Go With the Flow: Erica Gies on Embracing Water's Natural Path
Jul 22, 2024
What happens when we change our relationship to water? Can we stop trying to control water and just go with the flow?
Erica Gies, environmental journalist, National Geographic Explorer, and author of Water Always Wins: Thriving in an Age of Drought and Deluge sits down with host Jay Famiglietti to discuss how the...
Sewage Spillover in 'Mexico's Toilet Bowl': The Endhó Dam Crisis
Jul 22, 2024
The Endhó Dam north of Mexico City has been called “the largest septic tank in the world” and “Mexico’s toilet bowl”. Once designed to solve water problems in the region, it now receives wastewater from local industry and Mexico City.
Arizona State University doctoral students Raquel Neri, in the School of...
John Fleck on the Inconvenient Science of the Colorado River
Jul 22, 2024
What happens when science gets in the way of ambition, politics, and progress?
With a look back at the historical figures and forces that led to the overallocation of the Colorado River, and the consequences that continue to play out today, John Fleck joins Jay Famiglietti on What About Water? Fleck is a Water...
Tapped Out: The Dire State of America’s Groundwater
Jul 22, 2024
Humans are burning through our fossil fuels, and we're burning through our groundwater at an alarming rate. But are the powers that be even listening?
On this episode, Dr. Upmanu Lall joins host Jay Famiglietti to discuss why we’ve reached an “all hands on deck” moment with our groundwater crisis. Lall and...
Water Costs Money: How Gary White and Matt Damon are Bridging the Gap
Jul 22, 2024
The World Bank estimated in 2016 it would take $1.7 trillion USD to achieve universal access to clean water and sanitation by 2030. By other estimates that amount is now even higher.
Gary White is the CEO and Co-founder, along with Matt Damon, of Water.org and WaterEquity. The two also co-wrote the book The Worth of...