When the government encroaches into industry
Interviews: Steve Mortenson, president, Independent Water Providers Mortenson talks about the water business and how the government is increasing their encroachment into the industry.
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The wild world of the water business
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 […]
Full length interview: The Big Bad Wolf and eminent domain
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 […]
Water industry in ND going through major changes
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.
North Dakota’s Newest Big Bad Wolf
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 […]
Full length interview: Water, boom bust cycles and government competing with private business
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 […]
ND water projects and their funding impacts
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.
Getting water to rural Bakken communities
Interview: Jerad Wirtz, executive director, Western Area Water Supply Authority Wirtz talks about getting water into rural communities in the Bakken.
How water could seriously impact the Bakken
Interview: Robert Harms, The Harms Group 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.
Full length interview: Sand talks water business
Interview: Duane Sand, owner, North Star Water Sand talks about the water business and how it operates with the oil and gas industry. He also discusses in detail the Western Authority Water Supply (WAWS) and how the government entity has become extremely intrusive in the private sector.