Water Resources Podcast

Advancing Flood Monitoring and Forecasting in Texas

David Maidment talks about flooding challenges in Texas and the U.S. and approaches to reduce flood hazards.

Challenges for Managing Water Resources in Chile

Matías Taucare discusses various challenges, including megadrought since 2010 and groundwater over exploitation in Chile since 1990.

Managing Produced Water in the Texas Permian Basin Will Remain a Long-Term Challenge

Katie Smye talks about advanced modeling and satellite-based monitoring for tracking produced water issues in the Permian Basin.

Assessing Potential for Beneficial Use of Produced Water in the Texas Permian Basin

Shane Walker discusses advances in treating produced water for beneficial uses, including surface discharge and land application.

Sustainable Groundwater Management in the North China Plain

Wolfgang Kinzelbach is a Professor Emeritus of Hydromechanics at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich (Switzerland). His research focused on many asp

Reservoir Evaporation Monitoring, Drought Index: Texas to Global Scales

Huilin Gao discusses advances in reservoir monitoring using models and new remote sensing, providing daily evaporation rates for Texas, western U.S., and global scales.

Floods, Droughts, and Data: How Satellites Are Changing Hydrology

Augusto Getirana discusses global flooding in 2025, the new SWOT satellite, advances in NASA modeling and flood work in Brazil.

Water-Electricity Nexus in the Western U.S.

Nathalie Voisin discusses water-electricity interconnection, highlighting hydropower, hydropower droughts, grid reliability, and future of water-energy management.

Hydroclimatic Trends in the Western U.S.

Dennis Lettenmaier discusses trends in snow, flooding, and drought in the Western U.S. with a focus on the Colorado River Basin.

Tracking Water from Space: Tibetan Plateau, Mekong Basin, and North China Plain

Di Long discusses his research on the water resources in the Tibetan Plateau Asian Water Tower, reservoirs in the Mekong Basin, and water storage recovery in the North Ch

Monitoring Global Land Subsidence and Impacts

Manoo Shirzaei discusses land subsidence in many regions globally, including Iran, California, Arizona, and U.S. Coast based on satellite data.

Recent Advances in AI/ML with Applications in Earth Sciences and Hydrology

Alex Sun discusses the evolution of AI/ML over the past decades and resources for hydrology.

Agricultural Production in the Ukraine and Western Russia

Sergii Skakun discusses historical, current, and projected future wheat production in the Ukraine and Russia using satellite date and modelling.

Updates on GRACE Satellite Missions and Applications for Flooding

Jürgen Kusche discusses advances in GRACE satellites, applications for flood monitoring, and data assimilation with global hydrology models.

Increasing Resilience of Water Resources in San Antonio, Texas

Karen Guz discusses water conservation and increasing supplies to meet the rising water needs for population growth and droughts in San Antonio.

Floods and Droughts in Texas

John Nielsen-Gammon discusses climate extremes, including the July 4th flooding and 2011 drought, with insights into communicating risk.

Central Texas Flooding and Fatalities

Hatim Sharif discusses recent central Texas flooding in Kerr County and San Antonio and flood fatalities.

Soil Health

Nima Shokri discusses the importance of global soil health and its impacts on water resources, food security and sustainable development.

South African Lighthouse of Hope from Nature-Based Wastewater Treatment

Kevin Winter discusses nature-based approaches to treating informal settlement discharge for use in agriculture and other sectors.

Drought and Flood Impacts on US-Mexico Water Resources

Randy Hanson discusses climate extremes in the Rio Conchos and the importance of conjunctively managing surface water and groundwater.