Troubled Water

New York Timesbest-selling author Seth Siegel joins The Water Values Podcast to discuss his most recent book, Troubled Water: What’s Wrong with What We Drink. In this session, you’ll learn about:

Seth’s background and awakening to the water sector
Why Seth chose to write a book on our water systems
Seth’s conceptualization of the water governance problem
Why Seth believes government does a poor job of regulating government
Seth’s multi-faceted solution to the water governance problem
Seth’s history of how municipal ownership became the dominant water utility model
How consolidation will help address the problems with our utilities
How to convert safe drinking water from an environmental issue into a public health issues

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!

Show Notes

Other Episodes

Episode

TWV 072 – The Importance of Asset Management with CH2M’s Scott Haskins

Episode

TWV 139 – Groundwater Depletion and Water Conflict with Jay Famiglietti

Episode

How Quantified Conservation Works with The Freshwater Trust’s Joe Whitworth