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Andrew Dugan, Copywriter & Marketing Strategist in the Water Industry, joins us to discuss his niche business in helping water industry professionals and practitioners tell their story. By combining a unique experience of engineering consultant, sales, and journalism, Andrew understands the water industry and helps busy water professionals create white papers, press releases, copywriting, and all kinds of useful content. In a world where good water information is critical to funding and public support, Andrew is filling a much needed gap.

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John Kemper, Research Scientist in the Department of Watershed Sciences at Utah State University, joins us to discuss his work creating water quality models and how these models can be applied to address contemporary water issues. We often discuss water quantity models, but water quality models are a magnitude greater in difficulty and complexity. With changing watershed conditions and increased wildfire activity, pollution loading, and emerging contaminants, these models will help us identify, track, and predict trends and assess the efficacy of our solutions. This exciting work could lead to greater water quality trading and markets. A great discussion about a useful technical tool.

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Rob Sowby, professor, working engineer, and author, joins us to discuss his new book "Terminus." Rob takes a unique approach to unpacking the complicated water management issues around the Great Salt Lake by weaving in personal stories and conversations with water users around the Lake. Rob brings a wealth of expertise to this journey and is able to highlight and describe complex water issues in a manner that is approachable and engaging. We end with the all-important emphasis on the power of community and shared values. This is a great read and a wonderful discussion.

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David Gory, Co-Founder and CEO of Airbuild, joins us to discuss Airbuild's incredibly innovative and exciting "Project Photosynthesis" pilot project in Green River, Utah. Through the power of algae, Project Photosynthesis creates multiple environmental benefits: 1) it cleans river water by removing nutrient loads, e-coli, and other pollutants; 2) it is a carbon-capture project that removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through algal photosynthesis and pyrolyzed biomass; 3) it produces biochar which can be used in a number of ways such as an organic fertilizer and "mulch" to promote soil moisture or as a replacement for limestone in concrete; 4) it also incorporates and repurposes local organic waste providing a service to local municipalities and agricultural producers; and several more bells and whistles. The excitement around this project is palpable - can't wait to see where it goes!

Check out the project website: https://www.airbuildinc.com/

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Emily Olsen, Vice President - Rocky Mountains for Trout Unlimited, Elizabeth Gonzalez, Operations Manager for Blue Commons, and Elijah Tangenberg of CKBlueshift, LLC, join us to talk about Blue Commons and their new ReBeaver Restoration Fund. This is an exciting discussion about Blue Commons and their innovative approach to bring readily available and deployable financing for water conservation projects in the Colorado River Basin. Blue Commons uses a variety of creative financing structures to make funds available to its partners for a number of needs such as project grant funding, bridge loans, and money to leverage other sources of revenue. As the ReBeaver Restoration Fund is the newest Blue Commons fund, we discuss Trout Unlimited's work to use Blue Commons to fund Beaver Dam analogs and similar technologies to restore watersheds in Arizona and Colorado. Very exciting work!

Check out the ReBeaver project: https://thebluebank.org/rebeaver

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Peter Culp, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, and Mary Kelly, Co-Founder and Partner Emeritus, join us to talk about the innovative work Culp & Kelly and Blueshift are undertaking at the nexus of water, climate, finance, and natural resource management. As a new partner with Culp & Kelly, your host Emily Lewis, talks with Mary and Peter about the creation of Culp & Kelly, the need for a different kind of business and legal model to address complicated water problems, and operating a mission-based organization. We also take the opportunity to ask two of the smartest people in the room about their thoughts on the last 15 years of water management, current trends, and predictions for the future. We end on a hopeful note about finding opportunity in times of change and the need to build a positive more equitable future.

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On the eve of our 200th episode, we are looking back on a similarly epic milestone, episode 100: Klamath Drainage District.

Reagan Desmond walks us through the complicated and complex world of the Klamath Basin. From Endangered Species actions, to water quality issues, to drought - the Klamath is a microcosm of the larger water world. Fantastic discussion!!

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On the eve of our 200th episode, we are looking back to the very beginning, episode 01: Massive Canals and Lots of Mint.

The heart of the Bear River Canal Company system has been in operation since the late 1880s. BRCC representatives Curtis Marble and Trevor Nielson discuss Company history, coming challenges, and opportunities for the future.