Ripple Effect: A Podcast Putting Water In Context
Join host Emily E. Lewis, Partner at Culp & Kelly, LLP, in discussing contemporary water issues touching on technology, law, finance, and water creativity. Ripple Effect: A Podcast Putting Water into Context.
Episodes
250 episodes
221: Parkview Advisors - The Water System Whisperer
Jim Good, CEO and Founder of Parkview Advisors, gives us a deep dive into the world of uniting private contractors with public municipal water systems to make water easy and solve the problems in the water utility sector. We learn all about wha...
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Episode 221
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58:27
220: ASCE Utah Infrastructure Report Card
Anna Lisonbee, President of the Utah Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers, joins us to discuss the organization's 2025 Utah Infrastructure Report Card. Just like in school, this report card gives Utah clear and concise grades base...
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Episode 220
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55:33
219: EutroPHIX - Water Quality Restoration
Mike Pearce, Business Director for EutroPHIX, joins us to discuss the company's powerful methods of fixing water quality issues across the US. Mike addresses the problem of phosphorus accumulation - which causes deadly cyanobacteria and algal b...
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Episode 219
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48:54
218: CUWCD 2025 Water Conservation and Efficiency Plan
Amanda Strack, Water Conservation Manager for Central Utah Water Conservancy District, joins us to talk about their new 2025 Water Conservation and Efficiency Plan. Amanda walks us through the conservation activities Central has taken to date, ...
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Episode 218
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41:24
217: Fluent Freshwater Insights - Rebranded
Managing Partner Davíd Pilz and Partner Amy McCoy, formerly of AMP Insights, join us to discuss their company's exciting rebrand to "Fluent Freshwater Insights". We dive deep into the company, its operational vision, and what this change signif...
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Episode 217
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50:06
216: SITKA Gear - Science and Stewardship to fuel natural systems
Lindsey Davis, Director of Conservation at SITKA Gear, joins us to discuss the company's efforts to combine good business with philanthropic ideology. By looking beyond the bottom line, the company seeks to grow and protect the beauty of nature...
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Episode 216
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44:12
215: SusTeco Regenerative Agriculture
Neal Spackman, Founder and CEO of Regenerative Enterprise and Founder of RAFT Co, joins us to discuss his extremely unique and impactful work to bring life back to some of the deadest places on Earth. We discuss in detail how the extremely dry ...
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Episode 215
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1:01:08
214: American Ground Water Trust Live Episode!
We are very excited to bring a very special live episode of Ripple Effect - thank you AGWT for inviting us to be the keynote speaker at your Rocky Mountain Conference. We are joined by our frequent collaborator Brett Bovee of WestWater Research...
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Episode 214
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54:43
213: Neptune & Company - Integrated Modeling for the Colorado River Basin
Lauren Foster, Environmental Manager with Neptune & Company, joins us to talk about her integrated modeling efforts to better forecast and predict water flows in the Colorado River Basin. By changing the resolution and including a variety o...
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Episode 213
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52:14
212: Groundwater Management in the San Luis Valley
Amber Pacheco, Deputy General Manager for the Rio Grande Water Conservation District, joins us for a very special Ripple Effect episode to discuss the development of groundwater sub-districts to manage groundwater in the San Luis Valley. This d...
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Episode 212
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1:01:16
Ripple Effect Rewind! - Sciens Water
This week, our host Emily is in New York at the Rethinking Water 2025 conference hosted by Sciens Water. The goal of this conference is to find solutions to the most pressing water challenges in the United States. In honor of that, we are looki...
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211: Great Basin Water Network
Kyle Roerink, Executive Director of the Great Basin Water Network, joins us to discuss the Network's involvement in the diverse nexus of water in the basin. We break down the big water sources in the west: Lake Mead, the Colorado River, and gro...
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Episode 211
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56:38
210: Peoples Company
Quinn Kendrick, In-House Counsel for Peoples Company, joins us to talk about how Peoples is a "one-stop" shop providing a multitude of helpful services to landowners and farm operations. This is a great discussion about the niche field of agric...
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Episode 210
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48:51
209: "The American Southwest"
Ben Masters, Founder and Filmmaker at Fin & Fur Films, Sinjin Eberle, Senior Director of Regional Communications at American Rivers, and Lenn Necefer, CEO of Natives Outdoors, join us to discuss their awesome new firm "The American Southwes...
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Episode 209
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1:02:31
208: Foresight Conservation - "The Land Doctors:"
Crystal Simons, Founder and CEO of Foresight Conservation, a national non-profit organization, joins us for a fantastic discussion about conservation easements, the various Federal programs designed to benefit the public by securing conservatio...
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Episode 208
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52:19
Ripple Effect Rewind! - Minimum System Specific Sizing Standards
This week we are revisiting an earlier episode that is still highly relevant to today's water discussion. We are looking back on episode 182: Minimum System Specific Sizing Standards.Dani Zebelean, Environmental Engineer III with ...
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Ripple Effect Rewind! - Art for the Great Salt Lake Part 1
This week we have a very special Rewind Episode. Your host Emily is joining a discussion panel about the Great Salt Lake at the UMOCA building. In preparation, we are looking back on episode 174: Art for the Great Salt Lake Part 1.
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Ripple Effect Rewind! - Water Rights Valuations
This week we are revisiting an earlier episode that is still highly relevant to today's water discussion. We are looking back on episode 110: Water Rights Valuations.Harry Seely and Brett Bovee of West Water Research join us to di...
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207: Water Markets for Texas
Todd Votteler, Principal at Collaborative Water Resolution and Editor and Chief of the Talk + Water Podcast and Texas Water Journal, joins us to talk about his work creating a new Texas Water Markets report. Todd walks us through a fantastic di...
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Episode 207
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1:13:57
206: Sciens Water
Alex Loucopoulos, and Quinten Dreesmann, of Sciens Water, a fund of Sciens Capital, join us for a return visit to Ripple Effect. In the last four years, Sciens Water has expanded beyon...
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Episode 206
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1:01:48
205: Water Writes
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 consul...
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Episode 205
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40:15
204: Water Quality Modeling
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 disc...
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Episode 204
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47:30
203: Terminus: A Hydrobiographic Journey of Water Management in the Great Salt Lake Basin
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 conv...
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Episode 203
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34:46
202: "Project Photosynthesis" - Carbon Capture Biochar Pilot Project
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 envir...
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Episode 202
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1:03:42
201: Blue Commons - ReBeaver Restoration Fund
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. T...
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Episode 201
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46:07