Exploring Water Quality In US Cities | Can We Improve It?
Finding Genius Podcast
Richard Jacobs
4.4 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 5 July 2024
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
Gary Conley, the Chief Scientist at 2NDNATURE, joins the podcast to discuss how he uses his expertise in hydrology, pollution dynamics, and applied math to tackle water pollution problems. With a goal of improving watershed stewardship and reducing the cost of clean water in US communities, Gary draws from nearly 20 years of experience in his field to mitigate the challenges of water pollution…
2NDNATURE is a company that designs and builds software to simplify stormwater resource management, planning, and reporting. Want to know how 2NDNATURE is helping the water quality in US communities? Listen now to learn for yourself!
In this episode, we cover:
- Where water pollution typically occurs.
- The state of our water quality in US municipalities.
- The metrics used to measure water quality.
- The benefits of limiting urban runoff.
To discover more about 2NDNATURE and their work, visit www.2ndnaturewater.com now!
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| 0:06.9 | 95% of people in any profession are good enough to be qualified in license. |
| 0:11.3 | 5% go above and beyond. |
| 0:13.1 | They become very good at what they do. |
| 0:14.8 | But only 0.1% are real geniuses. |
| 0:18.1 | Richard Jacobs has made it his life's mission to find them for you. |
| 0:22.2 | He hunts down and interviews geniuses in every field. |
| 0:25.0 | Sleep science, cancer, stem cells, ketogenic diets, and more. |
| 0:28.6 | Here come the geniuses. |
| 0:30.3 | This is the Finding Genius Podcast. |
| 0:32.9 | The Richard Jacobs. |
| 0:37.6 | Hello, this is Richard Jacobs with the Finding Genius podcast. |
| 0:40.9 | I have Gary Conley. |
| 0:42.0 | He's the chief scientist of a company called Second Nature. |
| 0:45.4 | Second is spelled the number two and is in Nancy. |
| 0:48.1 | He is in David Second Nature. |
| 0:49.8 | So we're going to talk about his work there and his expertise in hydrology, pollution dynamics, and applied math. The goal appears to be to support, to create decision tools to help cities in the U.S. tackle water pollution problems. So Gary, thank you for coming. How you doing? I'm great. Richard. Thanks so much for the invitation. I'm really happy to be talking with you today about the work we're doing at Second Nature, |
| 1:11.6 | water pollution problems and what else we get into. |
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