Today on Wavelength, Dan and Molly are joined by the @waterprof himself, Dr. Karl Linden (University of Colorado Boulder). They talk about the state of the UV industry, Karl’s origins and inspirations in water research, a potential Karl Linden ‘The Water Guy’ podcast, trekking through Central America, following the Grateful Dead, and much more!

Karl Linden is a Professor of Environmental Engineering and the Mortenson Professor in Sustainable Development at the University of Colorado Boulder, where he researches advanced treatment systems for water and wastewater. Karl is also one of the pioneers of UV water treatment. From 2013-2016 he was President of the International UV Association, and in 2023 he received the IUVA Lifetime Achievement Award.

Dr. Karl Linden: https://www.colorado.edu/klinden/

Molly McManus: linkedin.com/in/molly-mcmanus

Dan Spicer: linkedin.com/in/danspicersalesengineer

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Today on Wavelength, we are sharing a part of a workshop from the IUVA World Congress in Dubai this past September. The IUVA’s UN SDG Task Force held a workshop on improving the sustainability of UV disinfection systems in low resource settings. As a part of the workshop, Karlye Wong (University of Toronto, UN SDG Task Force) sat down with Dr. Sara Marks (EAWAG) to discuss some of the systemic challenges to achieving more widespread global access to safe drinking water, and key considerations for the adoption of relatively new water technologies like UV disinfection. Dr. Marks is a professor and group leader of the Water Supply and Treatment group at the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (EAWAG). She is a world leading researcher in the evaluation of new water technologies and is an advisor to the World Health Organization on small water systems.

Dr. Sara Marks: https://www.eawag.ch/en/about-us/portrait/organisation/staff/profile/sara-marks/show/

UN SDG Task Force: https://iuva.org/UN-Sustainable-Development-Goals-Task-Force

WHO Guidelines for drinking-water quality: small water supplies: https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240088740

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💡 International Ultraviolet Association: https://iuva.org/

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Population growth, new and emerging contaminants, rapidly shifting regulations, and varied water and pollution sources make municipal wastewater treatment a constantly evolving challenge. What is the current technology landscape? What is the perception of UV as a technology option? What revolutionary wastewater treatment innovations are on the horizon? What are the prospects for young professionals entering this field? Today on Wavelength, Gary Hunter, the Global Wastewater Technology Practice Lead at Black & Veatch, joins Molly and Dan to talk about all of this and more!

You can contact Gary Hunter on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/gary-hunter-67746b29/) or by email at HunterGL@bv.com

Molly McManus: linkedin.com/in/molly-mcmanus

Dan Spicer: linkedin.com/in/danspicersalesengineer

To contact Wavelength, you can email iuvayp@iuva.org