Oct 25 2024 27 mins 1
When most of us think about water, we think about two parts: our drinking water and wastewater. But there's a third leg to this stool often overlooked yet becoming an increasingly vital part to preserving water and protecting our way of life - storm water. Think about the 7-foot wall of water that crashed on Florida's Gulf Coast recently from Hurricane Helene. The infrastructure in those cities and towns couldn't handle it (no city could) and the result was tragic loss of life, billions in destruction and families devastated. That 7-foot storm surge brought a deluge of 42 trillion gallons of water. Yes, trillions. Enough water to stand and watch the flow at Niagara Falls for 21 straight months. On this episode of 'Ohio Water Means Business', we sit down with the Ohio Farm Bureau and Advanced Drainage Systems. ADS is the largest manufacturer of corrugated pipe in the U.S. and just cut the ribbon on a gleaming new headquarters in Hilliard complete with a $65 million dollar engineering and technology center. The ADS mission statement says it all - Our reason is water. With farmers and ag producers, we all know, that's where the work gets done in all corners of the state as our agriculture industry is still our largest statewide. Farmers have to be nimbler than ever here too; we may not have tidal hurricanes, but we do have tornadoes, floods, and droughts bringing enormous challenges on a daily basis. The Farm Bureau also has encouraging environmental news to report from its 2024 Water Report!
