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

By: Antoine Walter
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  • ❓ 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 200 guests from Water Majors (SUEZ, Veolia, Jacobs, Xylem, Kemira, Evoqua, Aquatech, SKion Water...), Scale-Ups (Cambrian Innovation, Epic Cleantec, 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 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. ABOUT ME: I'm a second-generation Water Professional - the legend says my dad traded excavator sessions for me in river banks against lunch invitations. I followed on this early start by completing a Master's in Hydraulics and Environmental Engineering, then won the "Golden Mission" contest organized by ENGIE (GDF-SUEZ). This led me to travel the Asia-Pacific region for one year to explore, amongst others, water treatment in Hong Kong, desalination facilities in Melbourne, water distribution management in Jakarta, water innovation in Singapore or social water projects in New Delhi and Gujarat. All of that was documented in videos, blog articles, radio spots, and conferences in engineering and business schools (that's where I got hooked!) I've then worked for SUEZ in Switzerland in strategic marketing, business development, and sales for the DACH and Nordic regions, with an emphasis on micropollutant removal. I then joined GF Piping Systems in 2017 to take over the business development for the company's services in Europe, then for all Water Treatment and Lithium topics worldwide. I've been a regular speaker at conferences on four continents, gave my first TEDx in 2022, and regularly acted as a host. Since 2020, I've been hosting the "(don't) Waste Water" podcast and giving lectures in Business and Engineering schools. I'm married, a happy father of three, and I'm French (nobody's perfect 😅).
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Episodes
  • S12E5 - How Capture6 Transforms Salt into a Climate Change Solution

    S12E5 - How Capture6 Transforms Salt into a Climate Change Solution
    Nov 27 2024

    🌊 Direct Air Carbon Capture AND Water Production? The unlikely duo revolutionizing climate action!

    More #water insights? Connect with me on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/antoinewalter1/


    #️⃣ All the Links Mentioned in this Episode #️⃣

    • Capture 6: https://capture6.com

    • Frontier Climate: https://frontierclimate.com/

    • Palmdale Water District (Project Monarch partner): https://www.palmdalewater.org/

    • California Energy Commission (Grant provider): https://www.energy.ca.gov/

    • Elemental Impact/Elemental Accelerator (Investor & incubator): https://elementalimpact.com/elemental-impact/

    • My (quite old, sorry!) conversation with with Kim Baker from Elemental Excellerator (at the time): https://smartlink.ausha.co/dont-waste-water/s2e4-how-to-be-a-beacon-and-trigger-1-5-billion-new-funding-as-a-fearless-nonprofit


    🎙️ Subscribe and Listen to the Don't Waste Water Podcast HERE 🎙️

    Podcast Channel: @dwwpodcast

    Main Channel: @AntoineWalterDWW

    Smartlink: https://smartlink.ausha.co/dont-waste-water

    Website: https://dww.show/podcast/


    👋 SOCIAL MEDIA 👋

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dwwpodcast/

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/AntoineWalter7


    🙋 QUESTION: What would you like me to cover next?


    ⏰ TIME CODES ⏰

    00:00 Introduction

    01:56 Elon Musk's XPRIZE and Carbon Capture

    04:27 Introducing: Luke Shors

    08:03 Combining Carbon Capture with Water Scarcity Solutions

    17:19 Technical Aspects of Capture6's Process

    23:32 Project Monarch: A Case Study

    34:24 Global Projects and Future Plans

    38:13 Business Model and Financing

    42:20 Carbon Credits and CDR

    46:16 Future Goals and Regulatory Impact

    53:08 Rapid Fire Questions


    #DirectAirCapture #WaterTech #CleanTech


    📝 IN THIS WEEK'S EPISODE

    🔬 How Capture 6 transforms salt into a revolutionary carbon capture solution while producing fresh water

    🌐 The ambitious roadmap across three continents: Project Monarch (US), Project Wallaby (Australia), and Project Octopus (Korea)

    💡 Why turning brine management from a cost center into a carbon removal opportunity could be key to scaling water treatment

    💰 How tax credits, government support, and innovative business models are making carbon removal viable

    🤝 The critical importance of finding the right project partners and investors in the challenging cleantech landscape


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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • S12E4 - How Carbonet Built Fake Plants to Fight the New Karen

    S12E4 - How Carbonet Built Fake Plants to Fight the New Karen
    Nov 13 2024

    We treat water with oil - true story! Coagulants and Flocculants used in wastewater treatment are oil-based and often feature Polyacrylamide (or PAM). But there's no other way around, right? Well, there's one, and it looks (very!) promising. Wanna find out? Listen to this!

    More #water insights? Connect with me on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/antoinewalter1/


    #️⃣ All the Links Mentioned in this Video #️⃣

    My conversation with Gingko Bioworks: https://smartlink.ausha.co/dont-waste-water/s10e9-coding-the-future-ginkgo-bioworks-synthesis-of-biology-and-technology

    My Growth Story with MembrIon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPlXltrIvWU

    Talk with Amielle on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amiellelake/

    ... or per email: amielle@carbonet.com


    🎙️ Subscribe and Listen to the Don't Waste Water Podcast HERE 🎙️

    Podcast Channel: @dwwpodcast

    Main Channel: @AntoineWalter

    DWW Smartlink: https://smartlink.ausha.co/dont-waste-water

    Website: https://dww.show/podcast/


    🙋 QUESTION: What would you like me to cover next?


    ⏰ TIME CODES ⏰

    00:00 In This Week's Episode

    03:55 Carbonet's Journey

    15:46 The Big Spring Show

    19:12 Building an Empire

    28:23 Exploring Business Models

    34:23 Advanced Material Technology and AI

    37:41 Commercialization and Future Plans

    41:24 Women's Equity Lab and Investment

    44:01 Rapid Fire Questions


    #WaterChemicals #ScaleUp


    About this Podcast: Welcome to the (don't) Waste Water podcast! In each episode, Antoine Walter from DWW Media shares water, wastewater & water entrepreneurship stories. This show will teach you the water industry like you've never seen it. If you're asking how the water sector will overcome the water crises ahead, this podcast is for you.


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    55 mins
  • Why Everyone's Betting BIG on Water in 2024

    Why Everyone's Betting BIG on Water in 2024
    Nov 11 2024

    Why is everyone suddenly obsessed with water technology? When GE sold its water division in 2017, nobody blinked. But in 2024, Georg Fischer's stock jumped 15% when they announced they're selling everything BUT water! Plus GF's not alone: DuPont and Danaher are making similar moves, and there's a World in which Veolia might move along.

    What changed? Water tech companies are expected to grow from $290B to $1.4T in value by 2034. From being seen as "slow-growth" and "low-tech" a decade ago, water technology is now the hottest asset in industrial portfolios. Let's explore what this means for the future of the #WaterSector - and more precisely for #WaterTech companies!


    Get my friend Björn to buy me a beer (and pocket the 10% discount) subscribe to Global Water Intelligence using the code "BJOERN10"

    My Full Interview with Mads Joergensen (GF's CFO): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Qg05MfjB7g

    My (impromptu) coverage of the Xylem/Evoqua Merger: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrwKzgZYj5U


    🎙️ PODCAST 🎙️

    Website: https://dww.show/podcast/

    Smartlink: https://smartlink.ausha.co/dont-waste-water


    👋 SOCIAL MEDIA 👋

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/antoinewalter1/


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Great resource

Exactly what it says on the tin. A great resource for people interested in wastewater or who want to keep up with recent developments particularly from an environmental perspective. Only negative is that sometimes mic quality can be noticeably low, though it varies depending on the speaker and does not impact ability to understand.

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