"A lot of our efforts are based around helping our members tackle climate change through decarbonisation and providing more resilient solutions." - Mark Hansford, Director of Engineering Knowledge

Download the Institution of Civil Engineers' State of the Nation - Infrastructure 2025 report from ice.org.uk/about-us/our-o…

Now, to talk about Bynry's experience with the Samoa Water Authority in the Trial Reservoir, here's our own Dr. Reshmina William, and Bynry's Founder and CEO Nilesh Gudhe.

Bynry "The challenge we saw was while the large players get their hands on the best of the technology available in the market, we saw that small and mid-size utilities don't get that opportunity because of multiple factors." - Nilesh Gudhe, Bynry CEO

Bynry From Samoa to Samotics: Dr. Piers Clark introduces Simon Jagers, Co-Founder, to talk about their fitness monitor for water pumps.

Bynry Samotics "(...) it typically means that we see an ROI of 400%, meaning that for every pound invested, we generate four pounds of value." - Simon Jagers, Samotics

Bynry Samotics And finally... Dinosaurs!

Bynry Samotics "Though the sheer number of fossils discovered could be considered a significant find in itself, the dig became New Zealand's most diverse, containing fossils from many different environments, brought together in an ancient marine channel by wave action and strong currents."

🌊 Welcome to the 78th edition of the Water Action Platform! As usual, we will be going live at 6:30 UTC, and this month we're talking about water literacy... and sci-fi! 🧵 #WaterActionPlatform

🌊 A big shoutout to our amazing sponsors and partners of the Water Action Platform! Your invaluable support propels our mission towards sustainable water solutions. #sponsors

“How do we ensure that we capture the hearts and minds of our children such that they appreciate the importance of water? To understand this better, Piers interviews Catherine Barr, author of “Water: Protect Freshwater to Save Life on Earth.”

“(…) it's critical for our future to engage young primary school children who can absolutely understand the big picture.” Catherine Barr explains why she writes for children, and the work she does in schools.

We’ve talked in the past about how water plays a huge role in sci-fi literature. But to dive deeper still, Dr. Piers Clark introduces Isle’s very own Dr. Reshmina William.

Dr. Reshmina William, who besides being an engineer, is also an avid reader and creative writer, starts us off with her favorite definition of Science Fiction.

We’ve talked about children’s literature. We’ve talked about sci-fi. Now, to talk about factual and technical literature, Dr. Piers Clark brings in Jeff Johnson, from Oldcastle Inc.

“(…) one of my favorite quotes is [from] Albert Einstein: he said one time that "the more I learn, the more I realize what I don't know". And I think that's true across any discipline, but in water (…) there's just so much that we don't know.” - Jeff Johnson.

And now, on to TasWater’s Matt Balfe, to talk about their innovative outreach program.

“(…) we've launched a new brand, and the strapline for that brand is "Water. It's Tasmania's thing." This is all about our role in water is as a steward, we don't own water.” Matt Balfe, on TasWater’s water literacy outreach program.

Dr.Piers Clark once again thanks our amazing sponsors. #sponsors

Dr. Piers Clark signs off for WAP78. The next broadcast will be on Thursday, August 21th 2025, at 6:30am / 3:30pm UTC. Make sure to join us for more water sector related information.