Water shortages are even taking their toll on the very end, beer production, credit and taking destroyed, which means it could produce a lot more. Its better operating below capacity because were not getting enough water. The bush don becca brewery, and the various southern germany toby on show originally wanted to expand operations here and produce more beer. But the brewery has no wells of its own. Its water supply comes from the town. And sean bag is facing a water shortage limit was said as to how much water the brewery can use. And the Utility Company reduce the size of the pipe for incoming water push to became some future when you have a pipe like this, a certain amount of water can pass through anyway, its, you know, but its also limited right here to a precepts quantity of things a pipe, as ive said, as a regular Household Water plant. So hed hoped to produce 200000. 00 heck the liters per year, but can only make 50000. 00 as few that are simply not enough water. They what are the currently, the limiting factor is the municipal supply me . If we had more water, wed be able to hook up 3 more tanks on speed. We already have all the piping, alyssa speed, i saw 300 kilometers per north winds. The village of back time, which is also facing water scarcity. The village of 3000 people has its own small water works, but the wells can no longer yield. And now, especially in the summer, theres also a quality issue. The ground water has become polluted with fertilizers used by farms in the area, and therefore it has to be treated at considerable cost and mixed with uncontaminated water. Local mayor calling because she is under pressure the language of the farming industry says it needs a lot more water. And if youre a gate specialty crops, we do it and people need to have a secure supply of Drinking Water. And so you get things most of them. Those are conflicting interests, pricing, in the long term, we wont be able to guarantee a steady supply of improved quality Drinking Water on our own form. I think was laura farmer and back time the water scarcity has already become an existential issue. We shot calling about, converted his parents, small sideline farm for gaining production, and expanded it significantly the droughts of recent years. Mean his business is now in danger. Switching to other crops that need less water isnt an option this optic done. So if there was a demand for vegetables of august, the Domestic Production mates just 40 or 50 percent of germanys vegetable consumption. But switching wouldnt be easy for us. This is phil. And since we have all of the equipment has gone through and invested in these crops, its the only thing physically to and i was click calling about has his own wells on his farm. But since the beginning of 2023, due to shortages in the region, the authorities have cut the amount of water hes permitted to extract in half. This although over the last few years, the farmer has needed more water and not less tea and other affected farmers have called for water to be pumped here from the nearby river mine. But such a decision takes time. Meanwhile, calling about his doing what he can to cut back on water here, hes using hunger. So plastic pipes to irrigate his time, crumbs to minimize evaporation, but ultimately withdrew derogation. You need 20 to 30 percent less water. So you save water by not losing any. Stood the root of the problem here is Climate Change which has the farm are deeply concerned with the throat companions, and we have long drive periods and more intense heavy rainfall here as well. Now this is but one the oh, i didnt have the impression that it was so dry for so long that im going to withdraw from all. The crucial factor is whats called ground water recharge, which is when underground aquifers are replenished by water seeping into the ground. Areas mark blue on the map are okay. Those mark, yellow, orange and red have to little new ground water. The Regional Agency from Mining Energy and geology has been tracking the development of ground water recharge in northern germany. The mathematical models theyve created indicate that significant ships are coming escape. These are areas where we know that between the years, 20712100. That will be more ground water going on right next to these. Their areas with the ground water will be depleted. This will be our thats even the context. Lets see what kind of implement off the items are deshawn with someone the one hand that will be the question of whether plants will get enough water on side to. And virtually right next door, someone may have problems with their house because of rising ground water. How do you still believe them in my house by going to sign think so . According to the german media are illogical. Heavy rainfall events have increased by 25 percent since 1950. But such massive rain falls contribute little to ground water recharge because they flow off into the sea via canals and straighten rivers. As a result, in dry somers, more ground water is consumed then as recharged. This phenomenon is called ground water depletion. Vast couldnt get to mean here actually, what can we do to restrain precipitation . Tivo diets may be heavier than before. Unless spread out this month. How can we hold back those watered masses . Okay, so for example, by trying to accumulate that water and bring it exactly to where its needed to done da him to bring more months then often ne, a to talking to north ryan was failure. The local waterworks are busy upgrading here hydro geologist punk schmidt has worked out the ideal place for a new Drinking Water. Well, the aim is to be prepared for the impact of Climate Change. And this is where the will will be installed. Some of the hopes that we have the main stay here, 1500000 cubic meters. Thats over 80 percent of the mountain