# S13E11 - Henk Ovink: "Stop the Stupidity Before Disaster Hits!" Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/don-t-waste-water-water-tech-to-solve-the-world-429684/s13e11-henk-ovink-stop-the-stupidity-before-disaster-hits Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/don-t-waste-water-water-tech-to-solve-the-world-429684/s13e11-henk-ovink-stop-the-stupidity-before-disaster-hits.md Podcast: [(don't) Waste Water! | Water Tech to Solve the World](https://stenobird.com/podcast/don-t-waste-water-water-tech-to-solve-the-world-429684) Published: 2025-10-01T03:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://podcast.ausha.co/dont-waste-water/s13e11-henk-ovink-stop-the-stupidity-before-disaster-hits Audio file: https://audio.ausha.co/y8KVXtNmnDke.mp3?t=1759118033 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/don-t-waste-water-water-tech-to-solve-the-world-429684/episodes/s13e11-henk-ovink-stop-the-stupidity-before-disaster-hits Duration seconds: 2149 ## Resource Will we die young & rich or live older & less rich? That is why Henk Ovink is formal: We will fail on climate change if we fail on water. Wanna know why? Listen to this! 🀫 Tired of stitching together Crunchbase, overpriced reports, and "a guy who knows a guy"? I built the fix. 50 Founder Seats. Join the waitlist: leviathandata.io πŸ™Œ Supporters πŸ™Œ A big thank you to my partner SimpleLab: https://link.dww.show/simplelab And a great shout out for Sciens Water's great Rethinking Water where this interview was recorded: https://scienswater.com/ #️⃣ All the Links Mentioned in this Video #️⃣ Global Commission on the Economics of Water Final Report: https://watercommission.org/#report My conversation with Sean Davis on PPPPs models My UN Water Conference 2023 coverage: Day 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOs5J6VymwE Day 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bQhz_yHN5U Day 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZZaON3Pr0c Final Coverage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gksQHzCYVA πŸŽ™οΈ Subscribe and Listen to the Don't Waste Water Podcast HERE πŸŽ™οΈ Podcast Channel: @dwwpodcast Main Channel: @AntoineWalterDWW Smartlink: https://smartlink.ausha.co/dont-waste-water Website: https://dww.show/podcast/ πŸ™‹ QUESTION: What would you like me to cover next? πŸ“ IN THIS WEEK'S EPISODE πŸ’Έ Why choosing between dying "young & rich" vs "older & less rich" defines our water future - and the shocking GDP numbers that prove it 🌍 How 4,000 liters per person per day completely reframes everything we thought we knew about water justice (hint: it's not about drinking water) 🎯 The five radical missions that could save 25% of irrigation water by 2050 while actually increasing farmer incomes πŸ’” What really happened at the UN Water Conference that left me staying up all night with crushing disappointm… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/don-t-waste-water-water-tech-to-solve-the-world-429684/episodes/s13e11-henk-ovink-stop-the-stupidity-before-disaster-hits/transcription-requests` β€” Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/don-t-waste-water-water-tech-to-solve-the-world-429684/s13e11-henk-ovink-stop-the-stupidity-before-disaster-hits.md` β€” Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.