Editorial/Topical

Talking Under Water Episode 83: Climate Variability & Infrastructure Challenges

Dec. 1, 2023

This episode explores the 2023 State of the Market Report: Response to Climate Variability.

In this episode of Talking Under Water co-host Katie Johns is joined by James Logan, water market leader for AEM. The two discuss the 2023 State of the Market Report - Response to Climate Variability, which examines infrastructure challenges, the impact of climate variability and more. They dive into industry challenges found in the report, including funding, and how companies and municipalities can factor climate variability into their future plans and projects.

Show Notes:

2023 State of the Market Report: Response to Climate Variability

Timestamps:  

 Intro | 0:00
Interview Starts | 0:56
Summary of the Market Report survey | 1:23
Biggest findings from the report | 2:15 
Climate change impacts on water, wastewater and stormwater systems | 3:20
How to address the aging infrastructure problem | 4:44
Funding for infrastructure projects | 6:06
The value of public outreach and education | 7:47
Utilities planning for climate variability | 8:23
Final thoughts and points | 10:31
Housekeeping | 11:47

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 Water & Wastes Digest (WWD), Water Quality Products (WQP) 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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About the Author

Katie Johns

Katie Johns, editor-in-chief of Storm Water Solutions and Water Quality Products, graduated from the University of Missouri in 2016 with a Bachelor of Journalism and a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish. Johns joined the Storm Water Solutions team in September 2019. Johns also helps plan the annual StormCon conference and co-hosts the Talking Under Water podcast. Prior to entering the B2B industry, she worked as a newspaper reporter and editor in Sarasota, Florida, and a magazine assistant editor in the Chicago suburbs. She can be reached at [email protected]