(don't) Waste Water! | Water Tech to Solve the World

with 🎙️ Megan Glover - CEO and Co-Founder of 120Water 💧 120Water is an end-to-end solution for drinking water programs, COVID-19 wastewater sampling, and compliance. What we covered: 🍏 How the Idea for 120Water came from scratching own itches 🍏 How the company swiftly pivoted from B2C to B2B or B2B2C (I hear you like acronyms? 😀) 🍏 How digitizing the way you test the water and manage the results actually enables a whole new world of operation and maintenance 🍏 How bringing this information in plain sight helps to educate the public on the water topics and challenges 🍏 How innovation can be inhibited by regulation 🍏 How you shall consider non-technical parameters such as demographics when prioritizing maintenance works (and how 120Water helps with that) 🍏 How having been involved in 13'000 programs across 26 States turns 120Water into a bespoke lead expert (and how that leads - no pun intended 😊 - to adjacencies) 🍏 How a fresh eye on the water sector can be shocked by what water professionals got accustomed to (e.g., black boxes) 🍏 How customer communications might still be a blind spot for the Water Industry 🍏 How Energy may be a role-model market for the Water Sector when it comes to marketing 🍏 How you can't manufacture growth (but may actually "hypergrow" your path to impact) 🍏 Michael Moore, PFAS, IPO... and so much more! 🔥 ... and of course, we concluded with the 𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙞𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 🔥 ➡️ Send your warm regards to Megan Glover on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/megancglover/ ➡️ Get the Full Story (including an infographic and full transcript) here: https://dww.show/whats-hidden-in-your-tap-water-dont-worry-your-utility-doesnt-really-know-better/Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

with 🎙️ Antoine Walter We're wrapping up Season 2 of the "(don't) Waste Water" podcast! ▶️ A perfect opportunity to discuss a Water Industry blind spot: how to tell better stories! *** Here are the books I'd recommend if you'd like to dig deeper: Save the Cat by Blake Snyder - https://savethecat.com/products/books/save-the-cat-the-last-book-on-screenwriting-youll-ever-need 7 Stories Every Salesperson Must Tell - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41040485-seven-stories-every-salesperson-must-tell What Great Salespeople Do by Michael Bosworth and Ben Zoldan - https://storyleaders.com/book/ *** ▶ Take the PODCAST SURVEY, win one of the 3 PRIZES! (results on June 8, 2021!) ▶ https://form.typeform.com/to/IVPzoprd *** ➡️ Ask for your copy of the Season 2 Book on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antoinewalter1_waterindustry-podcast-waterbook-activity-6805734044848922624-6E7g ➡️ Get the Full Podcast Series here: https://dww.show/Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

with 🎙️ Jacob Bossaer - CEO and Founder of BOSAQ 💧 BOSAQ is a very ambitious Water Scale-Up aiming to develop innovative and future-proof drinking water solutions. What we covered: 🍏 How recycling water and energy in one of the earth's most remote places (Antarctica) led Jacob to found BOSAQ 🍏 How the biggest challenge to overcome the lack of access to drinking water might be political 🍏 How bottled water companies' marketing can and shall be replicated in the water industry 🍏 How building a water treatment unicorn involves taking a lot of risks and regularly passing quite close to bankruptcy 🍏 How BOSAQ started with only a Business Plan and a Flemish Grant to cover the company's first 6 months 🍏 The fascinating experiment the company enabled, where a restaurant's toilet and kitchen wastewaters are 100% recycled to be bottled and served back at the restaurant tables 🍏 How Jacob attempts to beat capitalism from the inside 🍏 How dreaming big is a duty as an entrepreneur 🍏 Water cost, IoT, Technology Transfer and so much more! 🔥 ... and of course, we concluded with the 𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙞𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 🔥 ▶ Take the PODCAST SURVEY, win one of the 3 PRIZES! (results on June 8, 2021!) ▶ https://form.typeform.com/to/IVPzoprd ➡️ Send your warm regards to Jacob Bossaer on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacob-bossaer-12b172a/ ➡️ Get the Full Story (including an infographic and full transcript) here: https://dww.show/how-to-save-no-less-than-2-2-billion-lives-aka-frozen-3/Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

with 🎙️ Gabi Wolkinson - CEO and 🎙️ Ofir Menashe - CTO and Founder of BioCastle 💧 BioCastle is an environmental biotechnology company that encapsulates nature by developing and marketing an intriguing technology: the Small Bioreactor Platform. What we covered: 🍏 How BioCastle develops the smallest bio-reactor in the world 🍏 How its simplicity makes it a perfect fit for multiple wastewater treatment applications 🍏 How this full story starts with an almost midlife crisis for Ofir and pressing fish farming challenges for Gabi 🍏 How Gabi and Ofir might be considered bacteria breeders 🍏 The hurdles of starting commercial expansion in the middle of a Pandemic 🍏 How shelving bacteria opens a whole new world of targeted actions 🍏 How the adoption curve can be challenging for a young water treatment company 🔥 ... and of course, we concluded with the 𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙞𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 🔥 ▶ Take the PODCAST SURVEY, win one of the 3 PRIZES! (results on June 8, 2021!) ▶ https://form.typeform.com/to/IVPzoprd ➡️ Send your warm regards to Gabi Wolkinson on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabi-wolkinson-4a76b92/ ➡️ Then do the same with Ofir Menashe (still on Linkedin): https://www.linkedin.com/in/ofirmenashe/ ➡️ Get the Full Story (including an infographic and full transcript) here: https://dww.show/do-you-really-provide-job-security-to-your-best-workers/ Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

with 🎙️ Manaf Farhan - CEO & Co-Founder of EMG International 💧 EMG International is a leading company in Anaerobic Wastewater treatments, with a pretty unique take on anaerobic digestion. What we covered: 🍏 How Anaerobic Fluidized Bed Digestors enable to produce 4 times more energy than they consume to treat wastewater 🍏 How they can be fully automated to let industrial players focus on their production lines 🍏 4 good reasons to learn a new wastewater acronym with the AFBD's benefits. 🍏 How "hands-on" was literal when he started EMG together with his brother in the 90s 🍏 The similarities and differences between AFBDs, MBBRs and Microbial Fuel Cells 🍏 How to valorize biogas with the best efficiency 🍏 How anaerobic digestion is actually a replica of what's happening in... our body! 🍏 How EMG International addresses the industrial wastewater treatment market (and beyond!) 🔥 ... and of course, we concluded with the 𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙞𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 🔥 ▶ Take the PODCAST SURVEY, win one of the 3 PRIZES! (results on June 8, 2021!) ▶ https://form.typeform.com/to/IVPzoprd ➡️ Send your warm regards to Manaf Farhan on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/manaf-farhan-741163/ ➡️ Get the Full Story (including an infographic and full transcript) here: https://dww.show/how-to-treat-wastewater-in-a-net-grid-positive-way-while-mimicking-your-body/Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