needed from this one location alone or the the well should be finished and ready for use this year. In con, the Drilling Companies engineer, representatives from the waterworks and a specialist engineer are inspecting the site recommended by schmidt. No, its a big responsibility for the hydro geology project. Hes had to take many factors into account. So i might look for 3 sequences for thursday, availability of land, and then the areas where the ground water bearing layers are particularly sensible. Where we can expect many meters of sand and gravel that filter the ground water meter group of filters on the user. And then from the ability of the layers is important so that we can insure the amount required can actually be extracted. I mean that the boxes do this all good philadelphia, this is what a typical extraction. Well, in germany looks like. After a test drill the well shopped is dug out and a water pipe installed with a pump. The ground water flows through filter slots into the shaft and has been pumped up. A lot is withdrawn the ground water level control, which is why there are strict limits set by the authorities. Function that services are more in demand than ever. He travels all over germany to track down i deal locations for new wells and always brings his Hydro Geological maps of the feature data from fall test drills conducted and known ground water, measuring points on some deals with the help of a wealth of additional data. Schmidt then creates computer models of where there is sufficient ground water and where the ground water recharge rate is healthy to come to fitness bundled, as i can test the various locations without the need for on site measurements. The model itself contains all the basic data about the area and youre just like the depths of the aquifer, the ground water level, recharge rate, etc. And we built on, and i can place a well location at any point in the model, but the biggest is walters. And the results show that this is a really useful instruments or for subsequent planning to. So im going to talk to just instrumental for the vital call model further south and central germany. Were going to invest in hosp has a very different approach to use as a controversial instrument to find an ideal drilling site. Oh hi, im looking for mr. Vent. So im around there. Okay, okay, give them a hint. He got a call from the Drilling Company. Lets know, and im gonna spend one on the delta people in here, but we want to drill here and asked me to have a look where a good spot with a sound when a good bushel is the will is for you all can hoffman his Stone MasonryBusiness Needs up to 40000. 00 leaders of water per day, which cost him 4000. 00 euros per year. You can pause, im up until now. This water comes from our regular water supply, meaning Drinking Water bottle. Id like to avoid that costs and use ground water that runs in a water bearing layer instead of to also preserve our Drinking Water resources in order for noise own lifestyle dispute as well. Thats how the idea of for digging a well came up. Um yeah. When done. Com, do you d . I know when to go into invest in hoff tells us hes never been here before and doesnt know the terrain. His client hopes that drilling site can be found as close as possible to the main Company Building to avoid the need for long pipes. So this is where the 76 year old down here focuses his initial survey for 30 years. Now, hes been conducting searches for water relying on his experience and on his to trust. The plastic rods you show us is through stuff as you can now use what i learned over the years to find when nature has created the best training result for us. Which means where the most water is and what data thinking couldnt. The size of all doubled is very different methods for doing that and make a teaser one does get this, the angle broad. And then the bit of 9000 brought me to being removed the unlimited oven. So its the combination that gets us our result into the coming. Thats the orange of lets this done. Does it gave me this is configured, cant wait to see the result and hope it works. Thats coming back to northern germany, to a water works and the old and book area. Climate change isnt the only factor leading to water scarcity here. There are also problems with the ground water quality. The oldenburg dish us to please a show of us if a bond, the o w. V is one of germanys biggest Drinking Water suppliers. The local Water Company is set up some 2 and a half 1000 measuring points across the area. It extracts water and regularly takes samples to test the quality. Several wells had to be closed in recent years because of high nitrate levels, due to the over fertile is ation of fields. The too much liquid mon, newer from factory farming nitrate can be especially hesitates for babies and children. In germany, the limit is 50 milligrams per liter on this sample shows 3 times the permitted level. Meaning this water is not suitable for drinking desperately monsoons, but thats a really serious problem because we cant remove the nitrates of thats here. The ground water with our water works so you can size nitrate is a highly soluble salt law. Under treatment plants, country move, its thoughts. And we would need to sell a nation facilities which would drive the cost anonymously to around double home, to part of adults. And the governments been aware of the problem for decades, but despite new legislation, its far from under control. In the red areas, the nitrate concentration is above the permitted 50 milligrams per liter. Which puts germany in violation of the laws on nitrate authorizes um, whats going on cause on its a clear case of government failure to be taught. Weve had nitrate guidelines for over 30 years now have to dos on few talk. German whos had plenty of time and opportunities