In this episode of Talking Under Water, co-host Katie Johns interviews Roland Jones, market director for the Mid-Atlantic Region for the Clean Water Partnership and Corvias Infrastructure Solutions. The two discuss various aspects of flood control, including funding, flood mitigation challenges and implementing flood control measures.
Show Notes:
- U.S. Senators and Congressman announce $3.4 million in federal investments in Prince George’s County water infrastructure
- Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC. rebrands to CIS
- Forecasting the future: The Charles River Watershed flood model mitigates regional flood challenges
- Talking Under Water Episode 68: Flood control trends
- Celebrating 50 Years of the Safe Drinking Water Act
Timestamps:
- Introduction | 0:00
- Federal investments directed to flood control |1:57
- Criticality of funding for flooding measures | 3:20
- Importance of collaboration for stormwater projects | 4:41
- Challenges for flood control projects and efforts | 5:30
- Overcoming the ignorance of exposure | 7:16
- What municipalities can do to educate their efforts | 9:29
- Impacts of flooding on drinking water and wastewater | 11:54
- Education on flooding is vital | 14:02
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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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