with 🎙️ Michael Stanley Gallisdorfer 💧 Michael holds a Ph. D. in Geography and builds upon a unique (and multidisciplinary!) skill set, making him a Global Water expert. What we covered: 🍏 How we used to close and now re-open the rivers in our cities for roughly the same set of legitimate reasons 🍏 How (spoiler!) every dollar invested in river restoration actually provides a four-dollar return on investment 🍏 The perks and pitfalls of semi-natural ecosystems in the heart of cities 🍏 How 60s 'urbanization miracles' became modern nightmares 🍏 The three new and updated reasons why people want to go to cities (and why that matter for businesses) 🍏 The blue-green movement that changes the way we do economy 🍏 How better technical understanding and digitization enables to engineer with nature 🍏 How Sponge Cities are a new level of urbanization and environmental engineering, although still being a vivid debate in society 🍏 How involvement of all stakeholders is crucial to building a blue-green infrastructure 🍏 How cognitive connectivity needs to be restored along with water rehabilitation (and how that connects to... Heidegger!) 🍏 How water needs to be presented in a fun and lively way instead of focusing on the negative reconnection 🍏 Why and how a 'Water Incubator' could turn the tables 🔥 ... and of course, we concluded with the 𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙞𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 🔥 ➡️ Send your warm regards to Michael Stanley Gallisdorfer on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-stanley-gallisdorfer-b7871611/ ➡️ Get the Full Story (including an infographic and full transcript) here: https://dww.show/what-is-the-best-way-to-make-four-dollars-out-of-one/ Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

with 🎙️ Ulrike Kelm - Chair of the Woman in Water and Sanitation Network 💧 The Woman in Water and Sanitation Network is an active ambassador for gender equality, connecting and empowering female professionals, expanding women’s career opportunities, and increasing their visibility. What we covered: 🍏 The societal patterns we all grew up with, that might explain the 83/17 gender rate we experience in the Water Industry 🍏 How role models might be the best way to break those patterns, and how this starts with visibility 🍏 How regulations and strong incentives might be the only ways to overcome the gender imbalance 🍏 How networking leverages our social nature to bring the necessary support to every woman water professional to achieve herself 🍏 How the dream to break down gender barriers in water and sanitation might only be one generation away 🍏 How the full talent pool (regardless of gender considerations) will be needed to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals 🔥 ... and of course, we concluded with the 𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙞𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 🔥 ➡️ Send your warm regards to Ulrike Kelm on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ulrike-kelm/ ➡️ Get the Full Story (including an infographic and full transcript) here: https://dww.show/its-hard-to-be-what-you-cant-see-how-to-get-more-women-in-water/Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

with 🎙️ Abdelhakim El Fadil - Ph.D. Researcher and Podcast Host 💧 The "Smart Water Solutions" podcast addresses technical hints and industrial expertise to better exploit water treatment technologies. What we covered: 🍏 How Sales and Marketing people active in our very technical industry need competitive benchmarks and technical understanding 🍏 How podcasting is a powerful channel to save them hours of exhausting searches and cross-platform investigation 🍏 The three layers of information that shape the Water Sector 🍏 How Giving is the true Having, as the better way to understand a topic actually is to explain it. 🍏 The influence of product lifecycles in the Water Industry 🍏 The work behind every single technical deep dive 🍏 The similarities and differences between scientific papers and podcasts 🍏 The best ways to bridge industry and academia to build a successful path 🍏 How the Water Industry's product life cycles make it a totally different beast compared with IT or Software 🍏 What's the path of a successful Ph.D. researcher during and after the deep dive it involves 🍏 How the best way to learn is to take critics, especially if they are bad, and to DO rather than think 🔥 ... and of course, we concluded with the 𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙞𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 🔥 ➡️ Send your warm regards to Abdelhakim El Fadil on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abdelhakim-el-fadil-3240415b/ ➡️ Get the Full Story (including an infographic and full transcript) here: https://dww.show/how-to-do-competitive-intelligence-in-plain-sight-and-share-it-with-everyone/Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

with 🎙️ Gaetane Suzenet - Co-Founder of the European Water Tech Accelerator 💧 The European Water Tech Accelerator aims to boost European water start-ups to drive sustainable growth in the global water sector. What we covered: 🍏 How Environment, Economy, and Society shall work together to achieve a triple win, usually known as Sustainable Development 🍏 How Finance and Venture Capital shall be much more involved if we aim at a successful outcome 🍏 The strengths European start-ups usually draw on, but also the common weaknesses they share 🍏 How Market Positioning, Business Model, Go-To-Market Strategy, and Mindset often are the Water Industry Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. 🍏 Which type of company is the rarest whilst presenting the most potential 🍏 The ecosystem differences between North-America, Europe and Asia 🍏 How radical differentiation and transposition innovation might be applied to the Water Sector 🍏 Hypergrowth as a strategy in the Water Industry 🍏 New ways to tackle the innovation value chain 🔥 ... and of course, we concluded with the 𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙞𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 🔥 ➡️ Send your warm regards to Gaetane Suzenet on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gaetane-suzenet-a9671a18/ ➡️ Get the Full Story (including an infographic and full transcript) here: https://dww.show/is-entrepreneurship-the-missing-link-to-shape-the-future-of-the-water-industry/ ... And here's a legacy from last week, with Nicola Lei Ravello: this is not Investment Advice 🙂Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

