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- 🇮🇳IN · Earth Sciences#2300K to 800K
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400K to 1.1M🇮🇳71%🇦🇹9%🇰🇪9%+4 more - Active Followers
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120K to 336K
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Water Accounting across Scales with Wim Bastiannsen
Jun 23, 2026
51m 09s
The Deep Politics of Canal Irrigation in India with Peter Mollinga
Jun 11, 2026
1h 06m 16s
California's Groundwater Governance Successes | Dr. Maurice Hall
May 26, 2026
1h 17m 54s
The Hidden Politics of Water Systems | Margreet Zwarteveen
May 12, 2026
1h 13m 14s
How Satellite Tech Imaged the Global Groundwater Crisis | James (Jay) Famiglietti
Apr 28, 2026
56m 15s
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| Date | Episode | Description | Length | ||||||
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| 6/23/26 |  Water Accounting across Scales with Wim Bastiannsen | How can satellites measure crop water use from space? Can they help farmers irrigate more precisely, improve yields, and make water distribution fairer across canal systems? In this episode of the Water Data Podcast, Veena Srinivasan speaks with Professor Wim Bastiaanssen, a pioneer in satellite-based evapotranspiration mapping and the original developer of SEBAL — the Surface Energy Balance Algorithm. Professor Bastiaanssen explains how satellite imagery can estimate actual evapotranspiratio... | 51m 09s | ||||||
| 6/11/26 |  The Deep Politics of Canal Irrigation in India with Peter Mollinga | Why do canal irrigation systems repeatedly produce head-tail inequality? Why do some farmers receive reliable water while others are systematically deprived for decades? In this episode, Veena Srinivasan speaks with Professor Peter Mollinga, a leading scholar of irrigation and water governance, about the politics of canal irrigation systems in India. Drawing from nearly 40 years of research on the Tungabhadra Left Bank Canal in Karnataka, the conversation explores the origins of “protective i... | 1h 06m 16s | ||||||
| 5/26/26 |  California's Groundwater Governance Successes | Dr. Maurice Hall | California’s groundwater crisis did not emerge overnight. Decades of unrestricted pumping, falling groundwater levels, land subsidence, disappearing streamflows, and recurring droughts eventually pushed the state toward one of the world’s most ambitious groundwater governance reforms: the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA). In this episode of the Water Data Podcast, Dr. Maurice Hall, Senior Advisor for Climate Resilient Water Systems at the Environmental Defense Fund, joins host Ve... | 1h 17m 54s | ||||||
| 5/12/26 |  The Hidden Politics of Water Systems | Margreet Zwarteveen | Why is water never just a technical problem? Who gets water, who loses access, and who gets to decide? In this episode of the Water Data Podcast, Professor Margreet Zwarteveen, an internationally recognised scholar of water governance, irrigation, gender, and the politics of natural resources, joins host Veena Srinivasan, Executive Director at WELL Labs. Margreet Zwarteveen is Professor of Water Governance Education at IHE Delft and Professor of Governance and Inclusive Development at the Uni... | 1h 13m 14s | ||||||
| 4/28/26 |  How Satellite Tech Imaged the Global Groundwater Crisis | James (Jay) Famiglietti | How can a satellite measure water buried deep underground? What can space-based observations tell us about groundwater depletion across the world? And how is this data shaping the future of water policy and governance? Professor Jay Famiglietti, a leading hydrologist and former NASA scientist, joins host Veena Srinivasan on this episode of the Water Data Podcast to discuss the revolutionary GRACE satellite mission. Jay is a Global Futures Professor at Arizona State University and is widely kn... | 56m 15s | ||||||
| 4/27/26 | The Water Data Podcast is back with Season 3! | Listen to host Veena Srinivasan as she continues to talk to researchers, innovators, government officials and business leaders working on the forefront of water systems. The show features rich conversations on the science, systems, and stories that shape our water future. Episodes drop every other Tuesday. Subscribe to our YouTube channel for more updates. Watch episodes from season two here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrHB5gd1QIB8Tc2zlGRrz5QCxxP70FNBh&si=oQ-hH87g7... | 1m 48s | ||||||
| 3/3/26 |  The Social Science of Water: Beyond Hydrology ft Trevor Birkenholtz | Water Data Podcast | What does water have to do with power, caste, labor, and economic policy? In this episode of the Water Data Podcast, Professor Trevor Birkenholtz (Penn State University) explains how political ecology helps us understand groundwater, irrigation, and large-scale water infrastructure in India. Trevor Birkenholtz is a political ecologist and development geographer with regional interests in South Asia and the United States. His empirical interests are in water-supply development, water infrastru... | 1h 15m 34s | ||||||
