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.

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90 Mendenhall Glacier

154 Water is Gold

A wonderful opportunity for a student is to work with scientists that have a genuine love of the earth sciences. I did this during the later years of my geologic studies while attending the Ohio State University. Years later, I had the good fortune to meet Marcia McNutt, the former director of the US Geologic Survey. She shared with me the scope of the Geologic Survey and how water fits into their mission. 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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167 A Personal Economic Hardship

There were talks at the county level regarding rules about how water can be used on newly developed land then, one day, Thad Vaughn, a builder on the eastern flank of Washington state’s Cascade mountain range woke up to a water moratorium that turned his life upside down. 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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93 A Water Purveyors Worst Dream

Remember 2009? Sara Wolfe shares the difficulties that the Westland Water District was experiencing during the 2009 shortage of water. Water is the most important and most challenging component for growing a food supply for the country and the world. 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

36 Glaciers

Glaciers have sculped mountains and carved out valleys around the world. Glaciers are always in motion, advancing or retreating in response to changing climate. Here in California glaciers have carved their history into the Sierra Nevada mountains and the Cascade Range. Remanence of these events can be found in the California Central Valley and portions of the state of Nevada. 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

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249 Gold Fever

If it wasn’t for water, California gold probably would never have accumulated beneath California’s mountains and valleys. Even small operators of gold mines can be successful. The unique characteristics of water make it a great solvent and a perfect carrier for the treasures hidden deep in the earth.

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

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64 Water at 36000 Feet

Most of the time we tend to look up and view water falling out of the clouds or watch the snow gently floating downwards from above. An interesting contrast are experiences shared by Captain Andrew Barnes, United Airlines Pilot, during his thirty years of flying. Water creates an interesting tapestry that supports an aviator in some ways and must be carefully navigated in other ways.

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

264 Dundee, Scotland

Have you ever asked yourself why certain cities and towns were built where we see them today? And to what degree did water enter that decision? 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

123 Pittsburgh River Patrol

The number of bridges crossing the rivers of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania are the most concentrated that I have ever seen. You would expect that having all that access to the Allegheny, Monongahela and Ohio rivers would be ground zero for calamities of all kinds. It may be but Pittsburgh has created a River Rescue Patrol to keep these rivers safe. 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