MultiMedia Cafe Special Guest and Topics Menu Monday March 25, 2019 Duane Sand, North Star Water, and former candidate for U.S. House, discusses the water industry and how the state of North Dakota decided to get into the water business after the Bakken boom. Since the downturn in energy prices, […]
Interviews: Steve Mortenson, president, Independent Water Providers Mortenson talks about the water business and how the government is increasing their encroachment into the industry.
This is part five of a five part series “The North Dakota Western Water Wars”. This piece is the final installment of a five part series on the anomalous water industry found in the Bakken oil fields in western North Dakota. Originally this installment was going to focus on what […]
There’s an old saying in journalism – “follow the money”. That phrase inserted itself into America’s lexicon and popular culture during the movie “All the President’s Men”, a film portraying the events of Watergate. Since then, that phrase has been taught or talked about in most basic media classes. […]
Interview: Duane Sand, North Star Water, Bismarck, ND Sand opines about government subsidies in the private marketplace and how the private water industry works. He also discusses several water projects in North Dakota and how they are competing with private business.
This article is part three in a five part series on the water industry in western North Dakota. Every legislative session and campaign season, some politicians will utter the phrase “we can’t be picking winners and losers”. This statement is often meant to squelch any conversations regarding subsidies for businesses […]
Interview: North Dakota Representative Denton Zubke Zubke talks how the local municipalities started selling water to the oil companies and what impact it has had in the Baken.
Interviews: Steve Mortenson, president, Independent Water Providers, Williston, ND Mortenson talks about the Bakken’s water industry and how he has lost 50% of his business to government industrial water sales sold to oil companies for fracking. Mortenson also talks about how AE2S, an engineering company, has driven and pushed for […]
Interview: Derrick Braaten, partner, Baumstark Braaten Law Partners, Bismarck, ND Braaten moved to North Dakota to work with Sarah Vogel Law Partners, now Baumstark Braaten, in August of 2007. Prior to entering the legal profession, he worked with the Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture for two years, and has been […]
Interview: North Dakota Represenative Denton Zubke Zubke talks about the water industry in the Bakken and how the industrial and residential markets have changed over the past ten years.
Throughout history the practice of eminent domain has been abused in the United States. Abused to the point where the parties taking the land were colloquially referred as the “big bad wolf”. The first big bad wolf was the railroad. The process was quite simple, the railroad is considered a […]
Interview: Denton Zubke, North Dakota Representative and Board Member, Western Area Water Supply Authority Representative Zubke, republican, serves District 39 in the House of Representatives for the state of North Dakota. In addition to his public service, Zubke has a background in the private sector as well as serving on […]
Interview: Duane Sand, president, North Star Water, Bismarck, ND Sand talks about the water industry and some of the hurdles within their particular industry to capture more market share.
Interview: Jared Wirtz, executive director, Western Area Water Supply Authority Wirtz opines about whether the Western Area Water Supply Authority will impact funding to other water project across the state like the Fargo flood diversion. He talks about the future of WAWSA.
Interview: Derrick Braaten, partner, Baumstark Braaten Law Partners Braaten discusses land owners, pipelines and eminent domain.
Interview: Duane Sand, president, North Star Water Sand talks about different types of Bakken fracs and how the demand for water is changing in the western North Dakota.
Interview: Jerad Wirtz, executive director, Western Area Water Supply Authority Wirtz explains the origin of the Western Area Water Supply Authority and how it was set up to sell water to the oil companies.
Interview: Robert Harms, The Harms Group, Bismarck, ND Harms talks about the private water industry in the Bakken and how they have to compete with a public political subdivision which changes its business model to capture more market share.
A 5-part series on the controversial water industry of western North Dakota. The state of North Dakota is now experiencing a serious crossroads situation regarding the Western Area Water Supply Authority (WAWSA) and its future path. Uncertainty is nothing new to WAWSA and its project as controversy, a questionable […]
Interview: Jaret Wirtz, executive director, Western Area Water Supply Authority Jaret Wirtz is the Executive Director of the Western Area Water Supply Authority (WAWSA) in northwestern North Dakota. Jaret previously served as the manager of the McKenzie County Water Resource District for four years. During that time, he oversaw the […]
Interviews: Duane Sand, president and CEO, North Star Water, Bismarck, ND Talks about the water industry and how the government is slowly continuing their encroachment in the private sector and growing their marketshare through political mandates.
Interview: Robert Harms, The Harms Group, Bismarck, ND Harms explains current issues with the Western Areas Water Supply and how it is impacting the oil industry and the residents of western North Dakota.
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