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How Long Will it Take to Grow? The 4 Stages of Water Innovation.

Paul O'Callaghan - Guest of the Don't Waste Water Podcast

with 🎙️ Paul O’Callaghan – Founder & CEO @ BlueTech Research 

💧 BlueTech Research analyzes innovative water technologies to transform your company. 

💧 Paul is also the executive producer & co-director of Netflix’s “Brave Blue World.” 

💧 … and as he noticed, that he still had some time on Saturdays, he just completed a Ph.D. on the Dynamics of Water Innovation! 

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What’s hidden in your tap water? Don’t worry, your utility doesn’t really know better!

Megan Casey Glover - Guest of the Don't Waste Water Podcast

with 🎙️ Megan Glover – CEO and Co-Founder of 120Water

120Water runs cloud-based testing and compliance programs that help United States utilities find and remove lead and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from drinking water across 48 US states. The company has raised US$57.5M across four rounds, including a US$43M growth round led by Edison Partners in 2024.

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How to Consistently Deliver on the Promise as a Consultant Engineer?

Maika Pellegrino - Guest of the Don't Waste Water Podcast

Jacobs Engineering Group runs water and wastewater delivery on an estimated US$3.7B in annual water revenue, with a consultant engineer working as the catalyst that aligns EPCs, equipment makers, regulators, and municipal clients around one buildable design. The firm has engineered globally since 1947, so delivery turns on client trust and community buy-in as much as on the chosen treatment.

💧 Jacobs was the World’s n°1 Design Firm for the third year in a row as per ENR’s ranking in 2020

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This Astonishing Technology will Turn the Wastewater Sector on its Head! Here’s Why.

Gilad Yogev - Fluence's MABR Product Manager - Guest of the Don't Waste Water Podcast

with 🎙️ Gilad Yogev – Product Manager MABR Products @ Fluence

Membrane Aerated Biofilm Reactors (MABR) push oxygen through gas-permeable membranes into the biofilm from the inside, cutting wastewater aeration energy to about 0.2 to 0.3 kWh per cubic meter. Fluence builds the technology into containerized Aspiral plants and SUBRE retrofits that hit under 10 mg/L total nitrogen at a confirmed readiness of TRL 8.

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Can this Astonishing Aerospace Technology Improve Beer’s Taste?

Matthew Silver - Guest of the (dont') Waste Water Podcast

with 🎙️ Matthew Silver – Founder & CEO @ Cambrian Innovation

Cambrian Innovation raised $17.2 million in 2019 to scale EcoVolt, a bioelectric anaerobic reactor that turns brewery and food wastewater into reusable water and clean energy. The technology, born from a NASA grant for astronaut life support, treats high-strength industrial effluent that conventional plants struggle with.

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How to Clear Crazy Pollution Loads in an (Electrical) Breathe

Orianna Bretschger - Guest of the Don't Waste Water Podcast

with 🎙️ Orianna BRETSCHGER, Founder & CEO @ Aquacycl

Aquacycl runs microbial fuel cells that treat industrial wastewater carrying chemical oxygen demand (COD) loads of up to 300,000 mg/L, letting electrogenic bacteria digest the pollution and release electrons as direct electricity. The enclosed reactors skip aeration blowers entirely and strip out 70 to 90 percent of the COD at a fraction of conventional energy cost.

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How to Solve a Global Challenge in an Easy, Affordable, Innovative, and Efficient Way?

Fajer Mushtaq - Guest of the Don't Waste Water Podcast

with 🎙️ Fajer Mushtaq – Co-Founder & CEO @ Oxyle AG

Oxyle destroys forever chemicals like PFAS in water with a catalytic reactor that generates hydroxyl radicals on its surface, chemically breaking down micropollutants that activated carbon and ion exchange only trap and relocate. The Swiss company raised a 16.0 million dollar Series A in 2025 led by 360 Capital, taking its total funding to 19.0 million dollars.

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