During the day whether you are driving or walking the dog when do you actually look down at the ground. In this episode, we talk to three people who made discoveries while simply looking down. We talk to an engineer, an artist, and a local historian...
On this dispatch, we talk with Pam Kenel who is the Director of Water Resources at Loudoun Water. Loudoun Water is just west of Washington DC and provides drinking water and wastewater services to over 80,000 households in Loudoun County. So not a...
From September 1st to September 3rd, 2019, Hurricane Dorian struck the Abaco Islands and the Grand Bahama Island. As a Category 5 storm with sustained winds of up to 185 miles per hour and storm surges of about 20 feet, Hurricane Dorian knocked out...
In this story episode of The Outfall, we talk to two researchers on the front lines of using wastewater to analyze the epidemiology of a community. Wastewater surveillance for the Coronavirus has huge potential. Data suggests that each person...
This week we get to travel the world with no passports or luggage. Our adventure begins in Brest, France, and then we travel back in time to Hong Kong during the SARs epidemic. Our travel guide is the wonderful Vera Bin San who is a marine biologist...
Freaking out? You may not be alone. We’re all living in a moment of uncertainty and anxiety. One of the things we have done to help ourselves these past several weeks is to reach out to our friends in a continuing series of episodes we...
We are continuing to invite friends to join us in this series of episodes we are calling Dispatches from our Bunkers. This week David Baize Executive Director of the South Carolina Water Association joined us and discussed the behind...
David brings us a personal 5-minute water short about his home town, Silver City, New Mexico. Silver City is in a big bowl that sets the stage for us to learn about its ditch. Yes, one of the town’s most endearing and characteristic features is...
In this episode, we share a story about a series of pictures. These pictures were not ordinary. In three days they spread around the world. The story starts deep in the sewers of Charleston, South Carolina. It’s pitch black and divers are...
It’s been a while since we produced one of our 5-minute water shorts. Well, the wait is over. This short begins with a discovery. We found out during one of our recording sessions that David has a treasure trove of water jokes he has been posting...