Ripple Effect: A Podcast Putting Water In Context

Send us Fan Mail This week we are revisiting an earlier episode that is still highly relevant to today's water discussion. We are looking back on episode 158: HDH Desalination Technology. Christopher Link, Founder, joins us to discuss his HDH Desalination Technology and his HALO Team’s participation in Elon Musk’s X-Prize Competition. Do not miss this conversation! So many interesting and inn...

Send us Fan Mail Our very own Dr. Joe Casola, Climatologist at C.K. Blueshift, joins us to discuss the current climate, how it got here, and what the future holds. We dive deep into warming trends and what the rising heat means for society as a whole. We explore what El Niño could mean for our water, both in the monsoonal season and upcoming winter. Taking advantage of these climate trends, we can...

Send us Fan Mail This week we are revisiting an earlier episode that is still highly relevant to today's water discussion. We are looking back on episode 159: Solar Panels Over Canals. Jon Parry, Assistant Manager for Weber Basin Water Conservancy District, joins us to discuss the many benefits of their solar panel demonstration project over the Layton Canal. This project is so cool on so man...

Send us Fan Mail Christine Rumsey from United States Geological Survey joins us to talk about the Great Salt Lake, salinity, and how the science tells us proactive berm management between the North and South Arm of the Great Salt Lake are staving off the most dire consequences of diminished inflows into the Lake. A MUST listen.

Send us Fan Mail This week we are revisiting an earlier episode that is still highly relevant to today's water discussion. We are looking back on episode 133: Solar Garden Agrivoltaics. Byron Kominek, Owner and Manager of Jack's Solar Garden, explains how he revitalized his family farm with modern technology. A creative approach that mixes old-world farming and new-world energy productio...

Send us Fan Mail Have you wondered how AI could help solve our water problems? - Eric McCulley, CEO of McCulley Watershed Consulting Services and Founder of GetWater. AI, and David Robinson, Cofounder and CEO of 9606.AI, join us to talk about exactly that. We discuss their project GetWater. AI and their plans to collectively measure and monitor our entire watershed as a wholistic system. Using rea...

Send us Fan Mail In this special episode, we flip the script. Tracy Harden, Principal of Harden Communications LLC and climate and environmental steward, steps in as the interviewer to turn the tables on our host and water attorney, Emily. Sparked by the ongoing debate over data center development in Utah, Tracy voices the questions on everyone's mind: How do water rights work? How do you get...

Send us Fan Mail Patrick Lee, Field Manager with Envoy Public Labs, and Dr. Tim Kowalchik, of the Utah Office of Energy Development, join us to talk all about nuclear energy in Utah. We cover a wellspring of information: how nuclear power works, its power generation potential, its safety, what happens to waste, its water usage, and how it could meet Utah's growth and data center's astron...

Send us Fan Mail Kristina Ribellia, President and Founder of Western Water Market, joins us to give a 2026 update of her platform. A lot has happened in the past few years. We cover auctions, arbiters, quality control, and efforts to facilitate transactions through news letters, social media, and targeted outreach. We also discuss skepticism and resistance towards water markets. A great on-the-gro...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Kevin Perry, Professor of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Utah, also know as "Dr. Dust", joins us to talk all about dust. We cover the rising concern of the newly-exposed dry lakebed, and how the resultant dust may expose the whole valley to dangerous toxic materials. We learn what is being done now and what can be done in the future to protect us. You may...

Send us Fan Mail Mae Stevens, CEO and Founder of Current Strategies, gives us a fantastic overview of the world of federal water lobbying. Mae and her company work tirelessly to inform policy and secure funding so that we can ensure the future of our precious water supply. We dive into the nitty-gritty, from discussing policy for the entire nation, all the way to water considerations of the indivi...

Send us Fan Mail We are joined by two special guests, Mitsu Salmon, multidisciplinary Artist, and  Andrew Shaw, Wake the Great Salt Lake Lead and Special Projects Coordinator with the Salt Lake City Arts Council. We celebrate the impetus and accomplishments of Wake the GSL, and Mitsu details her wondrous art-piece contribution. Come see the grand capstone artwork project: "A symphony of disap...