to respond and take action against the nitrate. The problem, because when i put all of those opportunities up in wasted and i came to court, kings come flies to youngs on the goals. There could be a huge bill in the posts for brussels, and i cut up all being forwarded back and pay this hug and the drilling has begun. Morning. Good. How are we good to go . Oh, absolutely. Is or set up and ready to start using too much stuff no. Or the new wellbeing doug here will share the work load of the older ones during the dry somers. In this case, due to the lack of rock under the ground, the excavation work is done with a so called graph bucket. This gradually extracts sand and gravel. What makes the task tricky is that the ground water is being exposed, which means there are a host of regulatory and protective requirements that must be complied with, including for the machines being used. If the ground water were contaminated, it would be disastrous. The dressing room, its view we can only use organic oil. And biodiesel not. We can also you can see the plastic sheeting, we have to put under the drilling machines of that and we have to be careful with refueling. Were subject to very extensive requirements lies the awkward for has a slight flow, so any oil that drops and would be carried away, youd probably need a major clean up operation, including extensive pumping and inspections before its clean again. So anything falling in there would be an utter disaster. So it doesnt have to come up. After 2 days of drilling, large plastic pipes are lowered into the shaft. The engineer checks whether all the materials ordered have been delivered. So thats for the next one. Exactly. Up and all the intercept equipment is there too. Yes. So there go. Its never a routine operation. You come through every month for 15, plus the tip spots with water of drinking quality are getting harder to find the munch pricing. So if you want to expand empty wells, less invasive lease, then you have to locate additional drilling sites on the bicycle and also take precautions for the years to come. Young, come on the o. As the wells age performance declines, and you need to find new locations. The 40 almost 20 meters down, the grab bucket hits ground water. So have to drill a little deeper to reach the right quantity. But the Hydro Geological calculations for the new Drinking Water will work correct . The 4th function that that means this job is done. The hydro geologist is constantly booked up. The booming sector has seen major developments since the 3 dry somers from 2018 to 20. 20. Truly from shop systems, but i wouldnt call it a state of shock, but its a very worrying state of affairs soon succeed because you never would have expected it 5 or 6 or 7 years ago. People would say we have enough water in germany. Its just the quality is thats a problem. And now its become a quantity problem between quantitative so nobody expected it to be so extreme and happen so quickly. In central germany, going to invest in office still defining for water. Now and again has run switches. Any marks the spot many see dosing as non scientific invest in hoff insisted spend delivering results for generations. The city old men move um, it pulls up here in your own. And so when the road just gets pulled down, governments, i can also do it with the 2nd person if need be. And it gave you the Energy Transfers and it works when people think you need to have a special gift, but its something you can learn. What kind of plan . And he says the ideal spot is where to awkward for his intersect. The frog is on, but what comes most of its about where you have the most, what a dump and an intersection gives me more options than other people. The top layer here is 11 or 12 made is down. And the next one is that 30 or 35 meters, or even data hes done by, provides youve ever devised determining the depth is difficult to devise. Theyve got to you, but ive never seen more on the rally. Been wrong of individually. Obviously. No, says no. The need for time. Okay. Okay. Youre right here would actually be perfect. Well, coincidence. No, yeah, we got lucky nice on you. Should you . I say fine, go ahead. Now its time for the Drilling Company to get to work and time is money. The crucial question for the client right now is, will the team find enough water for this . Dont masonry firms needs . Or will it have been a costly venture over at the organic farm run by a be shot calling about the situation is becoming increasingly precarious. He has 4 wells on his premises around a 3rd of his crops. No need irrigating due to the extremely modest rain fall in the spring. He conserves water wherever he can, by digging furrows in his vegetable field. For example, the soul retains more water than if it were level one about is annoyed and says its unfair that the extraction quote is from his zone for wells were cut in half the balance. Now let me, i mean, were not requesting more instructors. We just want to keep the status quoted initial closing, and that would be a health. We dont irrigate just the final because we want to use up the whatever it is. I think its the foundation of that business and going blog if, if it ones that, that trust me that hes not the only one feeling frustrated. A number, the farmers have come to voice their concerns with the mayor. Theyve no joined forces to form an Irrigation Association with the aid of being assigned more water solid and supported of it for losing money by today and bill. And theres the problem of our ground water rights expiring. As head of the local water works, the mayor is expected to find a rapid solution. Hes brought in experts from an engineering firm. Julia steve corporation, has studied the increasingly dramatic situation. The other stuff gets 5 minutes on irrigating, not until