitation to be on this podcast!

And much, much more! We hope you enjoy the episode!

Special thanks to this season’s sponsor Acciona.

And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

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We’re delighted you can join us on this voyage of discovery, as we journey down The Stream.

Special thanks to this season's sponsor, Raymond James.

And our charity partner, Frank Water.

And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water Institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

This week on #TheStream, Will and Tom are joined by the incredible Sunny Wang, Water Resources Manager at City of Santa Monica. 

Sunny talks about his journey from being a private consultant, working in the UK and being admittedly amused by the imperial-metric measurement mix, to taking up the role in Santa Monica.

Since then he’s been involved in one of the most progressive projects, with the city set out to be “water self-sufficient” by 2023 using the One Water approach. 

Plus hear about:

• The strategy to reduce the reliance on external water supplies, due to the increased combined threat of natural disasters and climate change
• The need to communicate complex water treatment developments to the public, and how he has learned to articulate the water sector to his six-year-old back home!
• Sunny's role as an adjunct facility at the University of Southern California, teaching civil and environmental engineering

And listen to why Sunny says when it comes to water infrastructure, you can’t afford to get it wrong... 

All this and more! 

We hope you enjoy the episode! 

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We’re delighted you can join us on this voyage of discovery, as we journey down The Stream.

Special thanks to this season's sponsor, Raymond James.

And our charity partner, Frank Water.

And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water Institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

We are back!

And kicking off Season Five of The Stream, Will and Tom are joined by Victoria Edwards, Founder & CEO of Fido Tech.

In the next 40 minutes, hear about how Victoria made an instant splash in the water sector and her origins starting out on local radio.

Plus, find out:

- Why Victoria thinks everyone in the water sector should be fired?!
- How we can stop 40% of our water from being lost in leaks
- Why the only way forward is by breaking down silos and working together
- How Victoria believes the sector has become complacent and only motivated by fear
- Why it is important for water to no longer be viewed as a safe industry and big corporations need to be allowed to fail in order to progress
- 'Day Zero' is happening and sooner than we think
- The importance of gamification to create community agency.
- Victoria also shares the one piece of advice she would give her 17-year-old self...

And so much more - we hope you enjoy the episode!
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Special thanks to this season’s sponsor Acciona.

And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

🔔 We hope you enjoy the episode and make sure to follow and subscribe to our channels to get alerts on the episodes.

We’re delighted you can join us on this voyage of discovery, as we journey down The Stream.

Special thanks to this season's sponsor, Raymond James.

And our charity partner, Frank Water.

And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water Institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

In this special mini-season, before we kick off season 5, Will and Tom pack their bags and head to WEX Global 2022 in Valencia to chat with four special guests.  

This week is the final episode in this mini-series and Will & Tom are joined by the fantastic Mohsen Mortada of IBI Group.

Mortada talks about implementing the 'one water' approach at the Californian metropolitan water district, an over 100-year-old organisation that Mortada is looking to prepare for the next century. 

Plus hear about: 

• Changing workforce dynamics, the effects of covid and evolving to new workplaces
• Is it sexier to be an investment banker or a bitcoin trader?
• The best ways to attract young talent using sustainability
• Changing the image of the utility sector and the importance of developing their communications
• And his take on people choosing not to be informed about climate change. 

Plus, Mortada opens up about having a heated debate with his next-door neighbour about using recycled water and his own civil disobedience...

You don't want to miss this one! 

We hope you enjoy it! 

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We’re delighted you can join us on this voyage of discovery, as we journey down The Stream.

Special thanks to this season's sponsor, Raymond James.

And our charity partner, Frank Water.

And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water Institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

n this special mini-season, before we kick off season 5, Will and Tom pack their bags and head to WEX Global 2022 in Valencia to chat with four special guests. 

This week, Sanmit Ahuja, Founder and CEO of Economic Impact Initiative, joins Will & Tom to chat about innovative water finance and business models.

Sanmit talks about not just solving but delivering water solutions, the pitfuls of green exaggerations and getting the boardroom onside when it comes to changing a company's 'green' DNA.

