In 2025, a significant portion of the global population faces water scarcity. The UN World Water Development Report in 2024 estimated that 2.2 billion people lack access to safe drinking water. How does the water industry not only address this challenge, but how does it do so without affecting future generations, and what is the future of the water energy nexus? Show Notes: Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2025 Best Innovation in Sustainability & Energy/Power Award VVater Time Stamps: Intro and summary | 00:00 How many people are without safe drinking water | 0:25 Gasts's Background | 1:48 What is the Faraday Reactor? How does it work? | 2:40 How are you scaling to meet the needs of industrial manufacturing and is it scalable to drinking water treatment plants? | 5:14 Does this work on PFAS? | 8:56  How is VVater positioned to compete with long established companies? | 9:46 What partnerships can be fostered between the water and energy sectors | 12:53 Resources:  SWS Top Projects Nominations  WaterWorld Top Projects Nominations  Wastewater Digest Top Projects Nominations About the Podcast 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 X @TUWpodcast. Join the conversation by commenting or using the hashtag #talkingunderwaterpod on social media.