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#161: Pivot Back To Nature

#161: Pivot Back To Nature

Fromwaterloop: exploring solutions


#161: Pivot Back To Nature

Fromwaterloop: exploring solutions

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Length:
20 minutes
Released:
Dec 5, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

During the last century, large engineering projects were used to control water resources. But in many ways, that man-made infrastructure is failing to meet challenges in the 21st century such as drought, flooding, pollution, and population growth.How can a pivot back to nature provide more sustainable solutions for water management?The nature-based approach is discussed in this episode with Sandra Postel, the author of Replenish and the Director of the Global Water Policy Project. Sandra discusses a variety of examples from across the U.S. of the benefits of nature-based solutions, including restoring the flow of rivers, putting watersheds to work, providing room for floods, and bringing down dams.waterloop is sponsored by Varuna, the tool that provides water utilities with full system awareness and offers a new resilience dashboard that identifies internal and external risks. Learn more at Varuna.citywaterloop is a nonprofit media outlet helping water leaders to discover solutions and drive change. Visit waterloop.org
Released:
Dec 5, 2022
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.