Peter Debaere – Global Water Blog

Infrastructure, Innovation, Water & Society, Water Productivity, Water Quality, Water Technology

Q&A with Jon Freedman about SUEZ and Water Recycling

SUEZ Water Technologies & Solutions is an $18 billion multinational company headquartered in Paris, France. Like Veolia Water Technologies, another French multinational, it is one of the largest water companies in the world, employing over 90,000 people and active on all continents. SUEZ is active in all aspects of…

By Peter Debaere- January 3, 2019

Innovation, Water & Society, Water Quality, Water Technology

Q&A with Courtney Hill, winner of GWI Graduate Prize

On October 26, the Global Water Initiative held its first Graduate Water Colloquium. It brought together over 40 graduate students and faculty who work on water-related issues across the University of Virginia. Nine UVA students in disciplines ranging from engineering to economics to architecture presented their ongoing research on…

By Peter Debaere- December 1, 2018

Infrastructure, Innovation, Water & Society, Water Policy, Water Productivity

Q&A with Chandler Brenneman about Aqua America

The United States faces a water infrastructure crisis. While people in developed countries still have significantly better access to safe water than do people in emerging economies, the lead poisoning in Flint, Michigan, showed that the nation’s water infrastructure is in bad shape in many places. Not surprisingly…

By Peter Debaere- November 1, 2018

Climate Change, Environment, Water & Society, Water Policy, Water Productivity, Water Scarcity

Q&A with Salvi Asefi on East Africa and Climate Change

The Global Water Initiative has supported Dr. Salvi Asefi for much of this year to do research on water and climate change. Dr. Asefi was a member of Professor Deborah Lawrence’s climate change research team. She has studied Lake Tanganyika watershed in East Africa, and its future water availability…

By Peter Debaere- July 16, 2018

Water & Society

Q&A With Marama Muru-Lanning About the Wakaito River

Dr. Marama Muru-Lanning from the University of Auckland, New Zealand, is the first Māori Anthropologist to be awarded a PhD in anthropology since Māori Studies separated from Anthropology in 1991. Marama Muru-Lanning heads the James Henare Research Center at the University of Auckland. She is the…

By Peter Debaere- June 15, 2018

Innovation, Water Markets, Water Scarcity

Q&A With Andrea Barrios on Impact Investing in Water

In April, the Global Water Initiative held a panel discussion at Darden on impact investing in water, a relatively new phenomenon. As a follow-up to the panel discussion, we had a conversation with Andrea Barrios (Darden MBA 2016) from The Rockefeller Foundation. Andrea Barrios participated in the panel and…

By Peter Debaere- May 16, 2018

Infrastructure, Water Quality

Q&A With George Hawkins About DC Water and Water Infrastructure

George Hawkins was CEO and General Manager of the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority, better known as DC Water, from 2009 until a couple of months ago. DC Water is one of the most innovative water utilities and its Blue Plains plant is the largest advanced wastewater treatment…

By Peter Debaere- April 16, 2018

Built Environment

Q&A With Tim Beatley About Ocean Cities

Tim Beatley’s new documentary, Ocean Cities, explores the environmental challenges and opportunities facing coastal communities. As part of this year’s World Water Events, the documentary will be screened on March 22 at 5:30 p.m. in Clark 107 at the University of Virginia. Beatley teaches urban and…

By Peter Debaere- March 12, 2018