Ep. 01: the Plimsoll Podcast
Julie Davies O’Shea and Dan Keppen in conversation about what it means to modernize irrigation infrastructure and why it‘s vital that this work happens now.
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Julie O’Shea speaks with guest Dan Keppen, a civil engineer whose career has spanned a wide range of roles in design and administration of large-scale water management and policy organizations including the Klamath Water Association, the Bureau of Reclamation, and the Family Farm Alliance. He has been a lifelong advocate for responsible policies that support agricultural producers and the environment in the West.
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We’re always hearing people talk about the looming water crisis that is going to happen at some point. It’s no longer a theoretical issue… We need to be more than just aware of the problem, we’ve got to be dealing with it.
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