This panel convened on Wednesday, November 11, 2020 during the first day of the MIT Water Summit.

In an era of growing population, increasing water stress, and aging infrastructure, providing reliable, equitable access to clean water is of paramount importance. In this panel, we showcase decentralization strategies that have been adopted in both rural and urban regions to address this challenge, which includes integrating natural systems, water recycling, fog harvesting, and more. We will highlight the lessons learned from these communities and their distributed systems, as well as explore synergies between models for rural and urban settings.

Moderated by Barika Poole, Executive Director, SPOUTS

Panelists:
-Paula Kehoe, Director of Water Resources, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC)
-Gaston Kremer, Field and Impact Manager, World-Transforming Technologies
-Jamila Bargach, Co-founder and Executive Director, Dar Si Hmad
-Korneel Rabaey, Professor, Department of Biotechnology at Ghent University, CTO of CAPTURE

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