Water Online Highlights

  1. Turning The Tap On Water Awareness 7/9/2025

    The Water Online Show welcomes guest Paul Gagliardo, longtime water industry veteran and host of The Water Entrepreneur podcast. With a career that spans landfill operations to high-level innovation roles, Paul shares his journey into the water sector—highlighting his passion for technology startups and mentorship.

  2. Can Wastewater Help Fuel AI Growth? 7/9/2025

    The continuous growth of artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (HPC) is driving a proportional demand for data centers that can manage their substantial infrastructure requirements. This, in turn, presents a significant challenge: balancing the increasing need for computing resources with crucial sustainability goals, particularly regarding water usage.

  3. ABB Pumps Up Water Sustainability With Smart Technologies 7/9/2025

    Few resources are as vital to our health and well-being as clean water and sanitation. What we easily take for granted would not be possible without myriad sophisticated technologies – to be found from water extraction and purification plants, through pumping and delivery, to the efficient removal of wastewater and its processing.

  4. AMR Drives Exeter-Merritt Growing Water Network 7/9/2025

    Located in the state of Illinois, Exeter-Merritt Water Cooperative delivers safe and high-quality drinking water to approximately 300 residents from the county of Scott and Morgan. In 2011, the cooperative decided to do a phase 3 expansion and include additional homes in the rural area resulting in connections increasing from 154 to 325. Exeter and Merritt are small rural towns built on hilly terrains and gravel roads, with most of the meters installed in the countryside.

  5. Confronting Water Scarcity 7/9/2025

    In this episode of Water Talk, Angela Godwin sits down with Beth Powell, president of Fluid Conservation Systems, to discuss urgent challenges and promising innovations in the water industry. Powell highlights aging infrastructure—especially in the Northeast, where 150-year-old pipes are still in use—and rising concerns over water scarcity in the West.

  6. Cracking The Code On Water Loss 7/9/2025

    In this compelling episode of the Water Online Show, host Angela Godwin sits down with Krishna Prashanth from ABB to explore how modern utilities are tackling the growing challenges of water demand, climate change, and urbanization through smart technology.

  7. The Water Online Show: The Mayor, The Utility, And A New PFAS Plant 7/9/2025

    This episode of Water Online Show examines the critical issue of PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) contamination in water systems, focusing on Salem, New Jersey's proactive response. Salem partnered with New Jersey American Water, which took over the town's water and sewer utility after a community referendum, leveraging its expertise and resources to tackle the PFAS challenge.

  8. 120Water Enters A Bold New Chapter 7/9/2025

    Big changes are on the horizon at 120Water, and the Water Online Show captured it all. Host Angela Godwin sits down with founder Megan Glover and incoming CEO Casey Myers at AWWA’s ACE Convention in Denver to discuss a pivotal leadership transition.

  9. A Dynamic Trio For Water Networks — Smart Metering, Hydraulic Modeling, And AI 7/8/2025

    Non-revenue water is a global problem. Around 30% of drinking water is lost on its way to the consumer, imposing a huge economic loss that increases the overall cost of water treatment. The good news: By combining smart metering, hydraulic modeling, and AI, utilities can effectively increase their operational efficiency, reduce water losses, and optimize the utilization of increasingly scarce resources.

  10. The Future Of AI Is Looming 7/8/2025

    When people talk about artificial intelligence, they tend to sort into four camps — doomers, gloomers, bloomers, and zoomers. The doomers fear the robot apocalypse. The gloomers worry AI will automate away all the meaningful jobs. The bloomers are optimistic about AI innovation but want to take a measured approach with guardrails as the technology develops. And the zoomers? They’re already deep into it and want minimal regulation to accelerate progress. But I’d like to add a fifth mindset to the mix: the loomers.