We had been following the SUEZ Vs. VEOLIA drama in the podcast's Season 1: ▶️ When it first made the news: https://app.ausha.co/app/show/24535/episodes/preview/407461 ▶️ In a deep dive with Sebastien Mouret from Global Water Intelligence: https://app.ausha.co/app/show/24535/episodes/preview/431296 Well, the drama comes to an end! Both companies found an agreement to merge (... and split!) Discover Why, How, What and When in this special episode. Please reach out if you: - Are Bertrand Camus or Antoine Frerot and would like to have a shot at an interview with me 😀 - Are working for one of both companies and would like to share your opinion - Are a water professional concerned or glad the deal finally closes - Have any questions on the topic! I would love to make a deeper follow-up, looking at the whole story, stay tuned!Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

with 🎙️ Nicola Lei Ravello - Independent investment consultant and founder of White Stag Investing 💧 White Stag Investing is a research platform for responsible investments, focusing on sustainability as a source of value and stability in the long-term. What we covered: 🍏 How Finance could unlock something in the water sector and help it to grow and get better 🍏 How the four layers of the Water Industry might be appealing to different investor profiles, in isolation or as a portfolio 🍏 Why the Water Industry shouldn't be afraid of significant investment funds entering the water landscape 🍏 How there's still a long way to go for the Water Sector to be valued as it should. 🍏 What an Investment Firm actually is and does 🍏 What's the meaning of the stock market listing of Water Futures 🍏 What's the best balance between conservatism and entrepreneurial spirit to move the water sector forward 🍏 How finance can be a catalyst for change 🍏 What attracts the about 20 Investment Funds active in Water Venture Capital, and what strategies they are using to target the most promising prospects 🍏 How investment advice is another type of engineering, especially when you're building the right portfolio for the right investor 🍏 How to achieve product-market fit and why it requires a broader skillset than "just" top-notch engineering 🍏 Crazy-Stupid Ideas like, Could someone disrupt the water sector with a "Book My Water Treatment dot Com?" 🔥 ... and of course, we concluded with the 𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙞𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 🔥 ➡️ Send your warm regards to Nicola Lei Ravello on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nlr-whitestaginvesting/ ➡️ Get the Full Story (including an infographic and full transcript) here: https://dww.show/can-we-turn-finance-astoundingly-into-the-water-sectors-new-best-ally/ Let's put it here again: This is not Investment Advice 🙂Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

with 🎙️ Maika Pellegrino - Senior Project Manager, Water & Wastewater @Jacobs 💧 Jacobs was the World's n°1 Design Firm for the third year in a row as per ENR's ranking in 2020 What we covered: 🍏 How Engineering is at the same time a fundamental pillar and an often-overlooked field of the Water Industry. 🍏 How Equipment, Procurement, and Construction companies play different roles from one geography to another 🍏 How EPCs, OEMs, Consultants, and Industry Players collaborate, intersect or compete 🍏 How Consultant Engineers deal with long-term project planning and customer relationships 🍏 How their catalyst role brings many skills and professions together to warranty a successful outcome 🍏 How engineering is another way to play Lego 🍏 How dealing with a client's vision sometimes goes far beyond technical aspects 🍏 How engineers cannot be agnostic and have their favorite treatments (but also know when to be pragmatic!) 🍏 What's the right level of granularity to manage a project, and shall you really care about this valve? 🍏 How to deal with innovation and how this goes again far beyond the technical side of things 🍏 How having nature working for you might be challenging but so rewarding 🍏 How knowledge vanishes with the Silver Wave (and what to do about it) 🍏 How communication and politics influence the fate of water projects 🔥 ... and of course, we concluded with the 𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙞𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 🔥 ➡️ Send your warm regards to Maika Pellegrino on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maikapellegrino/ ➡️ Get the Full Story (including an infographic and full transcript) here: https://dww.show/how-to-consistently-deliver-on-the-promise-as-a-consultant-engineerHosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

with 🎙️ Brian Moloney - Founder & Managing Director @ StormHarvester 💧 StormHarvester is the leading company in smart drainage systems (and more). What we covered: 🍏 How a simple, sturdy yet brilliant concept could have saved Queensland 3 billion pound worth of infrastructure damage 🍏 How hyperlocal weather forecasts and existing network sensors make for a perfect combination if you leverage them cleverly 🍏 How and Why machine learning outperforms modeling 🍏 How it can save utilities tremendous money by preventing sewer blockages long before they happen 🍏 How better rainwater management is an opportunity for greywater reuse and landscaping 🍏 How actuation of networks might be the next frontier 🍏 On-Premise Vs. Cloud Solutions 🍏 Brian's Vision, Stormharvester's Mission & the role that Venture Capital plays in the Water Industry 🔥 ... and of course, we concluded with the 𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙞𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 🔥 ➡️ Send your warm regards to Brian Moloney on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-moloney-9a155229/ ➡️ Get the Full Story (including an infographic and full transcript) here: https://dww.show/fatbergs-right-ahead-not-if-you-harvest-the-right-data/Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

with 🎙️ Jim Lauria - VP Sales & Marketing at Mazzei Injector Company & with 🎙️ Adam Tank - Director, Software Solutions at Transcend Water 💧 Adam & Jim are the co-hosts of the "Water We Talking About?" Podcast What we covered: 🍏 Why two seasoned water professionals and conference speakers embarked on a podcast journey - and what they aimed to fix in the water industry 🍏 Why many water professionals, industry experts, and... podcasters fail at connecting with their market - and how to fix it 🍏 How partnering with a Behemoth online media helped our Boomer/Millenial duo to take off 🍏 The long-ball game Jim and Adam are playing to move the Water Sector forward 🔥 ... and of course, we concluded with the 𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙞𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 🔥 ➡️ Send your warm regards to Jim on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimlauria/ ➡️ Get a share of Adam's wisdom on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamtank/ ➡️ ...and another bit on Twitter: https://twitter.com/artank ➡️ Visit their dedicated Water Online Webpage: https://www.wateronline.com/solution/water-we-talking-about ➡️ Walk a worthy extra-mile on Adam's ThinkTank (you may want to subscribe to his newsletter!): https://www.adamtank.com/ ➡️ Learn to love water on Jim's Website (you may want to read one of his books!): https://jimlauria.com/ ➡️ Have a look at Transcend's fascinating attempt at disrupting engineering: https://www.transcendh2o.com/ ➡️ (or check our dedicated podcast episode: https://dww.show/save-time-boost-value-and-wow-customers-in-a-snap-with-these-5-simple-ai-steps/ ) ➡️ Inject some fresh Ideas in your treatment train with Mazzei (pun intended 😀) https://mazzei.net/ Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

