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waterloop: exploring solutions

waterloop: exploring solutions

waterloop is a nonprofit media outlet helping water leaders to discover solutions and drive change for a sustainable and equitable water future.

Recent Episodes

#181: The Elevation of DEI in Los Angeles

#181: The Elevation of DEI in Los Angeles

May 22, 2023

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power has established an Office of DEI that is focusing on an array of work and has a top executive that reports directly to the general manager rather than the human resources departm…

#180: Dissecting Distrust In The Tap

#180: Dissecting Distrust In The Tap

May 15, 2023

Over the past 20 years, trust in public institutions has plummeted and sales of bottled water have skyrocketed. A new book titled Profits Of Distrust explores how these trends are related and the correlation between distrust…

#179: The PFAS Puzzle: Lessons On Health

#179: The PFAS Puzzle: Lessons On Health

May 9, 2023

The emergence of PFAS has epidemiologists and toxicologists working to understand the health impacts. Researchers in North Carolina are on the leading edge of the science and discuss what is known about human health impacts.

#178: Envisioning Water In The Year 2050

#178: Envisioning Water In The Year 2050

May 1, 2023

What will water look like in the year 2050? Envisioning the future and the forces shaping it can help the water utility sector to plan and be proactive.

#177: Living With Water In New Orleans

#177: Living With Water In New Orleans

April 17, 2023

The traditional use of large, engineered infrastructure to manage water is not enough in New Orleans. This episode explores how the city is adopting a Living With Water approach to bolster its resilience.

#176: Funding To Fight Lead: How Denver Did It

#176: Funding To Fight Lead: How Denver Did It

April 4, 2023

This episode is part of a series, Funding To Fight Lead. There are perhaps 10 million lead service lines in the ground in the U.S. and it may cost $50 billion to remove them. The series explores financing lead service line r…

#175: The PFAS Puzzle: Lessons On Advocacy

#175: The PFAS Puzzle: Lessons On Advocacy

March 27, 2023

High levels of PFAS in the Cape Fear River meant local advocates had to learn about the complex chemicals and at the same time provide information to concerned community members and take steps to address the pollution.

#174: 50 Years Of Restoring Rivers

#174: 50 Years Of Restoring Rivers

March 23, 2023

For 50 years, American Rivers has worked to protect and restore waterways across the country. Going forward, the goal is to protect one million miles of rivers and remove 30,000 dams by the year 2050

#173: The State Of Water Research

#173: The State Of Water Research

March 20, 2023

Science has always been foundational to water management. That tradition continues in 2023, with a staggering breadth and depth of research underway.

#172: EPA's Move To Regulate PFAS

#172: EPA's Move To Regulate PFAS

March 15, 2023

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed drinking water regulations for several types of PFAS, the so-called forever chemicals that are pervasive in society and the environment and pose a risk to human health.

About the Host

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Travis Loop

Founder

waterloop founder Travis Loop began his career as a newspaper reporter and returned to his passion for journalism to launch and operate the platform. He brings more than 20 years of experience including as communications director at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Water Environment Federation, and Chesapeake Bay Program, as well as speechwriter for the Governor of Hawaii.