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Talk+Water

Talk+Water takes a deep dive into the world of water with those making waves. Every month Todd H. Votteler, Ph.D. interviews special guests making unique contributions in the water profession.Talk+Water has been rated one of the top water podcasts in the world in multiple water podcast reviews! Check out the latest ratings from Feedspot!If you are enjoying Talk+Water please subscribe and leave us a review.

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#115, Scot McFarlane, Stories from the Trinity River

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2026/09/23

Send us Fan Mail In this conversation, Dr. Todd Votteler, Principal of Collaborative Water Resolution and Editor-in-Chief of Texas+Water and the Texas Water Journal, talks with Scot McFarlane, author and founder of the Oxbow History Company, about the Trinity River’s overlooked role in shaping Texas. Scot grew up along the banks of the Trinity River and has devoted his career to recovering the forgotten histories of American waterways. A historian with a PhD from Columbia University—where he ...

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#114, James Eklund, Navigating the Colorado River Crisis

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2026/09/01

Send us Fan Mail In this conversation, Dr. Todd Votteler, Principal of Collaborative Water Resolution and Editor-in-Chief of Texas+Water and the Texas Water Journal, talks with James Eklund, a water and natural resources law attorney and partner at Taft/ Sherman & Howard, about how the Colorado River’s shrinking water supply is forcing the American West to rethink how water is shared, conserved, and governed. James is one of the American West’s leading water lawyers, a fifth-generation Co...

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#113, Ivo Zution Gonçalves, Future of Irrigation in...

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2026/08/03

Send us Fan Mail In this conversation, Dr. Todd Votteler, Principal of Collaborative Water Resolution and Editor-in-Chief of Texas+Water and the Texas Water Journal, talks with Ivo Zution Gonçalves, a Research Assistant Professor for the Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute at the University of Nebraska, about the current status and future of irrigated agriculture in the United States. Ivo Zution Gonçalves is an agronomist engineer with a Ph.D. in Agricultural Engineering from the State ...

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#112, Ryan Smith, Rethinking Dam Operations

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2026/06/27

Send us Fan Mail In this conversation, Dr. Todd Votteler, Principal of Collaborative Water Resolution and Editor-in-Chief of Texas+Water and the Texas Water Journal, talks with Ryan Smith, Director of Water and Science for The Nature Conservancy in Texas, about the Sustainable Rivers Program and its work to improve river health through changes in dam operations. Ryan is a freshwater ecologist with more than 25 years of professional experience in freshwater conservation. He leads a team implem...

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#111, Brian Sheng, Creating Water Out of Thin Air

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2026/06/09

Send us Fan Mail In this conversation, Dr. Todd Votteler, Principal of Collaborative Water Resolution and Editor-in-Chief of Texas+Water and the Texas Water Journal, talks with Brian Sheng, CEO and a Co-Founder of Aquaria, about atmospheric water generation and its potential role in Texas’ water future. Aquaria is a corporation that builds air-water infrastructure to produce scalable water systems that create clean drinking water from the air. Brian headquartered Aquaria in Austin, Texas, in ...

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#110, Beth Lambert, Dam Removals & River Restoration...

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2026/05/26

Send us Fan Mail In this conversation, Dr. Todd Votteler, Principal of Collaborative Water Resolution and Editor-in-Chief of Texas+Water and the Texas Water Journal, discusses dam removals and river restoration with Beth Lambert, Director of the Massachusetts Division of Ecological Restoration. The Massachusetts Division of Ecological Restoration is part of the Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game. As Director, Beth oversees a 30-person agency whose mission is to restore and protec...

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#109, Josh Katz, Who Owns Produced Water?

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2026/05/04

Send us Fan Mail In this conversation, Dr. Todd Votteler, Principal of Collaborative Water Resolution and Editor-in-Chief of Texas+Water and the Texas Water Journal, talks with Josh Katz, attorney with Bickerstaff Heath, about a recent Texas Supreme Court decision on produced water ownership and its implications for water rights and policy. Josh practices in the areas of municipal law, environmental law, administrative law, water law, electric utility regulation, and civil litigation. He repr...

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#108, Dr. Margaret Cook, Data Center Water Use in Texas

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2026/04/17

Send us Fan Mail In this conversation, Dr. Todd Votteler, Principal of Collaborative Water Resolution and Editor-in-Chief of Texas+Water and the Texas Water Journal, talks with Dr. Margaret Cook, Vice President of Water & Community Resilience at the Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC), about water use of data centers in Texas. Margaret leads a team of experts who build collaborative initiatives to enhance community resilience, sustainable development, and the availability and affordab...

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#107, Sarah Stogner & Ron Green, Pollution from...

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2026/03/25

Send us Fan Mail In this conversation, Dr. Todd Votteler, Principal of Collaborative Water Resolution and Editor-in-Chief of Texas+Water and the Texas Water Journal, examines how failed P-13 wells, which are former oil and gas wells converted for water use, can fall outside regulatory oversight and create risks for Texas groundwater, with Sarah Stogner, District Attorney for the Texas 143rd Judicial District, and Dr. Ron Green, retired hydrologist. Sarah Stogner is the elected District Attorn...

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#106, Travis Loop on the waterloop and water news

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2026/03/13

Send a text In this conversation, Dr. Todd Votteler, Principal of Collaborative Water Resolution and Editor-in-Chief of Texas+Water and the Texas Water Journal, discusses the role of journalism and storytelling in advancing water solutions with Travis Loop, founder of the waterloop, an award-winning nonprofit news outlet exploring water sustainability. Travis began his career as a newspaper reporter and returned to his passion for journalism to launch and operate the platform. He brings...