🎙️ In the Rapid Fire Questions section of my interview with Björn Otto (S2E6), we both found out, we were facing each other in a micropollutant removal project in Switzerland, 10 years ago. 👑 At that time, Activated Carbon (and Björn!) won over Ozone 🤔 Would that still be true, 10 years later? ➡️ That's what we investigated, in a debate/fight/constructive discussion! This BONUS episode is a replay of the webinar we gave together on that matter. You can find the video version on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2w-iFvmCqw And you should definitely save the date: on April 7, we go for the next round! 🥊Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

with 🎙️ Graeme Pearce - Director @ Membrane Consultancy Associates 💧 Membrane Consultancy Associates is a consultancy practice bringing expertise and guidance in membrane technology. What we covered: 🍏 How membrane treatments evolved from a joke to a must-have 🍏 How a couple of lonely prophets actually defeated all odds to impose membranes in wastewater treatment 🍏 The perks of Membrane Bioreactors 🍏 Why MBRs swiftly took off in industrial applications and countries like China 🍏 The Anatomy of a Membrane Bioreactor 🍏 Polymeric vs. Ceramic Membranes 🍏 Flat sheet vs. Hollow Fiber Membranes 🍏 When it comes to Wastewater Treatment, size matters! 🍏 Some limits of MBRs 🍏 Why wastewater reuse will become mandatory 🔥 ... and of course, we concluded with the 𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙞𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 🔥 ➡️ Send your warm regards to Graeme Pearce on LinkedIn. ➡️ Get the Full Story (including an infographic and full transcript) here: https://dww.show/everything-you-always-wanted-to-know-about-mbrs-without-daring-to-ask Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

with 🎙️ Steven Kohn - CEO & Founder @ Wisewater 💧 Wisewater aims to provide simple and seamless devices to better conserve our most precious resource, aka water. What we covered: 🍏 How water scarcity is unfortunately here to stay, and what this involves politically but also in terms of water costs 🍏 Yes, we can all do something about it, and actually every day! 🍏 The steps Steven & Wisewater followed to come up with their first smart device 🍏 The truths about water that we tend to forget within the comfort of our modern societies 🔥 ... and of course, we concluded with the 𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙞𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 🔥 ➡️ Send your warm regards to Steven Kohn on LinkedIn. ➡️ Get the Full Story (including an infographic and full transcript) here.Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

with 🎙️ Gilad Yogev - Product Manager MABR Products @ Fluence 💧 Fluence is a global leader in decentralized water and wastewater treatment solutions. What we covered: 🍏 How actually MABR is not a typo for MBR or MBBR but maybe simply THE wastewater treatment technology of the 2020s 🍏 How membranes are used in this technology and how it revolutionizes the way air is introduced into wastewater 🍏 The roots of MABRs actually fit very well a John Lennon quote 🍏 The 2 main applications of MABRs (and the one Fluence believes might reshape the water sector as we know it 🔥 ... and of course, we concluded with the 𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙞𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 🔥 ➡️ Send your warm regards to Gilad Yogev on LinkedIn. ➡️ Get the Full Story (including an infographic and full transcript) here.Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

with 🎙️ Björn Otto - Business Unit and Marketing Director @ Hager + Elsässer 💧 H+E is one of the world's leading suppliers of water and wastewater technology with more than 30,000 turnkey plants in over 130 countries around the globe. What we covered: 🍏 The Special Sauve you need, to be efficient in marketing in the Water Industry 🍏 How marketing changed - or shall change - to move away from product marketing 🍏 What the shift of paradigm customer-centricity involves actually means for water marketers 🍏 3 Practices water marketers should stop at any cost, and right away! 🔥 ... and of course, we concluded with the 𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙞𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 🔥 ➡️ Send your warm regards to Björn Otto on LinkedIn. ➡️ Get the Full Story (including infographic and full transcript) here.Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

with 🎙️ Matthew Silver – Founder & CEO @ Cambrian Innovation 💧 Cambrian Innovation is a revolutionary provider of distributed wastewater treatment and resource recovery solutions. What we covered: 🍏 How starting a venture in the water industry is much harder than what one would think 🍏 How even when you can prove a new solution to be better, market adoption is not a given 🍏 What's behind the scenes of the AHA moment that changed Cambrian Innovation's destiny: introducing Water-Energy Purchase Agreements. 🍏 How Cambrian achieves to deliver top-notch treatment performance while providing back clean water and energy below utility prices. 🔥 ... and of course, we concluded with the 𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙞𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 🔥 ➡️ Send your warm regards to Matthew Silver on LinkedIn. ➡️ Get the Full Story (including infographic and full transcript) here.Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

🎉 We're kicking off a "Water & Wastewater 101" series today! The aim is to answer questions that you raise to us, thus this first one: what's the history of wastewater treatment? When did it start? Where does it come from? 🎧 We'll go from Mesopotamian to modern times, through Roman enlightenments and medieval dark ages. Sit back and relax! If you also have questions you'd like us to answer, raise your hand on LinkedIn or via our contact form! https://dww.show/contact/ ➡️ You'll find the full show notes (including Infographics!) right here: https://dww.show/about-how-long-have-wastewater-treatment-plants-been-in-existence/Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

with 🎙️ Kimberley Baker – Director of Water Innovation at the Elemental Excelerator 💧 Elemental is a non-profit Growth Accelerator supporting entrepreneurs who are building world-changing companies. What we covered: 🍏 How Elemental picks and selects 15 to 20 companies out of 5'000 informal discussions and 800 applications every year. 🍏 How those companies behave and grow once they have joined the Excellerator - eventually raising an astonishing 1.5 billion follow-on funding 🍏 Elemental's special kick, and what it means to be nonprofit when you're a growth accelerator 🍏 How Diversity is a fundamental part of sustainable development (and how to promote and develop it) 🔥 ... and of course, we concluded with the 𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙞𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 🔥 ➡️ Send your warm regards to Kim Baker on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimberly-baker-15446ba/Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

with 🎙️ Matthew Silver – Founder & CEO @ Cambrian Innovation 💧 Cambrian Innovation is a revolutionary provider of distributed wastewater treatment and resource recovery solutions. What we covered: 🍏 How Cambrian Innovation evolved from an applied R&D company, working in the aerospace field on a NASA grant, to an industrial wastewater treatment specialist (for instance, for Beer Breweries) 🍏 How solving a high potential Riddle around anaerobic biological treatments brought the company to its breakthrough EcoVolt product line 🍏 How bioelectrically-enhanced treatment solutions clear high strength wastewater challenges 🍏 What paved the path of the 13-year old Cambrian Innovation (in key figures) 🔥 ... and of course, we concluded with the 𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙞𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 🔥 ➡️ Send your warm regards to Matthew Silver on LinkedIn. ➡️ Get the Full Story (including infographic and full transcript) here. .Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