Plus, hear about: 

• The challenges of raising venture capital 
• Having faith in humanity 
• Asking the question; if we can get a vaccine out in nine months, why can't we accelerate climate change solutions? 
• The 2050 target makers kicking the can down the road
• Finding the right water technology to solve the global challenges 
• And the challenge of everyone wanting to be a unicorn 

This was a great episode to record, and an even better conversation, we hope you enjoy it! 

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We’re delighted you can join us on this voyage of discovery, as we journey down The Stream.

Special thanks to this season's sponsor, Raymond James.

And our charity partner, Frank Water.

And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water Institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

In this special mini-season, before we kick off season 5, Will and Tom pack their bags and head to WEX Global 2022 in Valencia to chat with four special guests. 

This week, Pavel Policar, President of VAK HB, joins Will and Tom to talk about the work he has done turning around the fortunes of a municipality in the Czech Republic and how he got his nickname, the 'water butcher'!

Plus, hear about:
- Having a vision and why it is so important when it comes to transformation at a company- - - - Reducing water losses and being efficient 
- Changing culture and the value in it
- Managing a hybrid profit model and why it has made the difference 
- And the challenges and benefits of being involved in so many industries.

And much, much more! 

We hope you enjoy the episode!

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We’re delighted you can join us on this voyage of discovery, as we journey down The Stream.

Special thanks to this season's sponsor, Raymond James.

And our charity partner, Frank Water.

And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water Institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

In this special mini-season, before we kick off season 5, Will and Tom pack their bags and head to WEX Global 2022 in Valencia to chat with four special guests. 

But that's not all... For the first time, Wil and Tom record an episode in person! 

This week, Mark Barnett, President and CEO of the National Water Commission of Jamaica, joins Will and Tom to talk about driving down Jamaica's water loss and the importance of Non-Revenue Water (NRW).

Plus hear about:
- What Mark thought about this year's WEX conference 
- What the National Water Commission has been up to in renewable energy
- Mark's integrated strategy for water and energy 
- The only water recharge programme in the Carribian up to five million gallon system
- And Will &Tom try to set up a 'work trip' to join Mark in Jamaica... What could go wrong?

And much more! 

We hope you enjoy the episode! 

🔔 We hope you enjoy the episode and make sure to follow and subscribe to our channels to get alerts on the episodes.

We’re delighted you can join us on this voyage of discovery, as we journey down The Stream.

Special thanks to this season's sponsor, Raymond James.

And our charity partner, Frank Water.

And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water Institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

It's the season finale and joining Will and Tom this week is  Dr Patrick Moriarty, CEO of think-tank IRC.

A civil engineer and expert in water resource management, Patrick has over 20 years experience of in a broad range of issues around water, and its use in improving human wellbeing.

In our conversation, Patrick gives an honest and much-needed commentary on the reality of meeting the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, including access to all water and sanitation.

Plus:
- Patrick talks about one of the reasons he believes we are failing to meet the SDGs is due to the apathy toward water, particularly from a governments point of view
- We discuss the need for partnerships and collective action, including an alliance with Water for People with a 2030 strategy
- And we chat about the role of digital, in which Patrick describes the “data deserts” where there are gaps not only in water availability and assets but also in the skills needed to create actional insights from data.

And much, much more.

We hope you enjoy the episode!

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We’re delighted you can join us on this voyage of discovery, as we journey down The Stream.

Special thanks to this season's sponsor, Raymond James.

And our charity partner, Frank Water.

And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water Institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

This week, Carolina Garcia Arbelaez, Global Sustainability and Innovation Director at Anheuser-Busch InBev, joins Will Sarni and Tom Freyberg to talk about:

- Her origin story from Colombia, with a legal background but moving into a position at the World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
- Having a “eureka moment”, looking from the outside in on multinationals and realising that the private sector has the power to drive change, at scale
- The development of the 100+ Accelerator, now in partnership with Unilever, the Coca-Cola Company and Colgate Palmolive, and the way they’re seeing this as collaboration over competition.
- An innovation focus on single plastics, with the Corona Plastic Free Challenge
- And finally, we address the elephant in the room: biodiversity loss and the role of multinationals.

And much much more!

We hope you enjoy the episode!

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We’re delighted you can join us on this voyage of discovery, as we journey down The Stream.

