The Water Data Podcast
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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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S3E4 The Deep Politics of Canal Irrigation in India with Peter Mollinga
Why do canal irrigation systems repeatedly produce head-tail inequality? Why do some farmers receive reliable water while others are systematically deprived for decades?In this episode, Veena…
S3E3 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…
S3E2 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 Zwarteveen, an internationally…
S3E1 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…
S3 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…
S2E16 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 University) explains how political ecology…
S2E15 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, hydrogeologist and co-founder of ACWADAM, about groundwater science in India – from basalt aquifers…
S2E14 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, hydrogeologist and co-founder of ACWADAM, about groundwater science in India – from basalt aquifers…
S2E13 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,…
S2E12 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…
S2E11 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 Veena Srinivasan speaks with Jagdish…
S2E10 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 Diplomat” for a deep and wide-ranging conversation on trust, global cooperation, imagined…
S2E9 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?…
S2 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…
S2E7 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…
S2E6 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…
S2E5 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 Chester and Helen…
S2E4 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 shares his journey from a small-town experience with…
S2E3 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…
S2E2 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?Dr…
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The Water Data Podcast has published 25 episodes since August 2021, covering topics in Earth Sciences, Nature.
The Water Data Podcast is currently highly active with new episodes every 2 weeks. Average episode length is 1h 8m.
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