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

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