with 🎙️ Haris Kadrispahic – Head of Innovation at LiqTech International 💧 LiqTech is a technology company specialized in high-end membrane solutions What we covered: 🍏 How does a Danish Company aiming to develop and produce water and air filtration technologies end-up being NASDAQ listed? 🍏 What makes Silicon Carbide a very special material, when it comes to membrane technologies? 🍏 3 Reasons to prefer ceramic over polymer membranes 🍏 How LiqTech identified the need for a new membrane-type by exploring a new market vertical and how this translates into a brand new hybrid technology 🍏 What might be the future of membrane treatments? 🔥 ... and of course, we concluded with the 𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙞𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 🔥 ➡️ Send your warm regards to Haris Kadrispahic on LinkedIn. ➡️ Get the Full Story (including infographic and full transcript) here. We address water treatment, wastewater treatment, the water industry, being a water technology company and much more!Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

with 🎙️ Elango Thevar – Founder & CEO @ NEER.ai 💧 NEER.ai is a Start-Up aiming to redefine Water Management through Artificial Intelligence What we covered: 🍏 Why leave a cushy job and its associated good money in the middle of a pandemic 🍏 How reading one book became a decisive trigger to leverage a 15-year corporate experience and make an impact that lasts 🍏 Why water utilities might be betting on the wrong horse today when they’re planning their Infrastructure works – especially the smaller ones 🍏 How NEER’s technology enables to make the most out of every dollar invested in network upgrades 🍏 How this allows to cut non-revenue water, improve overall sustainability and build for tomorrow 🔥 ... and of course, we concluded with the 𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙞𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 🔥 ➡️ Send your warm regards to Elango Thevar on LinkedIn. ➡️ Get the Full Story (including infographic and full transcript) here.Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Hallo, Bonjour and Welcome to the... CritterCast Podcast! April's Fool! 🐟 Exactly, we're April the first, and today we're up for a Podcast Switcheroo. If you're not familiar with the concept, it refers to The comic strip switcheroo, which was a massive practical joke in which several comic strip writers and artists, without the foreknowledge of their editors, traded strips for a day on April Fools' Day 1997. 🎊 So that's what we're replicating today, transposed to podcasts! I'll leave you with Koreena and Cassie from the CritterCast Podcast in an instant. Don't forget, if you like what you'll be hearing, check out the link to their feed and social media: Website: www.crittercastpodcast.com FB: https://facebook.com/CritterCast IG: https://instagram.com/crittercastpodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/CastCritter 🎙️ Ladies, the scene is yours!Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

with Orianna BRETSCHGER, Founder & CEO @ Aquacycl 🎙️ Orianna Bretschger is Founder & CEO at Aquacycl, an award-winning, woman-owned Water Start-Up that might reshape your vision of hard-to-treat wastewaters. What we covered: 🍏 Microbial Fuel Cells: when amazing natural bacteria species breathing electricity can be triggered to treat incredible COD levels 🍏 Two simple product design and product-market fit moves, that enabled Aquacycl to make it economical where others failed 🍏 How modularity and ease of use empower a perfect fit to an industrial process' variability. (and how this can be linked to 𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘦) 🍏 How source-remediation lightens the burden on the municipal wastewater treatment plant downstream 🔥 ... and of course, we concluded with the 𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙞𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 🔥 ➡️ Send your warm regards to Orianna Bretschger on LinkedIn. ➡️ Get the Full Story (including infographic and full transcript) here.Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

with Fajer Mushtaq - Co-Founder & CEO @ Oxyle AG 🎙️ Fajer Mushtaq is Co-Founder & CEO at Oxyle AG, and award-winning Water Start-Up offering a Swiss Solution to a Global Problem. What we covered: 🍏 How do long-time banned substances keep polluting our raw water sources? 🍏 How and where shall we treat the round 100'000 different chemical substances one can find in water? 🍏 A revolutionary way of leveraging the most potent oxidant: the hydroxyl radical 🍏 How to smartly monitor wastewater quality and treatment efficiency 🔥 ... and of course, we concluded with the 𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙞𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 🔥 ➡️ Send your warm regards to Fajer on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fajer-mushtaq-0908/ ➡️ Get the Full Story (including infographic and full transcript) here: https://dww.show/how-to-solve-a-global-challenge-in-an-easy-affordable-innovative-and-efficient-way/Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

with Stéphane GILBERT - CEO and co-founder @ AQUASSAY In today's episode, Stéphane reveals how his company improves industrial water efficiency while turning Operators from Agelast to Blissful. What we covered: 🍏 Water is everywhere in industrial processes, yet widely invisible 🍏 Fixing the water cycle within a factory means first and foremost improving industrial performance 🍏 Solving unsuspected process challenges might be just one-valve away 🍏 The 3-step process that saves tremendous money in operating costs every year 🍏 How WOWing your customers eventually turns them into raving fans 🔥 ... and of course we concluded with the 𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙞𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 🔥 References: http://france-water-team.com/ https://aquassay.com/ ➡️ Send your warm regards to Stéphane Gilbert on his LinkedIn page: https://bit.ly/30Ng3I8 ➡️ Get the Full Story (including infographic and full transcript) here: https://dww.show/the-astonishing-journey-of-a-forthcoming-french-tech-unicorn/Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

with Anthony DUSOVIC - Vice-President Strategic Projects @ SUEZ in North America 🎙️ Anthony Dusovic is Vice-President Strategic Projects at SUEZ in North America, the US' second-largest environmental services firm. What we covered: 🍏 Back to the roots: Why do we treat water? And what are the challenges that the water industry still needs to address? 🍏 What are #PFAS compounds and how are they regulated? Is it a major concern or the latest trend? 🍏 How can one treat them? Which routes does SUEZ currently explore? 🍏 On a broader level, what are Utilities' future challenges? 🔥 ... and of course, we concluded with the 𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙞𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 🔥 ➡️ Send your warm regards to Anthony Dusovic on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-dusovic-1900265/ ➡️ Get the Full Story (including infographic and full transcript) here: https://dww.show/invisible-yet-actually-in-your-blood-behind-the-scenes-of-the-pfas-threat/Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

with Ari RAIVETZ - CEO @ Transcend Software Inc. 🎙️ Ari Raivetz is Chairman and CEO of Transcend, an incredibly innovative company that provides software to automate any vertical asset's preliminary engineering. What we covered: 🍏 How scratching their own itches, Transcend's engineers came up with a revolutionary take on early engineering stages 🍏 How AI, Process Modeling, Cloud, and many others combine to deliver overnight what previously took weeks 🍏 The virtual 5-step process that turns simple inputs into ready-to-ship documentation 🍏 How this builds for a win-win between all project stakeholders with more quality time for value-added tasks 🔥 ... and of course, we concluded with the 𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙞𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 🔥 ➡️ Send your warm regards to Ari Raivetz on his LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ari-raivetz-966515/ ➡️ Get the Full Story (including infographic and full transcript) here: https://dww.show/save-time-boost-value-and-wow-customers-in-a-snap-with-these-5-simple-ai-steps/Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

