California isn’t the only state that is creating water strategies that marry surface water with groundwater supplies. One strategy is called conjunctive use and it really helps us optimize the presence of water for us humans and the environment. Mary Saxton, former Director of the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, uses the conjunctive use approach to process permits for the state. Water that is used from one resource during one time of year can then be augmented by replenishing extracted water from another resource that is connected to the same hydrologic system during another time of year. In the end, a city may receive its water for drinking that used to be used to grow food on a nearby farm. It’s a zero-sum game. Listen up. Water is a Many Splendor’ed Thing brings you another water relationship that has a personally significant impact to your life.
Stephen J. Baker, producer of Operation Unite’s Living Water® radio series, “Water is a Many Splendor’ed Thing”, has completed 258 episodes from around the world since 2006. Each story is a real circumstance of one water relationship that exists in the world. Contact Operation Unite® if you would like your organization’s water relationship to be shared with the masses.
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