Bill Hunt, Professor and Extension specialist at North Carolina State University, USA shares with us his journey from a love of hydrology to creating major impact in America's stormwater management. We cover his achievements in the field of stormwater green infrastructure, his current activities in ancient Roman engineering and hear his wisdom on life lessons he has learnt along the way and our vital connection to water. Life is a journey and Bill's incredible advice can help you find our own path to walk.

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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:59 Guest Intro and Hurricane Season
4:43 Our first meeting
6:26 The engineering or economic studies debate
12:31 Your interest as a child foretells your future
18:58 What is an Extension Specialist?
23:25 Humility led to insights on mosquitos in stormwater wetlands
28:56 The growing to do list around water quality
32:41 How diverse is stormwater management in the US?
38:01 The versatility of bioretention systems
42:10 Tips on maintenance of stormwater green infrastructure
46:41 Bill's PhD bioretention system after 20 years
48:42 Bill's recent book on stormwater green infrastructure
51:16 From stormwater to ancient Roman water management
56:43 Our connection to water
1:01:22 Finding your calling
1:03:58 Tackling inequalities in cities
1:09:15 Q&A Start
1:09:36 What inspires you?
1:12:12 Key event, person, book
1:14:47 If you had a magic wand?
1:17:50 Biggest challenge in career to date
1:26:03 Time management
1:28:52 Advice for young researchers
1:30:24 Where can people reach you?
1:31:41 Final Message
1:34:15 Outro

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Luis Angel Sañudo Fontaneda, Associate Professor at the University of Oviedo, Spain, brings us on a journey through Spain's history in adopting Sustainable Drainage Systems and how its dynamic policies have shifted towards climate adaptation and sustainability. We look into the marvel of pervious pavements and swale systems, an engineering-focussed start to the Blue-Green Infrastructure journey and reflect on the challenges of being an academic trying to change the world.

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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
2:00 Guest Intro and Academic Conferencing
7:26 A series of fun coincidences and an announcement
9:27 Spain, Cantabria, Geography and Climate
12:52 Spain's History in SuDS and Luis' entry
21:30 Pervious Pavements 101
36:18 Getting into Swales
41:41 Receptivity towards SuDS in Spain
47:04 Luis' next SuDS endeavour
49:43 Q&A Start
50:06 What inspires you?
51:42 Key event, person, book
58:28 If you had a magic wand?
1:07:19 Time management
1:11:14 Advice for young researchers
1:12:43 Where can people reach you?
1:13:27 Final Message
1:14:34 Outro

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Neil Armitage, Emeritus Professor from the University of Cape Town reflects on his journey from engineering through to academia and the human side of sustainable drainage systems. We reflect on South Africa's integrated urban water management challenges and have fun picking at terminology around SuDS, WSUD, LIDs and the like. We see what Neil is up to at the moment and look back at the major lessons he has learnt.

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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:59 Guest Intro and the Canoe Chute Story
9:05 Choosing Water Engineering by elimination
12:42 From Zimbabwe to Cape Town
14:44 The PhD and a more impactful side project
19:49 Neil’s greywater and sanitation chapter
23:45 Terminology around sustainable drainage
30:58 The Future Water Research Institute at Uni Cape Town
33:13 Cape Town Day Zero Drought
39:18 Stormwater harvesting for drought-proofing?
41:54 Creating change in South Africa with community
48:41 Summarizing the concept of SuDS
49:32 A stormwater engineer’s greatest ally
51:40 Gravity sucks
56:15 Neil’s current endeavours
1:05:07 Q&A Start
1:05:19 What inspires you?
1:07:34 Key moment, book, person
1:11:18 If you had a magic wand?
1:12:39 Time management
1:18:28 Advice for young researchers
1:20:00 Where can people reach you?
1:20:45 Final Message
1:22:07 Outro

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