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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Episodes
24 episodes
California's Groundwater Governance Successes | Dr. Maurice Hall
California’s groundwater crisis did not emerge overnight. Decades of unrestricted pumping, falling groundwater levels, land subsidence, disappearing streamflows, and recurring droughts eventually pushed the state toward one of the world’s most ...
The Hidden Politics of Water Systems | Margreet Zwarteveen
Why is water never just a technical problem? Who gets water, who loses access, and who gets to decide?In this episode of the Water Data Podcast, Professor Margreet Zwartev...
How Satellite Tech Imaged the Global Groundwater Crisis | James (Jay) Famiglietti
How can a satellite measure water buried deep underground? What can space-based observations tell us about groundwater depletion across the world? And how is this data shaping the future of water policy and governance?Professor
The Water Data Podcast is back with Season 3!
Listen to host Veena Srinivasan as she continues to talk to researchers, innovators, government officials and business leaders working on the forefront of water systems. The show features rich conversations on the science, systems, and stories ...
The Social Science of Water: Beyond Hydrology ft Trevor Birkenholtz | Water Data Podcast
What does water have to do with power, caste, labor, and economic policy?In this episode of the Water Data Podcast, Professor Trevor Birkenholtz (Penn State U...
Participatory Groundwater Management with Himanshu Kulkarni | The Water Data Podcast
In this episode of The Water Data Podcast, host Veena Srinivasan speaks with Dr. Himanshu Kulkarni
Himanshu Kulkarni and Indian Hydrogeology | The Water Data Podcast
In this episode of The Water Data Podcast, host Veena Srinivasan speaks with Dr. Himanshu Kulkarni
The Art of Good Hydrological Modelling | Hubert Savenije
How can simple models explain the complexity of rivers, landscapes and water systems? Why does hydrology sometimes struggle to connect theory and reality?In this episode of the Water Data Podcast,
Nitrogen and Phosphorous Leave a Legacy of Water Pollution | Nandita Basu
When a lake turns green with algae, or nitrate shows up in drinking water, the most obvious question would be: Why can’t we fix this quickly?In this episode of the Water Data Podcast, Veena Srinivasan speaks with Professor Nandita Basu f...
Eco-Hydrology with Jagdish Krishnaswamy
How do forests shape our water security? Why do rivers need to flow? And what happens to fish, turtles and gharials when dams shut off water?In this episode, host
Creating Space for Water Collaboration with Henk Ovink
In this episode, host Veena Srinivasan speaks with Henk Ovink who is often called the world’s first “Water Dipl...
Groundwater, Climate Resilience & Africa’s Aquifers with Richard Taylor | Ep 8
How should we understand groundwater in a warming world? Why has groundwater become the climate resilience resource for millions of people and what do we now know about how fast recharge can occur? What does new data tell us about the ...
Environmental Water flows with Kate Brauman and Sejal Worah
How do we balance the science of water flows with the spiritual and social lives that rivers sustain? What does it mean to define “environmental flows” in a country where rivers are sacred? How can data, stories, and citizen science come togeth...
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Fertiliser overuse and Nitrogen pollution with Esha Zaveri
Nitrogen has been feeding billions, but it is now overloading our soils, waters, and air. Why is the fertilizer that fuels our food supply also creating a massive pollution problem? How do India's large fertilizer subsidies fit into this, and w...
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Groundwater in the Indo-Gangetic Basin with Alan M MacDonald
What makes the Indo-Gangetic Basin one of the most important aquifers in the world? How do stable isotopes, CFCs, and even traces of pharmaceuticals help us understand where groundwater comes from and how old it is? Can satellites like GRACE an...
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Hydrology in the 21st Century with Dr Murugesu Sivapalan
Professor Murugesu Sivapalan shares how the field of hydrology has evolved over the past few decades, on Season 2, Episode 5 of the Water Data Podcast.Prof Murugesu Sivapalan is the
Community and Groundwater Science with Dr Tom Gleeson
Host Veena Srinivasan sits down with Dr. Tom Gleeson, renowned hydrologist and Professor at the University of Victoria, Canada. Dr. Tom Gleeson...
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Flood Science and Management with Dr Guenter Bloeschl
How and why does flooding take place? How are flood risks evolving with climate change and large-scale human alteration of riverscapes and watersheds? Does it even make sense to measure a ‘100-year-flood’ any more?Stockholm Water Prize 2...
Groundwater and Markets with Dr Soumya Balasubramanya
Do farmers share and sell groundwater to each other informally? Can you price water for farmers? How does new technology get adopted in agriculture? Does solar irrigation make sense for India?
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Governing Water Resources with Dr Somasekhar Rao
How do you develop a water policy for a state like Karnataka, and how do you implement it well? How can you bring the best of science, engineering and citizen engagement to water management in government? What does it mean to build a think tank...
Trailer | Welcome to 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 forefr...
Corporate Water Stewardship & Data with Jason Morrison and Hari Hegde
The episode focuses on the role and use of data for corporate water stewardship. Our guests Hari Hegde from Wipro Limited and