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As New Hampshire grows we’re learning more about the hazards facing water quantity, quality and infrastructure and are exploring new ways to combat them. Hydrologists, environmentalist, inventors, and water groups are working hard on this effort, thinking up new technologies, new ideas and new plans so we’ll have enough clean potable water for our future. We conclude our series by exploring the future of our state’s drinking water and what some in the state are doing about it.

Guests

• Harry Stewart, Water Division Director at the Department of Environmental Services
• Brian Goetz, consultant for Weston and Sampson, a Portsmouth-based water treatment and wastewater design and consulting company and current president of New Hampshire’s Water Works Association

We'll also hear from

• Dean Kamen, founder and owner of DEKA Research and Development Corporation in Manchester; he has invented a water purification device called the Slingshot that can take any kind of polluted water and transfer it to potable water by using minimal energy

New Hampshire is growing and that means new strains on our water supply. Some complain of soaring water prices along with old infrastructure and strict quality standards. Now some communities are looking to develop “water plans”. We explore how much water we have and use, who uses it and what some are doing to make sure we have enough water.

Guests

• Marilee Horn, water use specialist at United States Geological Survey in New Hampshire and lead author of a study on water use for the Seacoast region
• TBA

The beginnings of the war on insects coincides with the growth of immigration in our country. As America expanded, so did the need for food crops, so businesses, corporations and snake oil salesmen alike sold a host of substances to stop bugs. Arsenic, mercury, sulfuric acid, even whale oil was used on crops. Today's insecticides are far more advanced, but they're not without controversy. A new book explores the history of our war on bugs.

Guest

• Will Allen, Vermont based farmer, activist and author, whose new book is The War on Bugs

Shorefront developers and homeowners are now operating under new laws to protect water quality in New Hampshire’s lakes, rivers, and streams.
Changes to the state’s Comprehensive Shoreland Protection Act went into effect this month.
Some homeowners and builders say the tougher regulations are confusing and could make building anything more difficult and expensive.
But others say the changes should have happened decades ago.
New Hampshire Public Radio’s Amy Quinton reports on how people are adapting to the new laws.