Special thanks to this season's sponsor, Raymond James.

And our charity partner, Frank Water.

And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water Institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

This week, Avent Bezuidenhoudt, Head of investment at Earth Capital joins Will and Tom to talk about being new to the world of water, the ‘Cinderella, unloved industry’, and her origins in Durban. 

Plus listen to discussions on: 
- Avent's 25 years of experience in investing, portfolio management and corporate finance advisory
- The reality of water scarcity in Cape Town after its ‘Day Zero’ incident 
- Opportunities in innovations addressing water demand at the source. 
- Earth Capital’s offering of the Earth Dividend, an in-house developed proprietary tool that the fund uses as part of its due diligence when evaluating potential companies to invest in
- The company's “sustainability fitness check” that rates companies in 5 areas: natural resources, ecosystem services, pollution, social & economic, and also society & governance.

Plus much, much more! 

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And our charity partner, Frank Water.

And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water Institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

In this second episode of the season we’re joined by Roric Paulman, a Nebraskan farmer and also chair of the Nebraskan Water Balance Alliance, an organisation that catalyses best practices among Nebraska farmers.

Roric has nearly 40 years of farming experience, including across the family Paulman Farms, an 8500 acre, rain-fed and irrigated farming operation. It’s located in southwest Nebraska, with land that extends into Lincoln, Keith and Perkins counties.

He talks about how the 4th generation in the family is currently running the farm, and the 5th generation, including his young grandson, knows everything there is to know!

Roric has witnessed almost 40 years of innovation across farming, from having to manually pipe water through to IoT and sensors able to measure down to the last drop.

Speaking to Roric was so interesting. He sits at the intersection between policy and practise, discussing at the highest level through the alliance and politics yet returning to help keep things running at the farm. This is a great addition to the water-agriculture focus of this seasons podcast.

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And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water Institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

This week, Bessie Schwarz, Co-founder & CEO, Cloud to Street, joins Will Sarni and Tom Freyberg to talk about democratising real-time flooding data and designing products for low and middle-income countries and communities. 

Plus, hear about

• A case in the Republic of Congo, and how the government used the tracking system to identify 7000 refugees at risk from flooding, saving lives and securing millions in emergency aid
• A blended finance approach, and why they partner with smaller, boutique funds focused more on impact but also larger equity companies looking for scale and returns
• To date, Cloud to Street is working with nearly 170 countries, helping to monitor over 120 million people.

And much, much more!

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And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water Institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

This week, Professor Newsha Ajami, chief development officer for research, Berkeley Lab's EESA, joins Will Sarni and Tom Freyberg to talk about decentralised solutions and what does the utility of the future look like?

Plus we talk about: 

- Professor Ajami's origin story, in Iran, providing decision support for infrastructure such as dams
- Moving to North America and taking what she describes as a “life-changing” water policy class
- The policy impact on the energy market and whether the water market could follow; a city-wide mandate in San Francisco on water management and the need for new business models to shake up the status quo. 

And we tackle the big question... Is World Water Day a fun day?

Professor Ajami is a leading expert in smart cities, resilient infrastructure, sustainable water resource management, the water-energy-food nexus and many other topics.

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And our charity partner, Frank Water.

And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water Institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

This week, Nate Allen, the executive director of WaterStart, joins Will and Tom to talk about how, to date, the non-profit company has helped to facilitate 42 pilot projects, evaluate 400 technologies and helped raise total funding of $3.2 million dollars.

Plus, listen to Nate talk about: 

• How the organisation operates with what it calls “first adopters” – helping to provide channels for innovation for various stakeholders, from technology companies to management agencies and policymakers
• Nate gives his honest views on the increasing interest from the investment community and beyond in ESG – environmental, social and governance and why it’s the right time for water
• And Nate talks about how Nevada is a forward-thinking state when it comes to water, having outlawed turf and with changes afoot on cooling towers and why this crosses the water-energy nexus.

Plus much, much more! 

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And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water Institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

This week Ari Raivetz, chairman and CEO of Transcend, joins Will and Tom to talk about his origin story and how it threw him into the world of water. 

