(don't) Waste Water! | Water Tech to Solve the World

About (don't) Waste Water! | Water Tech to Solve the World

❓ Ever wondered how the #WaterIndustry was reacting to our World's Water Challenges? Water Scarcity? #SDG6? PFAS? Climate Change? Circular Economy? Digitization and Smart Water? 💪 Get the Water Market pulse for free. In one hour per week, while you do the dishes! 📈 We talk water investment, water tech, water entrepreneurship and water market with entrepreneurs, thought leaders, book authors, scientists, investment funds, VCs, and C-Level experts from water majors. ➡️ Leverage their insights, advice & experience and ensure to stay on top of best practices 🗓️ Tune in every Wednesday (don't miss out! 😅) 🌐 Find all the detailed episode notes, interviews, infographics, and more at http://dww.show Currently in its 10th Season, the "(don't) Waste Water" podcast has already welcomed around 250 guests from Water Majors (SUEZ, Veolia, Jacobs, Xylem, Kemira, Evoqua, Aquatech, SKion Water...), Scale-Ups (Cambrian Innovation, Epic Cleantec, Gradiant, Liqtech, 374Water, Gingko Bioworks...), Start-Ups (Puraffinity, KETOS, 120Water, ZwitterCo, Membrion, Source...), Universities (Berkeley, the Columbia Water Center), Investment Funds (Sciens Water, Mazarine, Burnt Island Ventures...), Business Accelerators (Imagine H2O, Elemental...), Book Authors (Seth Siegel, David Sedlak, David Lloyd Owen...) or Market Intelligence Companies (BlueTech Research, Global Water Intelligence, World Bank, OECD, Isle Utilities...). Or simply water legends like Gary White, Mina Guli or Andrew Benedek! On the "(don't) Waste Water" podcast, I strive to make the Water Industry easy to understand for everyone, starting with water professionals, executives, and investors. Hence, he opens the microphone to seasoned, inspirational water experts to discuss their field of excellence. No one can claim an all-around in-depth understanding of a matter as complex as Water. But piece by piece, you can rebuild the puzzle. With curiosity, patience, and passion, Antoine Walter explores topics such as Advanced Treatment Technologies, Water-Energy Nexus (Hydrogen, Lithium...), PFAS removal, Nature-Based Solutions, Wastewater Reuse, Distributed Water Treatments, Water Finance, and Water Entrepreneurship. I actually firmly believe that regular listeners of the "(don't) Waste Water" podcast may, in the end, claim a "Water MBA!" A particular field of interest is how innovation forms, grows and gets widely adopted in a complex and conservative field like the Water Industry. This may be one of the keys to achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal n°6 - #SDG6. Oh, and in short, about me: I'm a water engineer turned avid student of the water business, market, finance, and tech. I'm married, a happy father of three, and I'm French (nobody's perfect 😅). Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Publisher

Antoine Walter

Category

science · technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

30 Jun 2020

Latest episode

9 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

31 of 507 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   9 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Why Is EVERYONE Getting Pushed Out of Saur? (WHAT’S REALLY GOING ON?) - Patrick Blethon got Ousted

   Host Antoine Walter interviews industry experts about Patrick Blethon's ousting from Saur, exploring the company's financial strategy and future.

2. 

   4 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   The End of the Water Operator As We Know It? | WEFTEC 2026

   Host Antoine Walter interviews industry experts at WEFTEC 2026, exploring how AI transforms water operations and supports, rather than replaces, human operators.

3. 

   25 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   How Smart Towns Make Data Centers Pay (w. Ralph Exton - WEF & Water AI Nexus Center of Excellence)

   Host [Host Name] interviews Ralph Exton, Executive Director of the Water Environment Federation, exploring how smart towns leverage data center water use for infrastructure funding.

Inside a recent episode

Why Is EVERYONE Getting Pushed Out of Saur? (WHAT’S REALLY GOING ON?) - Patrick Blethon got Ousted

Published 9 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] As a result of this original DNA, Soar made it its thing to own an impressive number of contracts without serving an equally impressive number of people. Back in 2004, Global Water Intelligence reported that SOAR had more French water contracts than Veolia and Suez combined, yet… The two together served five times more customers, meaning the average SOAR contract was far smaller than the two other giants. But that network of contracts, deeply entrenched in their local communities, turned out to be an asset. And this beyond the water industry. Think of it that way. People still need their water service regardless of the current shape of the rest of the economy, so a company with long operating contracts offers a stream of work that investors can plan around. […]

Who has been a guest on (don't) Waste Water! | Water Tech to Solve the World

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Ralph Exton
• William Janssen
• Ginger Rothrock
• Alex Passini
• Lorenzo Falzarano

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

219,211

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

13 ratings

Spotify

4.7 / 5

23 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 85 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

97

Social presence

91

YouTube

86

Engagement

51

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