President Trump’s first month, EPA Office of Water assistant administrator nomination & the California wildfires

21/02/2025 19 min Episodio 119
President Trump’s first month, EPA Office of Water assistant administrator nomination & the California wildfires

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Episode Synopsis

In this episode of Talking Under Water, the hosts summarize several actions of President Trump during his first month after reassuming the presidency and what those might mean for the industry, and they touch on the nomination of Jessica Kramer to the office of water at EPA as its assistant administrator. Finally, the episode ends with an update on the California Wildfires. 
Show Notes: 

EPA places DEI and Environmental Justice employees on administrative leave
Jessica Kramer nominated as EPA’s Assistant Administrator for Water
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announces "Powering the Great American Comeback" initiative
EPA renames its Gulf Division

 
Timestamps:   

Host intro & episode summary | 0:09
News round-up begins; President Trump's administration one month in | 0:50
Jessica Kramer nominated to lead EPA Office of Water | 7:15
California wildfires recap | 10:58
Housekeeping | 18:38

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About the Podcast   
Talking Under Water is the premier podcast for the water industry, including municipal water and wastewater, residential water treatment, storm water management and erosion control. It is produced in coordination between Wastewater Digest (WWD), WaterWorld and Storm Water Solutions (SWS). The podcast covers topics under the One Water movement including the municipal and industrial water and wastewater, residential, storm water and erosion control markets. Talking Under Water highlights news, trends, new technologies, industry discussions and on-site interviews with experts across the municipal water industry. New episodes of the podcast are released every other week. Logo Images: Anatoly Tiplyashin / Romolo Tavani / stock.adobe.com.      
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