| 2/17/26 |  Participatory Groundwater Management with Himanshu Kulkarni | The Water Data Podcast | In this episode of The Water Data Podcast, host Veena Srinivasan speaks with Dr. Himanshu Kulkarni, hydrogeologist and co-founder of ACWADAM, about groundwater science in India – from basalt aquifers and rural irrigation to springshed revival in the Himalayas and participatory groundwater management. This episode was recorded in November 2025 on the sidelines of a two-day event celebrating the life and work of Dr. Himanshu Kulkarni, marking his recognition with the 2025 International Water Pr... | 57m 53s | ||||||
| 2/3/26 |  Himanshu Kulkarni and Indian Hydrogeology | The Water Data Podcast | In this episode of The Water Data Podcast, host Veena Srinivasan speaks with Dr. Himanshu Kulkarni, hydrogeologist and co-founder of ACWADAM, about groundwater science in India – from basalt aquifers and rural irrigation to springshed revival in the Himalayas and participatory groundwater management. This episode was recorded in November 2025 on the sidelines of a two-day event celebrating the life and work of Dr. Himanshu Kulkarni, marking his recognition with the 2025 International Water Pr... | 1h 15m 09s | ||||||
| 1/20/26 |  The Art of Good Hydrological Modelling | Hubert Savenije | How can simple models explain the complexity of rivers, landscapes and water systems? Why does hydrology sometimes struggle to connect theory and reality? In this episode of the Water Data Podcast, Veena Srinivasan speaks with Prof. Hubert Savenije, Emeritus Professor of Hydrology at TU Delft and one of the most influential thinkers in modern hydrological science. They discuss Hubert’s early journey in hydrology and how intuition shaped his scientific thinking, the importance of embraci... | 1h 13m 28s | ||||||
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| 1/6/26 |  Nitrogen and Phosphorous Leave a Legacy of Water Pollution | Nandita Basu | When a lake turns green with algae, or nitrate shows up in drinking water, the most obvious question would be: Why can’t we fix this quickly? In this episode of the Water Data Podcast, Veena Srinivasan speaks with Professor Nandita Basu from the University of Waterloo about nitrogen and phosphorus legacies – the hidden nutrient stores in soils, groundwater, and sediments that keep polluting waterways for decades. They unpack how the Haber-Bosch process transformed agriculture, why nitrogen us... | 1h 08m 09s | ||||||
| 12/9/25 |  Eco-Hydrology with Jagdish Krishnaswamy | How do forests shape our water security? Why do rivers need to flow? And what happens to fish, turtles and gharials when dams shut off water? In this episode, host Veena Srinivasan speaks with Jagdish Krishnaswamy to explore the science that connects hydrology, ecology, and the people who depend on India’s rivers and landscapes. From the Western Ghats to the Himalayas, from springs to large reservoirs, this episode dives into decades of pioneering field research, where data collection meets c... | 1h 10m 55s | ||||||
| 11/25/25 |  Creating Space for Water Collaboration with Henk Ovink | In this episode, host Veena Srinivasan speaks with Henk Ovink who is often called the world’s first “Water Diplomat” for a deep and wide-ranging conversation on trust, global cooperation, imagined redundancy, and the future of water governance around the world. Henk Ovink, joins host Veena Srinivasan on Season 2, Episode 9 of the Water Data Podcast. Henk has had an extraordinary career shaping water diplomacy and resilience - from serving as the Special Envoy for International Water Aff... | 1h 12m 50s | ||||||
| 11/11/25 |  Groundwater, Climate Resilience & Africa’s Aquifers with Richard Taylor | Ep 8 | How should we understand groundwater in a warming world? Why has groundwater become the climate resilience resource for millions of people and what do we now know about how fast recharge can occur? What does new data tell us about the future of groundwater across Africa and Asia? And how can communities and governments manage groundwater without falling into the trap of over-extraction? In this episode, host Veena Srinivasan speaks with Richard Taylor who has spent decades studying groundwate... | 1h 16m 04s | ||||||
| 10/28/25 |  Environmental Water flows with Kate Brauman and Sejal Worah | 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... | 1h 06m 48s | ||||||
| 10/14/25 |  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 ... | 47m 47s | ||||||
| 9/30/25 |  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... | 1h 01m 02s | ||||||
| 9/16/25 |  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... | 1h 15m 31s | ||||||
| 9/2/25 |  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... | 39m 46s | ||||||
| 8/19/25 |  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... | 1h 02m 30s | ||||||
| 8/5/25 |  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... | 57m 07s | ||||||
| 7/22/25 |  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... | 1h 14m 40s | ||||||
| 7/15/25 |  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.... | 1m 21s | ||||||
| 9/29/21 | 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... | 1h 11m 44s | ||||||
| 9/6/21 | 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... | 1h 13m 17s | ||||||
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8 placements across 7 markets.
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8 placements across 7 markets.