In this episode of Talking Under Water, the hosts discuss the state of the industry surveys from each water brand — Stormwater Solutions, Wastewater Digest and WaterWorld — with some data points. The hosts provide some analysis of the results, including what some of the biggest challenges and trends are moving into 2025.

• The Pulse of Water: State of the Industry Insights with Bentley
• GHD study examines path to equitable infrastructure
• 2024 State of the One Water Industry

• Cold open | 0:00
• Episode summary | 0:56
• WaterWorld State of the Drinking Water Industry Report | 2:07
• Wastewater Digest State of the Wastewater Industry Report | 8:11
• Stormwater Solutions State of the Stormwater Industry Report | 13:44
• Housekeeping | 17:55

• WWD November/December Digital Edition
• StormCon Registration

Talking Under Water is the premier podcast for the water industry, including municipal water and wastewater, residential water treatment, storm water management and erosion control. It is produced in coordination between Wastewater Digest (WWD), WaterWorld and Storm Water Solutions (SWS). The podcast covers topics under the One Water movement including the municipal and industrial water and wastewater, residential, storm water and erosion control markets. Talking Under Water highlights news, trends, new technologies, industry discussions and on-site interviews with experts across the municipal water industry. New episodes of the podcast are released every other week. Logo Images: Anatoly Tiplyashin / Romolo Tavani / stock.adobe.com.  

Contact the Talking Under Water podcast editors by emailing talkingunderwater@endeavorb2b.com engaging with them on Twitter @TUWpodcast. Join the conversation by commenting or using the hashtag #talkingunderwaterpod on social media. 

In this episode, Co-host Bob Crossen talks with Gregg Herrin, the vice president of Water in Bentley Systems’ Industry Solutions Group. The two dive into the results from the state of the industry surveys that WaterWorld, Wastewater Digest and Stormwater Solutions conducted. These surveys occur each year and provide a glimpse at the water market – age and experience of water professionals, how budgets are shifting and where companies and utilities are spending their money.

Herrin shares his perspective of these trends and market forces and how companies like Bentley Systems are trying to solve them.

• 2024 State of the Industry eHandbook
• Smart Water insights with Bentley Systems
• Building Climate-Resilient Cities Through Smart Stormwater and Flood Management 

• Introduction and episode summary | 0:08
• Interview begins | 1:33
• Age of respondents — 43% are 60 years old and older | 2:31
• Theories on career length, age and experience | 4:25
• Bridging the experience gap with technological advancement | 6:15
• 10% of respondents have 10 years or less experience at 60 years old or older | 10:02
• 13% of small and very small utilities includes workers with 10 years or less experience | 12:42
• Bigger projects under more and more scrutiny | 13:41
• Streamlining projects and construction elements in parallel | 15:55
• How can utilities navigate rising construction costs with digital technologies? | 19:46
• Digital twins lead to more timely project delivery | 23:55
• How digital models improve transparency and transfer of knowledge | 28:49
• Why planning for 30 years down the line isn't a mistake | 32:15
• Building a solid foundation of digital tools and skills | 37:33
• Housekeeping | 39:14

• Water eHandbooks
• WaterWorld November/December Digital Issue
• Wastewater Digest November/December Digital Issue
• Stormwater Solutions November/December Digital Issue

Talking Under Water is the premier podcast for the water industry, including municipal water and wastewater, residential water treatment, storm water management and erosion control. It is produced in coordination between Wastewater Digest (WWD), WaterWorld and Stormwater Solutions (SWS). The podcast covers topics under the One Water movement including the municipal and industrial water and wastewater, residential, storm water and erosion control markets. Talking Under Water highlights news, trends, new technologies, industry discussions and on-site interviews with experts across the municipal water industry. New episodes of the podcast are released every other week. Logo Images: Anatoly Tiplyashin / Romolo Tavani / stock.adobe.com.  

Contact the Talking Under Water podcast editors by emailing talkingunderwater@endeavorb2b.com engaging with them on Twitter @TUWpodcast. Join the conversation by commenting or using the hashtag #talkingunderwaterpod on social media. 

In this sponsored episode of Talking Under Water, Co-host Mandy Crispin speaks with Patty Lee, global product manager for microbiology at Cytiva, about the importance of water quality. Lee talks about membrane filter technique, microbiological testing and the dangers of water born pathogens.

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• Second U.S. EPA mobile water laboratory deployed to North Carolina following Hurricane Helene impacts
• Ensuring trust through better taste
• 7 key takeaways from AWWA’s Public Perceptions of Tap Water survey

• Introduction and episode summary | 0:00
• Interview begins | 1:44
• What is Cytiva? | 1:59
• The sources of microbial contamination in water | 3:11
• Why contamination presents a problem for water sources | 4:09
• Microbial testing methods for monitoring environmental waters | 5:20
• Why membrane filters are so popular for microbial testing and monitoring | 6:32
• How to choose the bets membrane for the MF technique | 8:40
• Tips for increasing lab efficiency with microbiology testing | 11:12
• Breaking down pathogenic monitoring testing | 13:34
• Where to learn more information about lab testing | 15:58
• Housekeeping | 16:34

• WaterWorld Digital Edition
• SWS Digital Edition
• WWD YouTube Channel

Talking Under Water is the premier podcast for the water industry, including municipal water and wastewater, residential water treatment, storm water management and erosion control. It is produced in coordination between Wastewater Digest (WWD), WaterWorld and Storm Water Solutions (SWS). The podcast covers topics under the One Water movement including the municipal and industrial water and wastewater, residential, storm water and erosion control markets. Talking Under Water highlights news, trends, new technologies, industry discussions and on-site interviews with experts across the municipal water industry. New episodes of the podcast are released every other week. Logo Images: Anatoly Tiplyashin / Romolo Tavani / stock.adobe.com.  

Contact the Talking Under Water podcast editors by emailing talkingunderwater@endeavorb2b.com engaging with them on Twitter @TUWpodcast. Join the conversation by commenting or using the hashtag #talkingunderwaterpod on social media.