Send us Fan Mail Brian Deurloo, President and Founder of Frog Creek Partners, returns to give us an update. Nearly 3 years ago in a fan-favorite episode (142), we discussed his novel invention - the Gutter Bin stormwater filtration system. And now we follow-up to see the impressive strides his company has made.

Send us Fan Mail This week we are revisiting an earlier episode that is still highly relevant to today's water discussion. We are looking back on episode 112: Addressing Climate Distress. Psychologist Ariana Moran talks through her practice of working with clients experiencing climate distress. We end with a much bigger discussion about what it means to be living in a society experiencing a c...

Send us Fan Mail Jamie Safulko, Area Manager at PCL Construction, joins us discuss planned water reuse and wastewater treatment. We dive in from the perspective of the planners and builders, learning what it takes to get large-scale projects actually built. We cover hurdles like costs, operator risk, and procurement laws - and the solutions to overcome them. A fun and interesting discussion with a...

Send us Fan Mail This week we are revisiting an earlier episode that is still highly relevant to today's water discussion. We are looking back on episode 70: Corporate Water Stewardship. Cora Kammeyer, Senior Researcher at the Pacific Institute, talks us through her organization's work to implement the UN's CEO Water Mandate. Great discussion on the state of corporate water stewards...

Send us Fan Mail April Ingle, Interim CEO, and Hannah Mico, Resilient Communities Manager, join us to talk all about River Network and its goals to ensure a thriving environment with abundant clean drinking water for all. We discuss how River Network provides quite an extensive amount of resources, funding, solutions, allies, community, and support to fellow water stewards. For all those involved...

Send us Fan Mail Chandler Rosenburg, Great Salt Lake Policy Associate at Stewardship Utah, joins us to discuss her role and to talk us through how policy ideas go through the sausage-making of becoming law.

Send us Fan Mail Parker Cardwell, Head of Operations at Rainmaker Technology Corporation, joins us to talk about their drone based cloud seeding enterprise. This is the third cloud seeding discussion on Ripple Effect and each time we learn something new about the innovative and exciting advancements in the technology. Rainmaker is taking it to the next level. Great discussion!

Send us Fan Mail Isabellah Von Trapp, Senior Hydrologist, and Andrew Austreng, Principle Hydrologist, join us from Geosyntec Consultants to discuss the world of geothermal heat pumps. Geothermal is a hot topic buzzword in the water and energy worlds, and we dive deep into what makes it so enticing. We discuss the mechanics of how it works and why it can save water and energy for businesses and hom...

Send us Fan Mail Matthew Fienup, CEO and Founder of H2Omarkets.com and Executive Director of the Center for Research and Forecasting at California Lutheran University, joins us to discuss his involvement in the development of California water markets. We dive deep into the fascinating history of California water rights and how newly developed fair-trade water markets address critical groundwater s...

Send us Fan Mail Brian Iversen, Founder and Managing Partner of Cimbria Capital, joins us to discuss the world of private equity investment in water companies. Strong trepidation towards private investments is a common reaction, but Brian shows us how those fears are often unwarranted. Unlike others who are only in it to make quick money, Cimbria takes a very involved and hands-on approach so that...

Send us Fan Mail Jim Good, CEO and Founder of Parkview Advisors, gives us a deep dive into the world of uniting private contractors with public municipal water systems to make water easy and solve the problems in the water utility sector. We learn all about what problems they face, including aging infrastructure, retiring employees with no one to replace them, lack of funding, and of plethora of i...

Send us Fan Mail Anna Lisonbee, President of the Utah Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers, joins us to discuss the organization's 2025 Utah Infrastructure Report Card. Just like in school, this report card gives Utah clear and concise grades based on the current state of our infrastructure. We dive deep into what grades Utah received and why. We cover everything from roads and...

Send us Fan Mail Mike Pearce, Business Director for EutroPHIX, joins us to discuss the company's powerful methods of fixing water quality issues across the US. Mike addresses the problem of phosphorus accumulation - which causes deadly cyanobacteria and algal blooms to infest our water bodies. We dive deep into the proprietary, yet natural, techniques that EutroPHIX uses to clean and restore...