Talk+Water

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 w...

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 syste...

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...

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, environme...

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 initi...

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 Judic...

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 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 newspap...

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 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 compre...

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 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 ch...

Send us Fan Mail 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 operat...

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 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 a...

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 , 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 C...

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 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 Pa...

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 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 memb...

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 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 te...

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 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 J...

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 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 environm...

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 extreme weather with Texas State Climatologist, Dr. John Nielsen-Gammon. He is a Regents Professor of Atmospheric Sciences at Texas A&M University and also serves as the Director of the Southern Regional Climate Center....

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 the 89th Texas Legislative session with Vanessa Puig-Williams, Senior Director of Climate Resilient Water Systems at the Environmental Defense Fund , Jeremy Mazur, Director of Infrastructure and Natural Resources Policy at...

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 water challenges 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 environment...

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 Multidecadal drought impacts on the Lower Colorado Basin with implications for future management with author, Dr. Bridget Scanlon, Research Professor at the Bureau of Economic Geology , Jackson School of Geosciences, The Un...

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 El Paso water resources with El Paso Water 's Gilbert Trejo, Vice President of Operations and Technical Services, and Christina Montoya-Halter, Communications and Marketing  Manager. Gilbert Trejo oversees engineering,...

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 Austin water resources and the 100-year water plan with Shay Ralls Roalson, Director of Austin Water , and Marisa Flores Gonzalez, Program Manager for Austin Water's Water Forward Plan . Shay Ralls Roalson P.E. became...

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 , explores the importance of communication in addressing Western water issues with Daniel Rothberg, a writer who focuses on research regarding water, public land, mining, and energy. Daniel writes a newsletter, Western Water Notes , fo...

Send us Fan Mail In this conversation (recorded on 12/09/2024), Dr. Todd Votteler, Principal of Collaborative Water Resolution and Editor-in-Chief of Texas+Water and the Texas Water Journal , discusses Texas' statewide flood plan with L'Oreal Stepney , P.E., Chairwoman of the Texas Water Development Board. This plan provides a comprehensive assessment of flood risk and solutions to mitig...