PFAS & Water Quality
10 episodes
What is actually in the water, how it got there, and who is working to take it out. Episodes on PFAS forever chemicals, lead and metals testing, and drinking water quality, with Zach Hamilton, Alec Ajnsztajn of CoFlux, Henrik Hagemann of Puraffinity, Julie Bliss Mullen of Aclarity and Johnny Pujol of SimpleLab.
Policy & Scarcity Water Tech & Innovation PFAS & Water Quality Climate, Energy & Agriculture Reuse & Wastewater Finance & Founders Desalination & the Ocean All episodes
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Why Water Can Never Be Organic, with Loonen's Clara Sieg
USDA Organic only certifies what's grown, and water isn't grown. Clara Sieg on sourcing, treatment, and what actually separates one bottle from another.
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Water Is a Soup: What's Really in Your Tap Water with Zach Hamilton
It still contains things the EPA has no mandate to remove. Zach Hamilton on PFAS, reverse osmosis, and why filtration has to happen at your tap.
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Alec Ajnsztajn on Destroying PFAS, Not Just Filtering It
Materials scientist Alec Ajnsztajn on CoFlux, the reactor that destroys PFAS forever chemicals into fluoride and CO2, instead of just capturing them.
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Why the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool Turns Green
A pool chemistry expert explains why the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool keeps turning green, and what its 1920s design got fundamentally wrong.
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Breaking the Forever Bond: How Smart Materials Are Solving the PFAS Crisis
Ravi Kurani
As news cycles light up with warnings about "forever chemicals" lurking in our rain, soil, and bloodstreams, the water industry faces a massive paradox: the very chemicals we rely on for semiconductors, rockets, and green tech are poisoning our water supply.
In this episode of Liquid
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Rethinking Compliance: Faster, Smarter Metals Testing for Safer Water
Ravi Kurani
As utilities brace for customer requests, regulatory pressure, and aging infrastructure, waiting weeks for a single ICP lab result can turn urgent decisions into costly delays.
In this episode of Liquid Assets, host Ravi Kurani sits down with Jose Robert Castro, founder and CEO of Segura, to unpack
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Is Your Tap Water Safe? Why Millions Are Now Testing Their Drinking Water at Home
Ravi Kurani
For decades, Americans have assumed that tap water, especially in major cities, is reliably safe. But growing public mistrust, aging infrastructure, and underregulated contaminants are changing the way we think about water at home. From lead pipes in historic neighborhoods to chemical runoff in rural wells, the question
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The Secrets To Success in the Water Treatment Industry and PFAS
Ravi Kurani
This PFAS issue is going to be the legacy water contamination problem we grapple with for the next 50 years.
In the ever-evolving world of water treatment, innovation is the driving force behind efficiency, sustainability, and cost-effectiveness. This captivating episode of the Liquid Assets podcast takes
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Invisible Threats: PFAS & Clean Water
"PFAS are known as the forever chemical because they don't degrade. They don't degrade in the environment, and they don't degrade in your body."
PFAS chemicals are an emerging environmental threat, yet these toxic "forever chemicals" persist worldwide. In this
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Sustainability & Environmental Impact in the Water Chemical Industry: A conversation with HASA CEO, Chris Brink
In this episode of Liquid Assets, Chris Brink, the CEO and President of HASA, discusses the company's work in producing sodium hypochlorite for recreational water treatment, primarily for swimming pools. He talks about the importance of communicating the value of their products and how they are not just
