Water has a power unlike almost any other element on Earth. In large enough quantities or with enough force behind it, water can effectively lay waste to anything people have built. But water is also fragile — prey to the best laid plans of those same people who drink it and play in it and grow with it.

In this episode of Grounded Hope, we'll learn more about Ohio's water: From the history of the Dayton Flood, to toxic algae blooms in Lake Erie, to the people who are fighting to give the Ohio River rights of its own. In all of these stories, you'll hear some persistent themes: That water connects us all, not just metaphorically, but physically; that its health is often threatened by modern farming practices; and that it's counting on us to take care of it.