Texas+Water is introducing a new podcast, talk+water. In our first installment Texas+Water Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Todd Votteler, discusses the recent nine-part collaboration between the Texas Observer and Quartz titled Shallow Waters with reporters Naveena Sadasivam and Zoë Schlanger.
Author: Todd Votteler
Todd Votteler is President of Collaborative Water Resolution LLC and Water Opinions LLC. He is the Editor-in-Chief as well as a co-founder of both the Texas Water Journal, and Texas+Water. Todd has 30 years of experience in Texas water resources management, policy, dispute resolution, and science. Votteler served as Special Master during the Edwards Aquifer Endangered Species Act litigation, Sierra Club v Babbitt et al. He has a B.S. in Natural Resources from The University of the South, an M.S. in Natural Resources from The University of Michigan, and a Ph.D. in Environmental Geography from Texas State University.
q&a+water: John Nielsen-Gammon
John Nielsen-Gammon, State Climatologist of Texas In this issue’s Q&A, Texas+Water Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Todd Votteler, interviews Dr. John Nielsen-Gammon, the State Climatologist of Texas. John Nielsen-Gammon is a Regents Professor at Texas A&M University. Dr. Nielsen-Gammon joined the faculty of Texas A&M University in 1991 and was appointed Texas State Climatologist by then-Governor George W. Bush in 2000. Dr. Nielsen-Gammon conducts research on large-scale and local-scale weather, climate, and air pollution. He teaches courses in weather analysis
q&a+water: Brad Farbstein
Brad Farbstein, Owner & President of Real Ale Brewing Company In this issue’s Q&A, Texas+Water Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Todd Votteler, interviews Brad Farbstein, Owner & President of the Real Ale Brewing Company. During his homebrewing days as an Economics major at the University of Texas, Farbstein quickly realized his calling: beer would not just be his hobby – it would be his career. After successfully securing a job in sales for the then-unknown Saint Arnold
q&a+water: Tom Kula
Tom Kula, Executive Director & General Manager of the North Texas Municipal Water District (NTMWD) With an annual operations and capital budget of more than $500 million, NTMWD provides drinking water treatment and delivery, wastewater collection and treatment and solid waste services for a population of 1.7 million people in one of the fastest-growing regions in the country. NTMWD operates one of the nation’s largest advanced water treatment plants at Wylie, TX, with a capacity
q&a+water: Michael Watkins
Michael Watkins, Director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory & Vice President of the California Institute of Technology Located in Pasadena, California, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is a unique national research facility that carries out robotic space and Earth science missions. Michael M. Watkins became Director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) on July 1, 2016. In this role he also serves as a vice president of the California Institute of Technology, which staffs and manages JPL