The Water Data Podcast
The Water Data Podcast is a talk show on the science, systems, and stories of water hosted by Veena Srinivasan. Every other Tuesday, sit down and listen to researchers, innovators, government officials and business leaders working on the forefront of water systems.
Veena Srinivasan is an award-winning socio-hydrologist as well as the founder and Executive Director of WELL Labs, a water systems research and innovation centre based in Bengaluru, India.
The Water Data Podcast features discussions on what data and research tell us about water systems, about how climate change is affecting them and how human use of water is transforming the stock and flow of water across diverse landscapes and aquifers. The show focuses on how we can collectively manage water systems better.
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The Water Data Podcast
Latest Episodes
Why Safe Drinking Water Is More Than a Technology Problem with Isha Ray
What does it actually take to provide safe and affordable drinking water for everyone? And if households must store, filter, boil or buy water before they can safely drink it, can we really say the water system is providing a service?In ...
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Why More Water Won't Fix Water Scarcity with Newsha Ajami
How does saving water create a financial crisis for the utilities that supply it? And why do cities continue building water systems based on laws, infrastructure, and climate assumptions that are no longer relevant?In this episode of
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How does the world measure water? with Maggie Kossida
What does it mean to measure water for the entire planet? Who collects the data behind SDG 6? And how do numbers from hundreds of countries become a global picture of water security, sanitation, wastewater, ecosystems and governance?In t...
Can Data Help Communities Govern Water with Aaditeshwar Seth
What if technology was designed not to manage communities, but to strengthen their voice and agency?In this episode of the Water Data Podcast, Professor Aaditeshwar Seth of IIT Delhi joins...
Water Security: 80 Years of Global Water Policy with Dr Roberto Lenton
Where did the idea of “water security” come from? How did countries around the world come to agree on shared goals for drinking water, sanitation, river basin management and sustainable development? And why does water still lack the kind of glo...
