Talking Under Water:  How to elevate groundwater desalination efforts

Feb. 2, 2024
In this week’s episode, EMWD General Manager Joe Mouaward provides insight into groundwater desalination.

In this week’s episode of Talking Under Water, co-host Katie Johns interviews Eastern Municipal Water District (EMWD) General Manager Joe Mouaward. EMWD has been elevating its work with desalinated water, so the conversation dives nto groundwater desalination, how stormwater plays a role and the importance of funding.  

Show Notes:  

Timestamps:   

  • Introduction | 0:08
  • The importance of groundwater desalination | 1:02
  • How EMWD uses its desalinated water | 4:02
  • How drought impacts desalination | 5:20
  • Funding and grant opportunities | 6:28
  • Final thoughts | 8:42
  • Housekeeping | 9:28

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About the Podcast   

Talking Under Water is the premier podcast for the water industry, including municipal and industrial water and wastewater, residential water treatment, storm water management and erosion control. It is produced in coordination between Wastewater Digest (WWD), WaterWorld and Storm Water Solutions (SWS). The podcast covers topics under the One Water movement including the municipal and industrial water and wastewater, point of use, point of entry, residential, storm water and erosion control markets. Talking Under Water highlights news, trends, new technologies, industry discussions and on-site interviews with experts for WWD, WQP and SWS. New episodes of the podcast are released on the third Friday of every month. Logo Images: Anatoly Tiplyashin / Romolo Tavani / stock.adobe.com.   

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