Listen to Ari talk about: 

• His background in investment, helping oil & gas companies to raise capital and then the subsequent ecological guilt that he swore to payback
• Taking up the role as CEO of Organica in Hungary, a company developing what can only be called beautiful wastewater treatment plants 
• The genesis of Transcend and how he started to automate the process using software design
• Building a company at the start of the covid pandemic, lessons he learned but also the advantages of hiring remotely.

Plus, Ari gives an honest view of engineering consultants in the role of innovation adoption – ultimately a role that he is trying to partner with, as well as potentially disrupt.

And much much more! 

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And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water Institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

This week, Alex McCormack, founder & CEO of Shayp from Belgium, joins Will and Tom to talk about Alex's mission to improve water efficiency in buildings in the most simplistic way possible.

Hear Alex talk about: 

• Approaching water leakage from a different angle – namely leaks within buildings, not utility networks
• Becoming B Corp Certified in January and what this means to be a business as a force for good
• The origin story of the company, involving water quality and a school and a landmark case involving the Manneken Pis 
• Supplying his hardware and software solution to schools, hospitals, commercial buildings and others.

Plus Alex talks about potential partnerships with water utilities and what he looks for.

And much, much more! 

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And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water Institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

This week, Emma Weisbord, partnerships lead at Royal HaskoningDHV Digital, joins Will Sarni & Tom Freyberg for a belated birthday chat! 

Listen to Emma talk about: 

• Being a rising star in the global water sector
• Blockchain, digitalisation, diversity and young professionals in water 
• Co-authoring the International Water Association’s young water professional manifesto for digital water 
• Chairing the Rising Smart Water Professionals Programme for SWAN, the smart water networks forum.
• Her water journey from Canada to the Netherlands 
• The importance of the edge effect, including the power of diversity in collaboration.

Plus, Emma calls for an end to people worshipping individuals, such as Elon Musk, when it comes to disrupting industries and explains why we should instead celebrate groups.

And Emma even calls for the Atlantean Media digital content manager, Andrew, to step up to the mic and asked for his take on the future of water in 5 words.

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And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water Institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

In this week’s episode, Will & Tom are joined by Erin Rothman, the founder & CEO of US-start up, StormSensor.

Listen to Erin talk about: 

• Scaling a business, from 8 to 38 employees and recently raising a $12 million Series A round of investment
• How a pivotal moment in her personal life led to a change in direction in her professional life, creating the necessary spark to focus and go on and build her company
• How rather than positioning the company in the “water technology” category, the focus was on providing a climate-tech solution and how this not only helped to attract the right talent and investors but provided a centralised, collective purpose for a young, growing company
• Developing networks in Deerfield, North Miami, Virginia, California and many other locations
• Spotting red flags with investors, the warning signs to look out for and how she likes to theoretically test their fear levels, in incase the going gets really tough.

Plus, hear how one investor told Erin that “that’s not how CEOs should dress” regarding the image of her in a hard hat – the very image on The Stream cover. This is unbelievable, as you will hear from her, and our reaction!

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And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water Institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

We're back! 

In this week’s episode, Will & Tom are joined by Cody Friesen, the founder of Source -  the poster child of the atmospheric water generation, or air to water market.

The Arizona start-up is setting out to do for drinking water what solar panels have done for electricity, namely disrupt the centralised market. His Hydropanel technology takes in sunlight and air to create water from the atmosphere, adding minerals, ozonating and then storing the water for drinking at a later date.

After securing an eye-watering $50 million dollars of investment from BlackRock, he’s under enormous pressure to lead this new market segment against heavy scepticism from seasoned water practitioners that claim it’s an expensive way to generate what they perceive to be low volumes of water. 

Cody is not only kickstarting the new season and 2022 but he’s also the first of many guests to who we are awarding WaterPunk status. Those of you who have seen the video version of this podcast on our Youtube channel will have noted the alternative intro.

The WaterPunk badge is for those guests with an even greater bias for action; those who are pushing boundaries to innovate, despite greater headwinds and adversity.

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Special thanks to this season's sponsor, Raymond James.

And our charity partner, Frank Water.

And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water Institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

This week, Dr. Reinhard Hübner, CEO of SKion Water, joins Will Sarni and Tom Freyberg for the Season three finale, in the next 30 minutes discover...

