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waterloop #77: The Innovation of Environmental Impact Bonds with Eric Letsinger

waterloop #77: The Innovation of Environmental Impact Bonds with Eric Letsinger

Fromwaterloop: exploring solutions


waterloop #77: The Innovation of Environmental Impact Bonds with Eric Letsinger

Fromwaterloop: exploring solutions

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Length:
20 minutes
Released:
Feb 18, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Budgets are struggling to keep up with the scale and scope of water projects that need funding in communities across the U.S. At the same time, it is extremely difficult for public agencies to take risks on solutions that could address water challenges in more affordable and effective ways. In this episode Eric Letsinger, CEO of Quantified Ventures, discusses the rise of environmental impact bonds, an innovative financing tool that provides capital from investors for new approaches and bases the return on outcomes. Eric talks about a variety of uses of environmental impact bonds, including for green infrastructure in Washington, D.C.; flood mitigation in Hampton Roads, Virginia; water quality from agriculture in the Midwest; and restoration of coastal wetlands in Louisiana.
waterloop is made possible in part by grants from Spring Point Partners and the Walton Family Foundation.
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Released:
Feb 18, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

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A podcast helping water leaders to discover solutions and drive change. waterloop is for people who work in water at utilities, government, universities, engineering firms, technology companies, and environmental organizations. The podcast helps listeners to become more knowledgeable experts, creators of change in communities, and builders of a sustainable and equitable water future. waterloop is hosted by Travis Loop, who brings two decades of experience in journalism and water communications, including at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.