177 Time Well Spent

The Yakama basin back in 1905 was home to water battles between  people wanting to use the wealth of rivers and creeks available in the state of Washington. Today, groundwater has become the new battle ground. Are the creeks and rivers connected to underlying groundwater aquifers and if so, is there enough water to meet current demands?  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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174 It Can Happen to You

You may have thought that there will never be a day that you would be asked to curtail your water supply because of drought, especially a whole town. Well, guess, what?  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.  

Bringing People Together to Solve Water Problems 

Operation Unite®; stevebaker@operationunite.co; 530-263-1007 

153 The Yakima Nation

Life has changed for the Yakima Nation. The arid climate of their land holds limited water for those that live in the region. How is the Yakima Nation dealing with their water needs? 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.  

Bringing People Together to Solve Water Problems 

Operation Unite®; stevebaker@operationunite.co; 530-263-1007 

172 Reflections of a Dairyman II

The importance of water is really understood when its presence in your life is threatened. The Washington state Dairy Federation knows. They have been faced with losing their water supply that traditionally has been supported by groundwater. 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.  

Bringing People Together to Solve Water Problems 

Operation Unite®; stevebaker@operationunite.co; 530-263-1007 

175 A Watery Economy

Water is, for the most part, a transparent resource that is invisible to your typical American. Its tangible contributions in our lives are eventually seen when the resource is taken away. Paul Jewel, Kittitas County Commissioner, feels that people can take water for granted.  It truly is our single, biggest economic indicator. Most people don’t appreciate that. 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.  

Bringing People Together to Solve Water Problems 

Operation Unite®; stevebaker@operationunite.co; 530-263-1007 

193 A New Risk on the Horizon

Changes in the environment and our lives are constantly occurring. Sometimes very quickly and other times quite slow. In the environmental, quick changes can quickly exceed the adaptive capacity of the ecosystem. Mankind living in the fast lane finds itself in a rapidly changing environment.  How does the banking industry handle change in the lending world and what about water associated risk?  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.

Bringing People Together to Solve Water Problems

Operation Unite®; stevebaker@operationunite.co; 530-263-1007

129 Montana Water Rights

During a 19th Century quest to provide miners with a legal claim to their mineral rights was the emergence of a similar doctrine used for assigning water rights. Handling water issues in Montana started off with much controversy over the philosophical approach that should be followed. Do we share or do we follow a first in time, first in right philosophy? 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.

Bringing People Together to Solve Water Problems

Operation Unite®; stevebaker@operationunite.co; 530-263-1007

139 Urban Planning and Water

Urban Planning and water seem to overlap each other when designing for land development. Some of the fundamental decisions for planning surround questions related to water. 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.

Bringing People Together to Solve Water Problems

Operation Unite®; stevebaker@operationunite.co; 530-263-1007

71 Our Heritage and Values

Have you ever wanted a perfectly calibrated countryside? Water is the fundamental backdrop for expanding society into new areas. I wonder, what does it take to achieve this? 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.

Bringing People Together to Solve Water Problems

Operation Unite®; stevebaker@operationunite.co; 530-263-1007

115 The Value of Information

We have known that measuring rain events and stream flows need to be measured at the same scale. Now the importance in collecting groundwater data is also recognized as requiring the same level of attention. Montana has a groundwater assessment program that has raised the bar on building a database that is accessible to the water using public. Drought is always a concern in Montana so data of this sort is valuable for all groundwater users, water purveyors and rural residential well owners. Water levels of today are not the water levels of tomorrow. We need to make good water decisions all the time. 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.

Bringing People Together to Solve Water Problems

Operation Unite®; stevebaker@operationunite.co; 530-263-1007