Pairing Water Tech with Economic Development with Cleveland Water Alliance’s Bryan Stubbs
Bryan Stubbs, the President and Executive Director of the Cleveland Water Alliance, provides a compelling case for the water tech model that embraces economic development while nestled along the shores of the Great Lakes where 21% of the world’s fresh surface water resided. In this session, you’ll learn about: Bryan’s entrepreneurial background in sustainable economic developmentHow Cleveland Water Alliance promotes the water economy in the Cleveland areaHow the Cleveland Water Alliance has fostered job growth in the Cleveland areaBryan’s explanation of innovation test beds for water technologiesHow the municipal utility test bed is trying to identify lead service lines without breaking groundHow mobile test beds allow greater technology testing and further reachHow the Cleveland Water Alliance has expanded into a regional player involving multiple geographiesHow a Data as a Service model helped accelerate the technology testingThe role of legal and insurance in building trust and making sure all risks are considered and adequately addressedThe process for accepting companies into the Cleveland Water Alliance’s programsHow Cleveland Water Alliance has developed buy-in with market participants and built up trust with utilities and other market participantsBryan’s perspective on climate change and its impact on water tech innovation and the impacts on the Great Lakes Resources and links mentioned in or relevant to this session include: Bryan’s LinkedIn profileCleveland Water Alliance’s website Thank You! Thanks to each of you for listening and spreading the word about The Water Values Podcast! Keep the emails coming and please rate and review The Water Values Podcast on iTunes and Stitcher if you haven’t done so already. And don’t forget to tell your friends about the podcast and whatever you do, don’t forget to join The Water Values mailing list!
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Show Notes
Bryan Stubbs, the President and Executive Director of the Cleveland Water Alliance, provides a compelling case for the water tech model that embraces economic development while nestled along the shores of the Great Lakes where 21% of the world’s fresh surface water resided.
In this session, you’ll learn about:
- Bryan’s entrepreneurial background in sustainable economic development
- How Cleveland Water Alliance promotes the water economy in the Cleveland area
- How the Cleveland Water Alliance has fostered job growth in the Cleveland area
- Bryan’s explanation of innovation test beds for water technologies
- How the municipal utility test bed is trying to identify lead service lines without breaking ground
- How mobile test beds allow greater technology testing and further reach
- How the Cleveland Water Alliance has expanded into a regional player involving multiple geographies
- How a Data as a Service model helped accelerate the technology testing
- The role of legal and insurance in building trust and making sure all risks are considered and adequately addressed
- The process for accepting companies into the Cleveland Water Alliance’s programs
- How Cleveland Water Alliance has developed buy-in with market participants and built up trust with utilities and other market participants
- Bryan’s perspective on climate change and its impact on water tech innovation and the impacts on the Great Lakes
Resources and links mentioned in or relevant to this session include:
Thank You!
Thanks to each of you for listening and spreading the word about The Water Values Podcast! Keep the emails coming and please rate and review The Water Values Podcast on iTunes and Stitcher if you haven’t done so already. And don’t forget to tell your friends about the podcast and whatever you do, don’t forget to join The Water Values mailing list!