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#105, Ted Stets on the USGS National Water...

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2026/03/02

Send a text In this conversation, Dr. Todd Votteler, Principal of Collaborative Water Resolution and Editor-in-Chief of Texas+Water and the Texas Water Journal, discusses the National Water Availability Assessment project, with Dr. Ted Stets, a Research Ecologist with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), who is leading the assessment. The assessment project is tasked with producing a comprehensive, integrated assessment of the nation’s water availability. The first National Water Ass...

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#104, Kirsten James on Ceres’ Valuing Water Finance...

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2026/02/25

Send a text In this conversation, Dr. Todd Votteler, Principal of Collaborative Water Resolution and Editor-in-Chief of Texas+Water and the Texas Water Journal, discusses how investors and companies are confronting water-related financial risks with Kristen James, Senior Water Program Director at Ceres. Kirsten directs Ceres' strategy supporting investors and companies in addressing challenges facing our freshwater systems. Her work includes leading the Valuing Water Finance Initiative,...

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#102 - Brian Richter interviews Todd Votteler about...

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2026/01/15

Send us a text In this conversation recorded on February 6, 2025, Brian Richter, President of Sustainable Waters, trades places with Talk+Water host, Dr. Todd H. Votteler, to interview him about "Water Markets for Texas." In 2025, Texas 2036 published "Water Markets for Texas" a major multi-year report analyzing how voluntary, well-structured water markets have operated in two regions of the state and what lessons they offer for any Texas communities preparing for its long-term water ne...

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#103 - Margot Molloy, Cam Wobus & Emily Lewis discuss...

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2026/01/07

Send us a text In this conversation, Dr. Todd Votteler, Principal of Collaborative Water Resolution and Editor-in-Chief of Texas+Water and the Texas Water Journal, discusses water issues with Margot Molloy, Director of CK Blueshift, Cam Wobus, Principal at CK Blueshift, and Emily Lewis, Partner at Culp & Kelly. Margot Molloy is the Director of CK Blueshift a strategist, a facilitator and an executive coach that works with Fortune 500 companies, non-profits, public agencies, and foundation...

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#101 - Austin College’s Public Administration Symposium

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2025/12/04

Send us a text In this conversation, Dr. Todd Votteler, Principal of Collaborative Water Resolution and Editor-in-Chief of Texas+Water and the Texas Water Journal, moderates the 2025 Public Administration Symposium at Austin College in Sherman, Texas. On October 29, 2025, at the invitation of Professor Frank Rohmer, I provided the keynote talk for the Public Administration Symposium at Austin College in Sherman, Texas. The symposium, which was titled “The Challenge of Water in Fast Growing Te...

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#100 - Brooke Paup discusses her role as Chairwoman...

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2025/11/13

Send us a text In this conversation, Dr. Todd Votteler, Principal of Collaborative Water Resolution and Editor-in-Chief of Texas+Water and the Texas Water Journal, discusses the key water planning, finance, and regulatory institutions of Texas and some of the current issues and challenges facing the state with Brooke Paup, Chairwoman of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Brooke Paup was appointed Chairwoman of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) by Governor Greg A...

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#98 - Sarah Kirkle and Perry Fowler Discuss Texas...

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2025/10/08

Send us a text In this conversation, Dr. Todd Votteler, Principal of Collaborative Water Resolution and Editor-in-Chief of Texas+Water and the Texas Water Journal, discusses Texas Proposition 4 with Sarah Kirkle, Director of Policy and Legislative Affairs at the Texas Water Association, and Perry Fowler Executive Director of the Texas Water Infrastructure Network. Sarah Kirkle works with members of Texas Water Association to develop policy positions through TWA’s legislative committees and to...

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#99 - Caroline Ghisolfi - The homebuilding boom in...

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2025/10/07

Send us a text In this conversation, Dr. Todd Votteler, Principal of Collaborative Water Resolution and Editor-in-Chief of Texas+Water and the Texas Water Journal, discusses the homebuilding boom in Houston area flood zones following Hurricane Harvey with Caroline Ghisolfi, Deputy Data Editor at the Houston Chronicle. Caroline Ghisolfi combines data analysis, visualization and investigative techniques to drive accountability reporting for Texas communities. She oversees a team journalist-code...

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#97 - Tony Willardson talks Western States Water Council

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2025/09/11

Send us a text In this conversation, Dr. Todd Votteler, Principal of Collaborative Water Resolution and Editor-in-Chief of Texas+Water and the Texas Water Journal, discusses common western water needs and challenges with Tony Willardson, recently retired Executive Director of Western States Water Council. Tony Willardson was named as Executive Director of the Western States Water Council in July 2009, and served the Council in various capacities since 1979. He is a member of the National Hono...

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#96 - Martha Pskowski returns with updates on the Rio...

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2025/09/04

Send us a text In this conversation, Dr. Todd Votteler, Principal of Collaborative Water Resolution and Editor-in-Chief of Texas+Water and the Texas Water Journal, discusses recent developments in the Rio Grande with Martha Pskowski, a Texas reporter for Inside Climate News based in El Paso. Martha reports on water, oil and gas, and the impacts of climate change. She was previously an environmental reporter at the El Paso Times and a freelance reporter in Mexico City. Also, just a note that T...

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