How an early investment in a chemical-free cooling tower treatment start-up cost Reinhard millions but taught him a valuable lesson: It's all about the people. 

Why it is important to get to know the innovators before investing and the dangers of founders falling in love too much with their innovation.

How Reinhard's company started with a blank sheet of paper back in 2010 and has since grown to 3,000 people with over 750 million euros in turnover. 

And why he also believes it's difficult for venture capital firms and start-ups to work in water, noting countless examples when it comes to sludge and gasification.  

Plus much, much more! 

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Special thanks to this season's sponsor, Raymond James.

And our charity partner, Frank Water.

And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water Institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

This week, Pierandrea Quarta, CEO & Founder of REBO, joins Will Sarni and Tom Freyberg to talk about Pierandrea's decade of experience at the multinational, Procter & Gamble and when overseeing the production of a bottle made entirely from plastics found on beaches, it opened his eyes to the plastic pandemic.

He talks about marrying a solution to the plastics challenge with a smart hydration innovation and discusses the experience of raising $250,000 through crowdfunding but how the plastic narrative was not necessarily the key driver that resonated with the first adopters. 

Plus, the conversation looks at unconventional partnerships, including with US packaging company Aptar in the early stages of the company and most recently, sports giant Adidas.

And much, much more! 

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Special thanks to this season's sponsor, Raymond James.

And our charity partner, Frank Water.

And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water Institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

For the fourth episode of the season, Tom and Will are joined by Noah Zelkind, VP of Business Intelligence, at 80 Acres Farms.

Noah talks about his background, moving from finance into the farming markets, reflecting on the journey with his father. 

He also discusses his love for data science, spotting patterns, and why this will be fundamental to growing nutritious food locally and consistently.

Noah also shares the reason for the bright purple lighting in the farms, which is reflected across the company’s marketing.

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Special thanks to this season's sponsor, Raymond James.

And our charity partner, Frank Water.

And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water Institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

This week, Dr. Piers Clark, founder & chairman of Isle Utilities takes Will and Tom on a walk in the woods, his woods we should say! 

Piers tells us what he plans to do with his 12-acre woodland including regenerating the landscape and an encounter with a mysterious beast...

We find out about the evolution of Isle's water platform which now has over 1500 members, 720 organisations from 92 countries. He discusses how it started to share information on Covid-19 but shifted to help water companies and the global supply chain exchange information action to reduce carbon emissions.

He talks about the water sectors responsibility when it comes to climate healing. 

And much, much more! 

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Special thanks to this season's sponsor, Raymond James.

And our charity partner, Frank Water.

And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water Institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

This week, John Etgen, the CEO of the Project Wet Foundation, and Ricky Arnold, NASA Astronaut and director of STEM  engagement at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science,  join Will Sarni and Tom Freyberg to talk about how they found a connection to water growing up in the Chesapeake Bay. 

Find out about the fantastic work being done by the Project Wet team to advance water education in over 100 countries, including work with the Singapore Government. 

Hear about Ricky's time on the International Space Station - Twice! And why water recycling is critical in space. 

Plus, we talk about the huge challenge known as the silver tsunami that is facing the water sector with an increasing number of skilled engineers on the verge of retiring, leaving a workforce gap and why there is an urgent need role for education to spark careers in STEM-related industries. 

And much, much more! 

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Special thanks to this season's sponsor, Raymond James.

And our charity partner, Frank Water.

And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water Institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

This week, Lisa Hook, senior manager for environmental & product sustainability at GAP Inc. joins Will Sarni and Tom Freyberg to talk about her water origin story and working in Cambodia witnessing a lack of water in communities. 

Lisa talks about her fantastic session at the World Water Week in Stockholm discussing moving beyond water stewardship to strategy. Plus, we find out more about a water innovation centre in India where new industrial water technologies are being trialled and municipal water is being reused for manufacturing.

We also find out what water means to GAP Inc. and how the company has ambitions to make water fun and engage staff on water sustainability. And finally, Lisa tells us about the Women and Water Alliance, a partnership between GAP Inc. and the US Agency for International Development to help improve the health and wellbeing of women in communities. 

Plus much, much more!

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We’re delighted you can join us on this voyage of discovery, as we journey down The Stream.

