{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Executive Exchange","title":"Water Transition with Strategic Hearts: Vitens' Approach to Climate Challenges with Doeke Schippers, Leading Professional at Vitens","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/278f8d4b\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":776,"description":"In this episode of the Exec Exchange podcast, host Piers Clark speaks with Doeke Schippers, Leading Professional of Vitens, the Netherlands’ largest drinking water company serving 6 million people with chlorine-free water. Doeke recounts his career from chemical engineering in wastewater to leadership roles in the drinking water sector. The conversation focuses on the Dutch “water transition” as climate change brings heat waves, summer drought, low river flows, and increasing salinity alongside winter floods. In response, Vitens is developing groundwater recharge and nature-based infiltration “water batteries,” exploring mixed sources including surface water and treated wastewater through \"strategic hearts\" while addressing contaminants like PFAS, and working with regulators.\n00:00 Welcome and Guest\n00:26 Career Journey\n01:10 Why Drinking Water\n01:34 About Vitens\n01:58 Chlorine Free Water\n02:46 Water Transition Challenges\n04:53 Water Batteries Strategy\n06:19 Reuse and PFAS\n07:14 Rivers and Desalination\n08:39 Regulators\n09:25 Public Awareness Gap\n11:34 Personal Advice and Wrap","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/AhH8Oc24Ep5HBk1v4oSv3FPCbdOflcUt3HC2QFXLbGU/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS85ZGVm/OTViMGYxNjJiMjNh/YjEwMmM3YmY2MWZj/ZjBmMi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}