Saravanamuthu Vigneswaran, an emeritus professor from the University of Technology, Sydney discusses household water filters for removing arsenic and other pollutants in Vietnam.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Katrina Donaghy on how the water market can work with the blockchain

Oct 27th, 2022 19m 29s

Katrina Donaghy, the CEO and co-founder of Civic Ledger, discusses with us the world's first water market pilot on the blockchain.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kristy Ratcliffe on student education

Oct 7th, 2022 15m 32s

Kristy is the Education Lead at Hunter Water. She discusses with us educating students through gamificationSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sean Leyden on frontline operations

Sep 30th, 2022 18m

Sean is Director of KPMG's Frontline Operator Centre of Excellence. He discusses with us the future of frontline operations in the water sector.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Cameron Jackson on digital twinning

Sep 26th, 2022 14m

Cameron is the Future Specialist Environment and Water at Urban Utilities. He discusses with us using digital twins in planning for environment protection and liveability.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chris Nielsen talks about how water businesses can harness their digital environment to enable predictive operations and efficiencies

Jul 7th, 2021 9m 57s

Chris Nielsen, Digital Services Development Manager at Schneider Electric talks SCADA and Beyond - Opportunity for Unified Digital Operations. Nielsen explains how water businesses can harness their digital environment to enable predictive oper

Nicole Blackburn on perceptual changes around sustainability and resilience seen in the Water Industry

May 2nd, 2021 12m 18s

Nicole Blackburn, Industry Sales Director and Water, Wastewater Segment Director at Schneider Electric speaks to Jo Taranto about how global megatrends, pandemic, climate change, and recent local extreme weather events have affected perceptions

Zoubir Ait Mansour on a practical approach to balancing risk and cost

Feb 4th, 2021 14m 40s

Zoubir Ait Mansour, Asset Knowledge & Performance Consulting Engineer at SUEZ speaks with Ellen Fanning about a practical approach to balancing risk and cost and Unitywater's sewage treatment plants assessment. They talk about how Unitywater is

Ryan Brotchie and Karey Wills on Canberra's 50 year sewerage strategy

Feb 3rd, 2021 14m 25s

Ryan Brotchie, GHD’s Service Line Leader for Integrated Water Management and Karey Wills, Sewerage Networks Operations Engineer at Icon Water speak with Ellen Fanning about Canberra's 50 year sewerage strategy. In developing the long-term strat

Elizabeth Christian and Daniel Watson on maintenance strategy optimisation

Feb 3rd, 2021 14m 52s

Elizabeth Christian, Asset Performance Manager at Lendlease and Daniel Watson, Manager Partnerships and Asset Systems at Coliban Water speak with Ellen Fanning about Lendlease's and Coliban Water's journey to continuously challenge and optimise

Kristina Campbell on capital investment decision making approaches and tools

Jan 31st, 2021 14m 18s

Kristina Campbell, Associate Director at KPMG speaks to Ellen Fanning about capital investment approaches and tools. They discuss the findings of a review into current Australian capital investment decision making approaches and considerations

Christopher Raynor, Pramod Janardhanan and Ronica Koey on the ‘Poo Switcheroo’ sanitation solution

Jan 28th, 2021 14m 38s

Christopher Raynor, Process Engineer; Pramod Janardhanan, Service Planning Senior Analyst and Ronica Koey, Senior Communications and Engagement Officer all at Sydney Water speaks to Jo Taranto about the ‘Poo Switcheroo’, a retrofittable valve t

Joel Spry on creating a generational change in regional attitudes

Jan 27th, 2021 14m 24s

Joel Spry, Demand Management Coordinator of Minor Centres and Schools for Northern Territory Power and Water Corporation speaks to Jo Taranto about creating a generational change in regional attitudes. They discuss some of the challenges Kather

Michael Di Matteo on evaluating smart stormwater storage systems

Jan 26th, 2021 13m 32s

Dr Michael Di Matteo, Senior Environmental Engineer at Water Technology speaks to Jo about smart stormwater storage systems. Michael was involved in a research project that used machine learning optimisation methods to evaluate the potential be

Richard Greenwood on moving towards a zero environmental footprint dairy plant

Jan 25th, 2021 14m 55s

Richard Greenwood, Principal Consulting Engineer with Jacobs New Zealand speaks with Jo Taranto about how a dairy plant can be water and carbon neutral. He explains how New Zealand's dairy industry is moving towards plant production with a full

Mark Vaughan on the Cedar Grove Environmental Centre

Jan 24th, 2021 10m 59s

Mark Vaughan, Alliance Manager at Logan Water Infrastructure Alliance speaks to Jo Taranto about one of Australia's most sustainable wastewater treatment plants, the Cedar Grove Environmental Centre. It will be the QLD’s first wastewater treatm

Mark de Jong and Phil Staniford on the South East Flows Restoration Project

Jan 21st, 2021 14m 59s

Mark de Jong, Senior Environmental Officer in the SA Department for Environment and Water and Phil Staniford, Manager for KBR’s Water & Environment consulting business in SA and WA speak with Peter Dredge about the South East Flows Restoration

Hemant Ojha on climate risks to water security in the Asia-Pacific

Jan 20th, 2021 15m

Hemant Ojha, Director at the Institute for Studies and Development Worldwide speaks with Peter Dredge about climate risks to water security in the Asia-Pacific region. They discuss key lessons and insights from a review and synthesis of existin

Adam Jones on drought adaptability

Jan 19th, 2021 14m 55s

Adam Jones, Principal Engineer and Water Efficiency Lead for BMT speaks to Peter Dredge about drought adaptability of large commercial and industrial water users. They talk about key learnings from visiting, assessing and liaising with a wide r

Ben Furmage on integrative urban flood management

Jan 18th, 2021 14m 39s

Ben Furmage, Chief Executive Officer of the Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities speaks to Peter Dredge about a guide and supporting tool kit for choosing, financing and funding options for addressing urban flooding.See omnyst

Madelyn Pardon on how people think and behave in the water security context

Jan 17th, 2021 9m 56s

Madelyn Pardon, PhD Candidate at James Cook University, speaks to Peter Dredge about understanding threat perception to inform environmental communication. Threat perceptions are known drivers of behaviour. This is particularly important for en

Philip Joyce on water sensitive drainage and flood management

Jan 14th, 2021 15m

Philip Joyce, Technical Director and Leader of the Waterways and Stormwater Team in GHD’s Melbourne Office, speaks to Peter Dredge about the Water Sensitive Drainage and Flood Strategy, developed by the Fishermans Bend Water Sensitive City Work

James Goode and Steven Nash on asbestos cement pipe management

Dec 15th, 2020 13m 14s

James Goode, Asset Management Program Coordinator at the Water Services Association of Australia and Steven Nash, Manager of Operations at Goulburn Valley Water speak to Jo Taranto about the management of asbestos cement pipes now and into the

Mark Babic, James Wallace and Lucas Finch on safety throughout the employee lifecycle

Dec 14th, 2020 14m 59s

Mark Babic, James Wallace and Lucas Finch from Sydney Water speak to Jo Taranto about maximising employee performance and wellbeing through an employee lifecycle approach. They discuss how employees are supported throughout their working lifecy