The American Society of Civil Engineers grades U.S. water infrastructure a D-minus. Kevin Gast, co-founder, CEO and chairman of VVater, puts the bill for just maintaining it at about $1 trillion over the next 20 years. The systems are old, fewer people are training to run them, and the control software behind them was never built for an open internet.
Kevin spun VVater out of a family engineering conglomerate that has done 14,000 to 15,000 projects over 60 years. Its answer to membranes, filters and chemicals is the Farady Reactor, which treats water with alternating current at under 12 volts.
What we get into:
Where the trillion dollars goes, and why few people are training to run the plants
How old control systems leave water utilities open to attack
Why the tap water you drink has already been used upstream, and why reuse is the real choice
How the Farady Reactor treats water with electricity in place of membranes and chemicals
Where it fits: resort pools, wastewater plants, factories and homes
Kevin Gast is the co-founder, CEO and chairman of VVater, headquartered in Austin, Texas. He grew up in South Africa and watched Cape Town approach Day Zero. His book pick is The Count of Monte Cristo.
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