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He Saved $8M With a 5 Min Google Search | EP 1
David Schneider of Wet Valley Water Consultants shares how a five-minute search and a phone call saved a disadvantaged Colorado community $8 million.
A five-minute Google search and one phone call. David Schneider says that is what saved a disadvantaged Colorado community $8 million in water infrastructure costs. In this episode of Engineers for Communities, he tells that story. He also shares other lessons from his work with rural Colorado water and sanitation providers.
Guest
David Schneider joins as the owner and founder of Wet Valley Water Consultants and District Manager of the Round Mountain Water and Sanitation District. His "boots on the ground and roll up your sleeves" approach has turned up unique solutions to many of the hard problems that rural Colorado water and sanitation providers face.
In this episode
- How a five-minute Google search and a phone call saved a disadvantaged community $8 million.
- A $2 million "out of the box" solution at no net cost.
- What David sees as the next big earthquake in the rural Colorado water and wastewater industry.
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