What Matters Water Podcasts
What Matters Water TV + Podcast presents engaging and timely conversations about water. We’re excited to bring you informative, engaging and sometimes humorous stories about the one element we all need for life…water.
Join SCWC Executive Director and series host Charley Wilson as he talks to the most interesting and innovative people working in California water today.
Water news in Southern California often gets overshadowed by other pressing issues such as homelessness, traffic congestion, and housing affordability stories. Water is just as important for life as housing, but very rarely do water issues rise to crisis levels in Southern California. That is a testament to the region’s decades of investment in water supply reliability. But this reliability also means that positive developments and potential solutions may be easily overlooked by people who are otherwise interested in regional issues. Southern California Water Coalition believes we can help bring these stories to life through our What Matters Water TV and podcast.
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The Southern California Water Coalition is a nonprofit, nonpartisan public education partnership dedicated to informing Southern Californians about our water needs and the state’s water resources. We were founded in 1984.
#12 – Peter Gleick, Author, Three Ages of Water
SCWC interviews renowned climatologist Peter Gleick on his new book, The Three Ages of Water.
#11 – Cultivating a Secure Water Future for California
Hear from two water leaders who are trying to push the conversation about California water beyond the drought.
#10 – How Long Beach Utilities is Building a Sustainable Community
Hear from a Long Beach resident, a native plant specialist and a top Long Beach Utilities leader about the Southern California city’s march toward sustainability.
#9 – A Collaborative Approach to Colorado River Management
Hear this important panel discussion on the collaborative approach to Colorado River management being taken by California water, tribal and community leaders.
#8 – What’s Next for Metropolitan Water District
Hear from Metropolitan Water District top leaders about how they’re preparing the agency for the future.
#7 – Sites Reservoir and the Future of California Water Storage
Hear how Sites Reservoir in the Sacramento Valley is the future of water storage in California and why it’s so crucial for our entire state.
#6 – Heather Dyer, Sandra Kerl, Joone Kim-Lopez, Kris Murray
Tune in to the latest episode of What Matters Water TV + Podcast, where we talk to four women water leaders about their careers and advice.
#5 – Martha Guzman and Felicia Marcus
Tune in to the latest episode of What Matters Water TV + Podcast, where we talk to Martha Guzman and Felicia Marcus about the environment and water issues in our state.
#4 – Senator Henry Stern and Assemblyman Eduardo Garcia
We talk to Senator Henry Stern and Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia about the environment and water issues in our state.
#3 – Ellen Hanak, Newsha Ajami, Faith Kearns
Join the panel discussion on water. Ellen Hanak, Newsha Ajami and Faith Kearns discuss water issues across California.