with Paul VAN DE GRIFT - Business Developer @ Bluecon International 🎙️ Paul Van de Grift is Business Developer Spain, Portugal, and Latin America at Bluecon International, a company that developed a compact system for decentralized municipal wastewater treatment. What we covered: 🍏 How different the wastewater challenge is from one place to another, and how the smaller a community is, the worse it gets. 🍏 How 'Blueconizing' water addresses this gap - and what that made-up verb actually means. 🍏 The physical-only steps his company packs into shipping containers. 🍏 A 360 perspective on the many implementation possibilities such a compact and decentralized solution offers. 🔥 ... and of course, we concluded with the 𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙞𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 🔥 ➡️ Send your warm regards to Paul Van De Grift on his LinkedIn page:https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-van-de-grift-09074014/ ➡️ Get the Full Story (including infographic and full transcript) here: https://dww.show/how-to-clear-remote-places-problems-solve-environmental-issues-and-revive-wastewater-in-a-blast/Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

➡️ We just turned 2'000 downloads with the #podcast, and I still can't believe it! I remember that anecdote when I was three weeks into the experiment. I was discussing with one of these "influencer gurus". She asked, "so what's your show about?" "Water & Wastewater Treatment" "Well, that sounds niche..." 😒 I smiled and went on. 7.8 billion people rely on water to survive. If that's a niche, I don't know what's not! 🤔 Fast forward to last week: we not only passed the 2'000 downloads but also reached 75'000 infographic views on LinkedIn! I get this is still baby steps compared to beauty influencers on Instagram. But it's something, and I'm so glad we achieved this something! Every step towards better information sharing in the #waterindustry counts! Every step towards the preservation of water counts. 🤗 So to celebrate together, and summarize one of the main trends my guests have been addressing over the last weeks, I prepared you a special episode: ❓ How to cleverly embrace the digital craze❓ The 🔥 rapid-fire questions🔥 are this time for you: ➡️ What topics would you like us to address in the coming weeks? ➡️ What is the trend we shall explore? ➡️ Who should I invite? I'm thrilled to read your answers! ➡️ Get the Full Story (including infographic and full transcript) here: https://dww.show/how-to-cleverly-embrace-the-digital-craze-in-the-water-industry/Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

with Nick NICHOLAS - Technical Director @ Genesis Water 🎙️ Nick Nicholas is the Technical Director of Genesis Water Technologies, an award-winning leader in specialized drinking water & wastewater treatment and reuse solutions. What we covered: 🍏 Why companies should consider sustainability as a priority (especially in shaky times) 🍏 How Genesis Water Technology guides a typical plant manager through this transformative process 🍏 The 3 Pitfalls Industrials keep entangling themselves into 🍏 Key process insights you might value if dealing with PFAS removal 🔥 ... and of course, we concluded with the 𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙞𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 🔥 ➡️ Send your warm regards to Nick Nicholas on his LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/genesiswatertech/ ➡️ Get the Full Story (including infographic and full transcript) here: https://dww.show/water-sustainability-is-only-4-steps-away-if-you-escape-those-3-pitfalls/Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

with Ravid LEVY - Founder @ RLV Consulting 🎙️ Ravid Levy is the founder of RLV consulting services and a former VP Technology for Fluence and CTO for RWL water. In this episode, Ravid unveiled the rationale behind successful innovation in water and wastewater treatment, thus guiding us along the path from idea to commercial achievement. Stay tuned to get: His top 3 trending treatment technologies His advices to avoid pitfalls along the innovation way His take on skeptics and our industry in general What we covered: 🍏 Almost 20 years in the mirror: what Ravid's career taught him about the water & wastewater treatment industry 🍏 The technical and business sides of an organization talk different languages and can be "lost in translation". Bridging the gap is the key to success! 🍏 Innovation in the water industry: it might be slow, it won't be easy, but it is definitely happening (with the example of desalination) 🍏 Three trends to watch out in treatment technologies: digitization, AOPs and resource recovery from wastewater 🍏 The framework to success - or the "𝘙𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘥 𝘓𝘦𝘷𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘢" 🍏 Pitfalls to avoid along the way - which lead to a probable sequel episode as the story could not end there! 🔥 ... and of course, we concluded with the 𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙞𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 🔥 Resources: https://www.globalwaterintel.com/ https://www.amtaorg.com/ https://www.weftec.org/ ➡️ To send your warm regard to Ravid Levy, visit his LinkedIn page: https://bit.ly/2YHw9lD https://dww.show/how-ideas-come-to-life-in-water-wastewater-treatment/Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

with Wim AUDENAERT - CEO and Co-Founder @ AM-TEAM 🎙️ Wim Audenaert is the CEO and Co-Founder of AM-TEAM, a company offering leading-edge simulation services for process optimization and design. What we covered: 🍏 Why developing new water treatment processes the conventional way is unnecessarily slow and expensive - and what to do instead 🍏 Why having a functional process that you don't understand is useless 🍏 The simple trick that allows you to take the risk out of experimenting with your plant's operation 🍏 What's in for water professionals, beyond today's capacities of process modeling 🔥 ... and of course, we concluded with the 𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙞𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 🔥 ➡️ Send your warm regards to Wim Audenaert on his LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wim-audenaert-81277858/ ➡️ Get the Full Story (including infographic and full transcript) here: https://dww.show/how-to-actually-surpass-a-life-of-uncertain-piloting-with-this-simple-hack/Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

with Sebastien MOURET - Europe and CIS Editor @ Global Water Intelligence 🎙️ Sebastien Mouret is Europe and CIS editor at Global Water Intelligence, the leading publisher and events organizer serving the international water industry. In this very special episode, we made a 360° round view of the VEOLIA attempt to acquire SUEZ, which could - or could not - be closing today. Thanks to Sebastien's expertise, we addressed: 🍏 How the two last months might have reshaped the water industry as we know it. 🍏 How SUEZ and VEOLIA quarrel from Press Release to Media Appearance and why you should not believe all of their assertions. 🍏 How SUEZ might struggle to bring a white knight into play. 🍏 Why the Merger's ability to create a more vigorous champion at all is questionable 🍏 Meridiam's role, hypothetical synergies, shareholder cajoling, unions entering a game that was thoughtfully prepared by Veolia... and so much more! 🔥 ... and of course, we concluded with the 𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙞𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 🔥 Resources: https://www.gwiwaterdata.com/ https://www.globalwaterintel.com/ ➡️ Send your warm regards to Sebastien Mouret on his LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/s%C3%A9bastien-mouret-5a636259/ ➡️ Get the Full Story (including infographic and full transcript) here: https://dww.show/behind-the-scenes-of-the-veolia-suez-bomb-will-it-really-happen/ Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