Special thanks to this season's sponsor, Raymond James.

And our charity partner, Frank Water.

And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water Institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

Ian Olson, the senior director of global sustainability at McDonald’s, joins Will and Tom this week to talk about his background in economics and as the global manager of supply chain sustainability at the Ford Motor Company, the lessons learned and what he brought to the fast-food giant, including learning to accept failure. 

Plus, Ian talks about a new partnership with WaterStart’s global pilot program to play a role in how emerging water solutions are identified, evaluated and deployed. Also, Ian, Will and Tom talk about the power of accessible brands, with McDonald’s serving 69 million people per day to provide “aha” moments, to democratise awareness on sustainability and water quality issues.

 Plus much, much more! 

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We’re delighted you can join us on this voyage of discovery, as we journey down The Stream.

Special thanks to this season's sponsor, Raymond James.

And our charity partner, Frank Water.

And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water Institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

This week, Dr Angela MacOscar, Head of Innovation at Northumbrian Water Group (NWG) joins Will Sarni and Tom Freyberg to talk about the Innovation Festival, her inspiration on starting a movement and utility culture change.

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We’re delighted you can join us on this voyage of discovery, as we journey down The Stream.

Special thanks to this season's sponsor, Raymond James.

And our charity partner, Frank Water.

And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water Institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

This week, Sera Young, Associate Professor, Anthropology & Global Health, Northwestern University joins Will Sarni & Tom Freyberg to talk about the development of the HWISE scales: The why, the who, the what and the where. 

Sera also sheds light on "honey, do I have a solution for you", and tells us how she went knocking at the door of water multinationals and a partnership with Unilever, including ambitions for India and data.

Plus much, much more!  

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We’re delighted you can join us on this voyage of discovery, as we journey down The Stream.

Special thanks to this season's sponsor, Raymond James.

And our charity partner, Frank Water.

And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water Institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

This week, Frantz Beznik, Senior Director for Sustainable Innovation, Procter & Gamble and founder of the 50L Home Coalition, joins Will and Tom to talk about Frantz's inspiration behind the 50L Home Coalition after he witnessed Day Zero in Cape Town. 

Frantz also gives an insight into his philosophy of abundance, with his goal of making 50 litres feel like 500, the true impact of reducing water use can have and how he wants to make the sustainable, irresistible. 

Plus, Will and Tom find out how Frantz drummed up the support of key players, such as the World Economic Forum, in order to get the attention of policymakers, as well as discussing the next stages to create pilot projects, including new builds and retrofitting to existing houses to create the 50 litre home. 

And much, much more!

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We’re delighted you can join us on this voyage of discovery, as we journey down The Stream.

Special thanks to this season's sponsor, Raymond James.

And our charity partner, Frank Water.

And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water Institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

We're back! 

In this week’s episode, Will and Tom are joined by Ari Kaufman, Founder & CEO of Spout, who talks about his serial entrepreneur’s background of 25 years and why he decided to change track...

Kaufman discusses his experience in the 10.10.10 programme – 10 CEOS facing 10 wicked problems to come up with a market solution in 10 days and why he decided to tackle the lead contamination challenge after hearing about the potential impact on children’s IQ. 

Ari also talks about why getting fired was the best thing to happen to him and how an inscription on a bullet-shaped pen about owning your mistakes has become a personal mantra he now lives by. 

Plus much much more! 

We hope you enjoy the episode.

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We’re delighted you can join us on this voyage of discovery, as we journey down The Stream.

Special thanks to this season's sponsor, Raymond James.

And our charity partner, Frank Water.

And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water Institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

In this week’s episode Madeleine Bell,  Head of Strategy and special projects at Desolenator, joins Will Sarni & Tom Freyberg to talk about what drew her to a water start-up and the role of social entrepreneurship. 

Plus, learn why Madeleine believes there is a need to bring in outsiders, a shared mission and vision with brewery giant Carlsberg, and Madeleine provides an update on a solar technology project that will provide water to 4,000 people in the water-stressed  West Bengal, India.

Madeleine also shares her favourite water facts with us, including on rocket launches, and even flips the script on the hosts!

