Episode Details

New York Timesbest-selling author Seth Siegel joins The Water Values Podcast to discuss his most recent book, Troubled Water: What’s Wrong with What We Drink. In this session, you’ll learn about:

• Seth’s background and awakening to the water sector
• Why Seth chose to write a book on our water systems
• Seth’s conceptualization of the water governance problem
• Why Seth believes government does a poor job of regulating government
• Seth’s multi-faceted solution to the water governance problem
• Seth’s history of how municipal ownership became the dominant water utility model
• How consolidation will help address the problems with our utilities
• How to convert safe drinking water from an environmental issue into a public health issues

Resources and links mentioned in or relevant to this session include:

• Seth’s bio on his website
• Seth’s homepage on his website
• Seth’s Twitter Handle: @SethMSiegel
• Troubled Wateron amazon.com
• TWV 006: Why Do We Drink Bottled Water? With Prof. Jim Salzman                                

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