The Water Data Podcast

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WELL Labs

12 episodes

5 days ago

How do we balance the science of water flows with the spiritual and social lives that rivers sustain? What does it mean to define “environmental flows” in a country where rivers are sacred? How can data, stories, and citizen science come together to restore river health? In this episode, host Veena Srinivasan and guest co-host Nirat Bhatnagar of Dalberg Advisors are joined by two remarkable guests: Dr. Sejal Worah, Programme Director at WWF India, and Dr. Kate Brauman, Lead Scientist at the G...

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Episodes (12/12)

The Water Data Podcast

Environmental Water flows with Kate Brauman and Sejal Worah

5 days ago

1 hour 6 minutes

The Water Data Podcast

Fertiliser overuse and Nitrogen pollution with Esha Zaveri

Nitrogen has been feeding billions, but it is now overloading our soils, waters, and air. Why is the fertilizer that fuels our food supply also creating a massive pollution problem? How do India's large fertilizer subsidies fit into this, and what are the long-term health risks of "legacy nitrogen" already in our groundwater? Esha Zaveri, Senior Economist at the World Bank joins host Veena Srinivasan on Season 2, Episode 7 of the Water Data Podcast. Esha Zaveri is trained as an environmental ...

2 weeks ago

47 minutes

The Water Data Podcast

Groundwater in the Indo-Gangetic Basin with Alan M MacDonald

What makes the Indo-Gangetic Basin one of the most important aquifers in the world? How do stable isotopes, CFCs, and even traces of pharmaceuticals help us understand where groundwater comes from and how old it is? Can satellites like GRACE and InSAR give us new insights into groundwater depletion and recharge in South Asia? Alan M. MacDonald, Head of Groundwater at the British Geological Survey, joins host Veena Srinivasan on Season 2, Episode 6 of the Water Data Podcast. Alan is a hydrogeo...

1 month ago

1 hour 1 minute

The Water Data Podcast

Hydrology in the 21st Century with Dr Murugesu Sivapalan

Professor Murugesu Sivapalan shares how the field of hydrology has evolved over the past few decades, on Season 2, Episode 5 of the Water Data Podcast. Prof Murugesu Sivapalan is the Chester and Helen Siess Endowed Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dr Sivapalan is an award-winning academic and was founding chair of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS) Decade on Predictions in Ungauged Basins (PUB) initi...

1 month ago

1 hour 15 minutes

The Water Data Podcast

Community and Groundwater Science with Dr Tom Gleeson

Host Veena Srinivasan sits down with Dr. Tom Gleeson, renowned hydrologist and Professor at the University of Victoria, Canada. Dr. Tom Gleeson shares his journey from a small-town experience with groundwater contamination to becoming a global leader in groundwater research. The conversation explores Tom’s early fieldwork in fractured rock aquifers, the challenges of modeling groundwater systems, and his pivotal role in developing global groundwater sustainability frameworks. Tom and Ve...

2 months ago

39 minutes

The Water Data Podcast

Flood Science and Management with Dr Guenter Bloeschl

How and why does flooding take place? How are flood risks evolving with climate change and large-scale human alteration of riverscapes and watersheds? Does it even make sense to measure a ‘100-year-flood’ any more? Stockholm Water Prize 2025 winner Dr Guenter Bloeschl shares a masterclass on the science and management of floods on the third episode of Season 2 of the Water Data Podcast. The Water Data Podcast is a talk show on the science, systems, and stories of water hosted by Veena Sriniva...

2 months ago

1 hour 2 minutes

The Water Data Podcast

Groundwater and Markets with Dr Soumya Balasubramanya

Do farmers share and sell groundwater to each other informally? Can you price water for farmers? How does new technology get adopted in agriculture? Does solar irrigation make sense for India? Dr Soumya Balasubramanya has a wide-ranging discussion with host Veena Srinivasan on the second episode of Season 2 of the Water Data Podcast. Dr Soumya Balasubramanya is a senior economist with the World Bank, and previously a Senior Researcher in Environment and Development Economics at the Internatio...

2 months ago

57 minutes

The Water Data Podcast

Governing Water Resources with Dr Somasekhar Rao

How do you develop a water policy for a state like Karnataka, and how do you implement it well? How can you bring the best of science, engineering and citizen engagement to water management in government? What does it mean to build a think tank within the government? Dr Somasekhar Rao has a wide-ranging discussion with host Veena Srinivasan on the first episode of Season 2 of the Water Data Podcast. Dr Somasekhar Rao is Director (Technical) of the Advanced Centre for Integrated Water Resource...

3 months ago

1 hour 14 minutes

The Water Data Podcast

Trailer | Welcome to the Water Data Podcast!

The Water Data Podcast is a talk show on the science, systems, and stories of water hosted by Veena Srinivasan. Every other Tuesday, sit down and listen to researchers, innovators, government officials and business leaders working on the forefront of water systems. New episodes out from June 22, 2025! Veena Srinivasan is an award-winning socio-hydrologist as well as the founder and Executive Director of WELL Labs, a water systems research and innovation centre based in Bengaluru, India....

3 months ago

1 minute

The Water Data Podcast

Corporate Water Stewardship & Data with Jason Morrison and Hari Hegde

The episode focuses on the role and use of data for corporate water stewardship. Our guests Hari Hegde from Wipro Limited and Jason Morisson from the CEO Water Mandate and the Pacific Institute join us to talk about business action, how businesses can become water efficient and how data ties into these questions. They walk us through their journey with corporate water stewardship. The Water Data Podcast is a talk show on the science, systems, and stories of water hoste...

4 years ago

1 hour 11 minutes

The Water Data Podcast

Data for Water Quality and Public Health with Ranjiv Khush and Sunderrajan Krishnan

In this episode, Ranjiv Khush from Aquaya Institute and Dr. Sunderrajan Krishnan from INREM foundation walk us through their journey with water data and its connections with water quality and public health. They discuss why water quality is important to them, the different facets of measuring water quality, different approaches to data-driven solutions towards better public health and the bottlenecks to scaling them. The Water Data Podcast is a talk show on the science, systems, and stories o...

4 years ago

1 hour 13 minutes

The Water Data Podcast

The Importance of Water Data with Peter Gleick and Rohini Nilekani

In the first episode episode, our guests Peter Gleick from Pacific Institute and Rohini Nilekani from Arghyam, join us to talk about the role and importance of water data and the trends they have observed in the sector through decades of practice. They discuss the challenges and gaps in the water data ecosystem and how we can collaborate better, learn from each other and bring about a culture of using water data in decision making. The Water Data Podcast is a talk show on the science, systems...

4 years ago

1 hour 8 minutes