The Make Water Work Podcast - Episode 34 Featuring Laura Vidal

Episode 34: Laura Vidal - Rural Water Always Finds a Way

85% of water systems in the United States operate with three or fewer employees. They manage treatment, distribution, compliance, reporting, and public communication – often while also handling parks, snow removal, and everything else a small community needs. They are rarely celebrated. And when everything is working, they are almost invisible. This episode is for them.

Make Water Work is launching a new series dedicated entirely to rural water – the small systems, the circuit riders, the association staff, and the utility operators who make clean water happen for millions of Americans every day. And there is no better person to kick it off than Laura Vidal, Association Partnership Director at 120 Water and a 17-year veteran of the Alliance of Indiana Rural Water.

In this episode, Isaac Pellerin sits down with his new co-host to hear her story, understand how rural water associations actually work, and set the stage for the conversations ahead.