In this episode of Talking Under Water, the hosts dive into the results from the American Society of Civil Engineers 2025 Infrastructure Report Card. Overall, the country received a “C,” which is its highest grade ever. The hosts zoom in on the drinking water, stormwater and wastewater grades, all of which received the same grades as 2021, and discuss the overlap in goals from ASCE on raising the grades in the future, including asset management, resiliency and funding.

• Drinking water earns "C-" on ASCE 2025 Infrastructure Report Card
• Wastewater earns "D+" on ASCE 2025 Infrastructure Report Card
• Stormwater earns 'D' on ASCE 2025 Infrastructure Report Card
• Water industry reacts to ASCE's 2025 Infrastructure Report Card

• Introduction and summary | 0:50
• Wastewater earns a D+ | 1:26
• Stormwater earns a D | 4:12
• Drinking water earnes a C- | 7:09
• Raising the grade with better asset management | 9:49
• How to improve resilience for water infrastructure improvements | 12:07
• ASCE recommends right-sizing ratepayer funding | 14:23
• Housekeeping | 17:10

•  WaterWorld March/April issue
• StormCon 2025

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 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 of Talking Under Water, Karen Dettmer, Americas director of Water Resources for Ramboll, discusses water industry trends, her former work with both the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the public sector in Milwaukee, where she was the first woman public works commissioner. Dettmer also discusses her work with policy, including the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

• Dropping By #87: What the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Means for the Water Industry | Part 1
• Dropping By #88: What the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Means for the Water Industry | Part 2

• WaterWorld poll for President Trump's performance
• Wastewater Digest poll for President Trump's performance
• SWS March 27th webinar

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 of Talking Under Water, Co-host Mandy Crispin chats with Kaitlin Spiridellis, a Vanderbilt University Michael B. Keegan traveling fellow. Spiridellis has worked for over three years within Vanderbilt’s Drinking Water Justice Lab and focuses on the disparities in how people experience drinking water in different communities. In the summer of 2024, she began touring various continents to gain a better understanding of the disparities in how people experience drinking water. In this episode, Crispin and Spiridellis start by discussing her trip to Latin America, and Spiridellis will be writing articles for WaterWorld on her experiences, called World of Water.

World of Water

• Introduction & episode summary | 0:09
• What motivated Kaitlin to conduct her globetrotting water study? | 0:49
• The experience of locals in Mexico City | 2:25
• How stormwater capture for drinking water supply becomes a critical resource | 4:33
• Exploring how virtual water impacts water management in Argentina | 7:08
• Chile's approach to One Water | 10:24
• Governance barriers between rural and urban areas | 13:26
• The cultural and gender burdens surrounding water supply and management | 17:12
• Summarizing the European leg of Kaitlin's World of Water trip | 20:28
• Housekeeping | 21:57

• Wastewater Digest Emerging Leaders Nomination Form
• WaterWorld Emerging Leaders Nomination Form
• StormCon

   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.