with Sreenath BOLISETTY - CEO and Co-Founder @ BluAct Technologies 🎙️ Sreenath Bolisetty is the CEO and Co-Founder of BluAct Technologies, an award-winning spin-off company of ETH Zürich that ambitions to trigger a revolution in water purification. What we covered: 🍏 The single secret ingredient, known by bodybuilders, that might solve an everlasting challenge for wastewater treatment processes 🍏 How, starting with an industrial target, Sreenath ended up with a mission to improve drinking water treatment worldwide 🍏 How BluAct's technology might enter your homes very soon 🍏 The many welcome side effects beyond BluAct technology's core application 🔥 ... and of course, we concluded with the 𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙞𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 🔥 ➡️ Send your warm regards to Sreenath Bolisetty on his LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sreenath-bolisetty-2627a312a/ ➡️ Get the Full Story (including infographic and full transcript) here: https://dww.show/will-this-bodybuilders-secret-disrupt-water-treatment/Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

with Walid KHOURY - Passionate Water Strategist & LinkedIn Influencer 🎙️ Walid Khoury is followed by over 21'000 water professionals on LinkedIn, where he runs daily water talks under his #WaterQuestion channel, both in written and video form. What we covered: 🍏 The wisdom Walid acquired, by evolving from field engineering to general manager and vice-president positions in three major water companies 🍏 How human achievements and business performances walk hand in hand, and how you can apply that in your company from today on 🍏 How does it look like, behind the scenes of his #WaterQuestions, and what would be his subjective top three of topics and answers that blew his mind 🍏 Is he a 𝙇𝙞𝙣𝙠𝙚𝙙𝙄𝙣 𝙄𝙣𝙛𝙡𝙪𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙧? And if yes, how can he leverage this influence to bring the water industry forward? 🔥 ... and of course, we concluded with the 𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙞𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 🔥 Resources: http://walidkhoury.com/ https://www.globalwaterintel.com/ https://www.wef.org/ https://www.awwa.org/ ➡️ Send your warm regards to Walid Khoury on his LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/walidkhoury/ ➡️ Get the Full Story (including infographic and full transcript) here: https://dww.show/how-to-reach-23k-followers-in-a-few-months-in-the-water-industry/Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

with Imre TAKACS - CEO and founder @ Dynamita 🎙️ Imre TAKACS is CEO and Founder at Dynamita, the company that markets SUMO, a wastewater process simulator with open model source code. What we covered: 🍏 How 40 years and 4 generations of modeling packages changed the world of process design (and what that implies for the users) 🍏 The single trick that allows to check if a few tens of million dollar process is worth the spending 🍏 How you can optimize a treatment process today, and explore future challenges 🍏 What hides beyond the "digital twin" buzzword 🔥 ... and of course we concluded with the 𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙞𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 🔥 Resources: http://www.dynamita.com/ ➡️ Send your warm regards to Imre Takacs on his LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/imre-takacs-97535228/ ➡️ Get the Full Story (including infographic and full transcript) here: https://dww.show/how-to-reap-heavy-benefits-out-of-a-sumo/Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

with Ravid LEVY - Founder and Consultant @ RLV-consulting services 🎙️ Ravid Levy is back after his first podcast appearance that you can find back here: https://smartlink.ausha.co/dont-waste-water/2-how-ideas-come-to-life-in-water-wastewater-treatment From his rich experience, he discusses the trend in the water industry towards standardization (in general) and containerized solutions (in particular). As Ravid says: "As counter-intuitive as it sounds, standardization demands high creativity and innovation! Yet, as standard and compact a solution becomes, it is still not a one-size-fits-all" What we covered: 🍏 The truth about prefabrication. Is it as flawless as it sounds? 🍏 How to reap the benefits of off-site fabrication (and what they are) 🍏 The single confusion everyone keeps doing 🍏 Why a powerful solution should not be mistaken for a silver bullet 🍏 Water treatment system is not a TV. So why would you approach it the same way? 🔥 ... and of course we concluded with the 𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙞𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 🔥 (and some more!) ➡️ Send your warm regards to Ravid Levy on his LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ravid-levy-6b714773/ ➡️ Get the Full Story (including infographic and full transcript) here: https://dww.show/the-fine-line-between-plug-and-play-plug-and-pray/Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

The news triggered a small bomb in the water industry on Sunday night: the number one company in the world - Veolia - intends to buy its runner up - Suez. Let's try to dig into it, and to understand the roots of this multi-billion € move, that would create a 45-billion € yearly turnover environmental giant!Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

with Christos CHARISIADIS - R&D Engineer @ Lenntech 🎙️ After having been trained as a civil engineer, with specialization in hydraulic construction, Chrstos majored in water and wastewater treatment through two masters. He's passionate about desalination, wastewater reuse, brine treatment and above all, innovative approaches. Lenntech dedicates to innovative water treatment and membrane separation solutions. Their mission is to provide their customers with the most professional, efficient and reliable water treatment service available. What we covered: 🍏 Why the most important initial in "R&D" is neither "R" nor "D" 🍏 How to solve a treatment riddle and why this is a team sport 🍏 How a concept invented in ancient Rome never has been so relevant 🍏 Harsh, strict and demanding regulations are a blessing. Here's why. 🍏 The truth about brines and what to do with them 🍏 Zero, Minimum… Here's why less is more! 🔥 ... and of course we concluded with the 𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙞𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 🔥 References: https://www.lenntech.com/Data-sheets/ZLD-booklet-for-Lenntech-site-min-L.pdf ➡️ Send your warm regards to Christos Charisiadis on his LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christos-charisiadis-88a5233b/ ➡️ Get the Full Story (including infographic and full transcript) here: https://dww.show/its-time-to-recover-that-damn-wastewater/Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

with Ari GOLDFARB - CEO @ KANDO KANDO is a company that provides wastewater insights to cities by analyzing real-time data that is retrieved from IOT sensors located at strategic points around the network. What we covered: 🍏 The single greatest source of insights on a city’s population and how to leverage it 🍏 The four level of activities in the digital world - and why you should stop at #3 🍏 How fighting unawarenesses dramatically shifts the paradigm on both ends of the wastewater cycle 🍏 The three-step process KANDO uses to support the company’s ambition to change the world. 🔥 ... and of course we concluded with the 𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙞𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 🔥 References: https://www.kando.eco/ ➡️ Send your warm regards to Ari Goldfarb on his LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ari-goldfarb-7a475616/ ➡️ Get the Full Story (including infographic and full transcript) here: https://dww.show/how-to-fight-a-pandemic-with-the-help-of-your-feces/Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

