In this month’s episode of Talking Under Water, the hosts talk about the announcement from Radhika Fox that she is leaving the U.S. EPA Office of Water in February; the readoption of an emergency regulation for minimum flow of the Scott and Shasta rivers in California; Illinois EPA funding availability; and the entrance of Aqualia to the U.S. Market. This episode’s interview is with Andy Hanacek, the senior editor for Food Processing, a business-to-business brand covering the food processing industry, which is part of Endeavor Business Media just like Talking Under Water and its associated brands. Co-host Bob Crossen spoke with Hanacek about trends in food processing related to water and larger tends that overlap with the water industry such as sustainability, decarbonization and water reuse.
Show Notes
- Radhika Fox to leave EPA in February
- California sets emergency minimum flows for Scott, Shasta rivers
- Public Water Supply Energy Efficiency Grant Program Application
- Aqualia enters U.S. market
- US Census Bureau Population Growth
- To rehab or replace? How Houston Public Works is monitoring its water distribution assets to bolster infrastructure resilience
- Top ten episodes of Talking Under Water from 2023
Timestamps:
- Cold open | 0:00
- Host introductions and episode summary | 0:29
- Radhkia Fox to leave EPA | 1:34
- California sets emergency minimum river flows | 2:46
- Illinois EPA grant applications | 3:44
- Aqualia enters U.S. market | 5:33
- Interview begins with Andy Hanacek | 7:39
- Food processors and water reuse | 13:26
- Recycling heated water for energy savings | 19:08
- Trends in food processing | 23:42
- How food processing trends overlap with water | 31:15
- How money as a motivator leads to sustainable outcomes | 37:08
- Housekeeping | 41:11
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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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