In this episode, Water Consulting Expert Les Chau talks with a student from the UC Riverside School of Public Policy about California's Water Challenges. FEATURING Les Chau March 13th, 2022 40 MINUTES AND 31 SECONDS In this episode, Water Consulting Expert Les Chau talks with a student from the UC Riverside School of Public Policy about California's Water Challenges. About Les Chau: Mr. Chau specializes in One Water consulting, climate adaptation planning, water resource studies, water quality compliance, and water infrastructure asset management. His experience includes watershed analysis with a focus on overall environmental impacts and climate change effects on water supplies and infrastructure. Learn more about Les Chau via https://www.linkedin.com/in/leschau/ Podcast Highlights: “We need to really have a futurist strategy on how to grow the California economy...That I think requires us repurposing some of our existing commerce which is agriculture.” - Les Chau on the concept of repurposing agricultural land. “Be a champion of your own community, be a champion of safe drinking water, be a champion to represent underrepresented communities.” - Les Chau on the role everyone can play in addressing the water crisis. “It's not engineering and science in the forefront; it's really our political will.” - Les Chau on the role politics plays in water policy. Guest: Les Chau (Water Consulting Expert) Interviewers: Kevin Karami (UCR Public Policy Major, Dean’s Chief Ambassador) Music by: C Codaine https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Xylo-Ziko/Minimal_1625 https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Xylo-Ziko/Phase Commercial Link: https://spp.ucr.edu/mpp This is a production of the UCR School of Public Policy: https://spp.ucr.edu/ Subscribe to this podcast so you don’t miss an episode. Learn more about the series and other episodes via https://spp.ucr.edu/podcast.