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Lia Clark: Engineers With Empathy: Rethinking Water Leadership and Finance | Make Water Work 027
In this episode of Make Water Work, Isaac Pellerin and Megan Glover sit down with Lia Clark, Community Support Director at Water Finance Exchange and founder of Engineer With Empathy.
Lia shares her journey into water, from an orphanage service trip in China to working on some of the toughest water infrastructure challenges in underserved communities across Texas.
This conversation dives into:
• Why most small water systems struggle to access funding
• The reality behind state and federal infrastructure dollars
• Why water utilities must operate more like businesses
• The hidden barrier…
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