with Stéphane GILBERT - CEO and co-founder @ AQUASSAY In today's episode, Stéphane reveals how his company improves industrial water efficiency while turning Operators from Agelast to Blissful. What we covered: 🍏 Water is everywhere in industrial processes, yet widely invisible 🍏 Fixing the water cycle within a factory means first and foremost improving industrial performance 🍏 Solving unsuspected process challenges might be just one-valve away 🍏 The 3-step process that saves tremendous money in operating costs every year 🍏 How WOWing your customers eventually turns them into raving fans 🔥 ... and of course we concluded with the 𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙞𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 🔥 References: http://france-water-team.com/ https://aquassay.com/ ➡️ Send your warm regards to Stéphane Gilbert on his LinkedIn page: https://bit.ly/30Ng3I8 ➡️ Get the Full Story (including infographic and full transcript) here: https://dww.show/the-astonishing-journey-of-a-forthcoming-french-tech-unicorn/Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

with Katia WASIAK - CTO and General Manager @ SUEZ WTS 🎙️ Katia Wasiak is Chief Technical Officer of the Purification and Disinfection BU at SUEZ WTS, as well as General Manager of Degremont Technologies in Switzerland. In today's episode, Katia guides us through her steps and her three lives in water and wastewater treatment, thus highlighting the n°1 rule to be successful in innovation. What we covered: 🍏 Creativity is a process, which relies on 4 Key Pillars (... and #2 is the one that moves you from average to great!) 🍏 You need to feed your funnel? These 2 processes will drive innovation through it! 🍏 The 2 frameworks that will enhance your creativity (and unleash the one of your team) 🍏 The 2 killing innovation inhibitors that you should carefully control and prevent 🔥 ... and of course we concluded with the 𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙞𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 🔥 ➡️ Send your warm regards to Katia Wasiak on her LinkedIn page: https://bit.ly/3k8J2xI ➡️ Get the Full Story (including infographic and full transcript) here: https://dww.show/the-10-secrets-to-an-outstanding-innovation-culture-that-boil-down-to-one/Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

with Thomas DEBRUYNE - Asia Pacific Digital Manager @ Veolia Water Technologies 🎙️ Thomas Debruyne is Asia-Pacific Digital Manager for Veolia Water Technologies. He also holds a role of Food & Beverage Market Segment Manager, and is a former Operation Director Network Services, and General Manager Smart Water Services. In today's episode, Thomas unveils the digital approach that allows Veolia to increase treatment capacity, reduce energy and chemical consumptions and improve the hydraulic balance of existing WWTPs without any kind of civil works. What we covered: 🍏 What if digital wasn't a disruption at all, but simply the latest leg in a 20 year's journey? 🍏 While we're at it, what exactly is 𝙙𝙞𝙜𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣? 🍏 The 4 bricks of Veolia's digital brand 🍏 The road to digitization (and how it can save you big money) 🍏 Digitization applied: what to expect - 𝙡𝙚𝙩'𝙨 𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙠 𝙣𝙪𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙨 🍏 Cyber-Security, the elephant in the room? 🔥 ... and of course we concluded with the 𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙞𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 🔥 Find the show notes here http://dww.show/how-to-almost-double-treatment-capacity-in-about-no-time/ Resources: https://www.globalwaterintel.com/ https://watersensitivecities.org.au/ https://ceowatermandate.org/ https://iwa-network.org/ ➡️ Send your warm regards to Thomas Debruyne on his LinkedIn page: https://bit.ly/3hGOSEx ➡️ Get the Full Story (including infographic and full transcript) here: https://dww.show/how-to-almost-double-treatment-capacity-in-about-no-time/Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

with Ravid LEVY - Founder @ RLV Consulting 🎙️ Ravid Levy is the founder of RLV consulting services and a former VP Technology for Fluence and CTO for RWL water. In today's episode, Ravid will unveil the rationale behind successful innovation innovation in water and wastewater treatment, thus guiding us along the path from idea to commercial achievement. Stay tuned to get: His top 3 trending treatment technologies His advices to avoid pitfalls along the innovation way His take on skeptics and our industry in general What we covered: 🍏 Almost 20 years in the mirror: what Ravid's career taught him about the water & wastewater treatment industry 🍏 The technical and business sides of an organization talk different languages and can be "lost in translation". Bridging the gap is the key to success! 🍏 Innovation in the water industry: it might be slow, it won't be easy, but it is definitely happening (with the example of desalination) 🍏 Three trends to watch out in treatment technologies: digitization, AOPs and resource recovery from wastewater 🍏 The framework to success - or the "𝘙𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘥 𝘓𝘦𝘷𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘢" 🍏 Pitfalls to avoid along the way - which lead to a probable sequel episode as the story could not end there! 🔥 ... and of course we concluded with the 𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙞𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 🔥 Get the full show notes under http://dww.show/how-ideas-come-to-life-in-water-wastewater-treatment/ Resources: https://www.globalwaterintel.com/ https://www.amtaorg.com/ https://www.weftec.org/ ➡️ To contact Ravid Levy, visit his LinkedIn page: https://bit.ly/2YHw9lDHosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

with Laurent DE FRANCESCHI - Head of Applications @ SUEZ WTS What we covered: 🍏 How to get a representative water sample, and why that matters. 🍏 If you don't know what you're after, you have no chance to succeed. 🍏 Yes, literature helps. But don't forget: 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦. 🍏 Test it, wastewater doesn't lie. In the lab. In the field. Wherever needed! 🍏 You need to team up to upscale. 🍏 The 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘶𝘤𝘦 was there from the beginning: 𝗣𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡! 🔥 ... and of course we concluded with the 𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙞𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 🔥 You'll find the full episode notes under http://dww.show/how-to-solve-the-wastewater-riddle-in-6-steps/ Resources: https://ioa-pag.org/ https://iwa-network.org/ https://www.micropoll.ch/ For inquiries, you can contact Laurent here: https://www.suezwatertechnologies.fr/disinfection-contactHosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

We are glad to announce you today the inception of this new podcast! Our mission, is to help wastewater professionals to take the pulse of our industry, by interviewing experts and passionate people, every wednesday. You can follow our host on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/antoinewalter1/ This podcast in brought to you by GF Piping Systems You'll find anything you want to know about the podcast on: https://dww.show/Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.