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We’re delighted you can join us on this voyage of discovery, as we journey down The Stream.

Special thanks to this season's sponsor, Raymond James.

And our charity partner, Frank Water.

And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water Institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

In this week’s episode, Tom Higley, serial entrepreneur and Founder & CEO of X Genesis, joins Will Sarni & Tom Freyberg to talk about why entrepreneurs are the key to solving wicked water problems. 

Plus, Tom explains the growing importance of catalytic communities and why Tom believes wicked problems can help entrepreneurs find the sweet spot between what they love, what they’re good at, what they can be paid for and what the world needs.

 And much more!

Tom Higley is a musician and former lawyer, the Denver-based entrepreneur who has founded six tech start-ups over the last two decades, including Service Metrics.

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Special thanks to this season's sponsor, Raymond James.

And our charity partner, Frank Water.

And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water Institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

For the third episode of the season, Tom and Will are joined by Jairo Trad, Co-Founder & CEO of Kilimo.

In this episode he talks about how he spent months talking to farmers about their challenges, including on water, to really understand the customers’ paint points.

He discusses innovation in business models, and also funding challenges, including climate funds, which he believes should be renamed carbon funds!

Jairo also talks about how Kilimo started working with Microsoft, through a partnership with the Bonneville Environment Foundation (BEF).

It was super interesting to chat with an entrepreneur in the water-agriculture space.

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We’re delighted you can join us on this voyage of discovery, as we journey down The Stream.

Special thanks to this season's sponsor, Raymond James.

And our charity partner, Frank Water.

And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water Institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

In this week’s episode, Alex Crowell, managing director of PureTerra Ventures, joins Will and Tom to talk about the company’s investment team that created a complete dossier on more than 1000 water technology companies globally.

Plus, Alex tells us why he's concerned about the current lack of investment in water and why he thinks a grand experiment is needed to force people to value water. 

Alex also gives us his views on acquisitions and exits in the global water space, including the recent $1 billion digital purchase and a 5 million euro investment into PureTerra from entrepreneur Shawn Harris plus much, much more!

We hope you enjoy the episode.

PureTerra Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on investing in disruptive water technologies with a positive social impact. 

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Special thanks to this season's sponsor, Raymond James.

And our charity partner, Frank Water.

And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water Institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

In this week’s episode, Eleanor Allen, CEO of the charity Water for People, joins Will Sarni & Tom Freyberg to talk about her ultra-cycling bug and latest adventure, Race Across the West, an epic 930-mile journey across desert and mountains in four days to raise awareness on the need for clean water. 

Plus, Eleanor gives us her origin story from working as an environmental consultant to heading up the global non-profit organisation, the importance of capacity building to help meet SDG 6, and how Water for People has mastered storytelling to drive awareness, plus much much more!

We hope you enjoy the episode.

Water for People is a charity that has helped millions of people across nine countries get access to clean water.

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We’re delighted you can join us on this voyage of discovery, as we journey down The Stream.

Special thanks to this season's sponsor, Raymond James.

And our charity partner, Frank Water.

And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water Institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

In this week’s episode, Mark Kaney, the director of asset management at Binnies, joins Will & Tom to talk about his journey as a semi-professional musician and how he reminisces over the human connections from live music experiences. 

Plus, listen as they discuss the good old fashioned British pub as the centre of communities and how Mark actually digitally twinned a pub for his team to meet and mingle online.

Mark, Will and Tom cut through the Digital Twin hype and talk about the lessons learned from other industries when it comes to mitigating risk, and drawing a connection to Formula 1. 

We hope you enjoy the episode!

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We’re delighted you can join us on this voyage of discovery, as we journey down The Stream.

Special thanks to this season's sponsor, Raymond James.

And our charity partner, Frank Water.

And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water Institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

In this week’s episode, Fiona Regan, a professor in chemistry at Dublin City University and director of the DCU Water Institute, joins Will & Tom to talk about how Fiona fell in love with water, found her purpose and wants to bring others on her journey.


Plus, learn why fishermen & paddleboarders are key to the citizen science movement, the importance of not just more data on water quality, but actionable data, and how scaling up of a water transfer office – lessons learned so far and the need to “get out of the lab”.

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And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water Institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.