now. They exclusively use ground floor tongue. Yeah. But extreme drops in the ground water half being observed. So the Water Management agency had declared the moratorium to okay, so the ground water can no longer be extracted in areas where the thresholds have been supposed shredded out in the ongoing fight over distribution. The local authority has to satisfy the interests of residents, farmers and nature to one idea proposed by the farmers is for them to use water from the river mine around 10 kilometers away solely for their fields, not for Drinking Water. After looking at the situation, julia still coverage and her boss recommend 1st connecting the village to a larger pipeline in the vicinity. To relieve the man on the local water works. Couldnt stick with it in the future hassle come from a remote water supply and the other half from local. Well, when it goes to mix together, will have a nitrate level below that limits water here already costs a lot more than the national average. But the village has no choice, but to install the 5 kilometers long pipeline. The cost will probably also have to be passed on to water bills adding to all the other growing price increases. But there will be more water available, helping to diffuse the conflicts. So for distribution, for now at least the water scarcity has also become an issue in urban areas such as frankfurt, where a growing population requires a growing amount of water engineer on today as bower has to find new operations so that water Works Companies and other clients are able to cope with the rising demand. His idea is to bring in water from a nearby reservoir that collects surface water from roads and surrounding towns to be for frank for its Drinking Water. Basically, this would require High Tech Solutions in the form of modern membranes that can built around dust and dirt expect or to discuss effect this weekend. And theres an added innovation. Firestone, as the solution also collects water from germanys increasing heavy rain events and renders that usable. One of them is this is what new here is that until now, such potentially polluted water was considered taboo for drinking purposes. Move on. But in this case, you have a reservoir already in place where you can take water that with the right technology i use, it can be dependably created to i think the most frequently the Climate Change is causing greater demand and sweet dial foot was awesome. And todays power also used as maps, weather data and projected consumption levels in his quest for water as an engineer, thats hes skeptical of dowsing, rod. So how, because one of the things might switch date is keep track of that. There are charlatans, dowser who says he can find 20 leaders per 2nd at a depth of 50 meters at a specific spot is not trustworthy. Good. I have done some dallas thing myself and i did get a responsive contested, but without expert knowledge and the principles of geology. I would never think i could determine a drilling location when. In fact, the reason im popping physically over at the stonemasons, theyve now been drilling for 2 hours. Going to invest in hop says he isnt a charlatan. And he used his 1000 rods to determine both the drilling point and the depth of the water to be 30 or 40 meters. The courtesy diving the problem for the ration with individuals is that they need an explanation for everything or deacons. This. What about the odd of dowsing is to allow for things that you have no immediate explanation for to particularly, and that was the threshold i crossed and ultimately that led me to becoming a dallas. So be sure to confuse us, your hearing about the effects. I basically i worked with 2 different roads to see solving onto this. One is called an angle road. One. Excuse me, the other mind you 100 in the last line, youre long some of the like, slow down. Know so fast. Yeah. It has to transfer to your buddy, was all from kind of you yes hes company and now were seeing activity again. Oh yes. Something must now stand still. Does it . Yeah. Thats the influence of the race. Okay. Yeah, i didnt believe it either 30 years ago prizes. Yeah. But thats the proof that there is something since even. Yeah, you can keep them a little further apart, stunted and also so its tension in the muscles that makes them come together to industry a team. So it gives them to something good. And then the weight is over. The team hits water. Clear Drinking Water flows out of the bar, whole the Drilling Company teen take measurements to see whether the after flow is large enough for a well to the drill operator gives the thumbs up. The ground water is exactly where the dancers suspected so much. Thats doesnt we now have confirmation to be just like Mister Preston has said before. The water is 30 to 35 meters below ground, glazes maita, and the quantity is sufficient for the Stone Masonry firm installments between one have a great sub to release and i so the movie that once again, thats true. Yeah, im really happy to going to invest and have finished another job successfully, but hes worried in the 3 decades hes been at dallas or hes seen the ground water level change dramatically. Hes had to download the back then there was average depth. So study made, it was also on and now were talking 60 your 80 made is what does it and its not getting any better despite the rain a see how they get on via email, but its still too much being extracted in relation to the fresh rain coming in, but you can define comp it does. Its an age old problem and the ground water level of what were cover any time soon. Its no less drastic action is taken to save water exception via the fema investors pumped back up at northwest germany and lower section in the local water works company. The o. W v is gearing up for the future by modernizing summit. This wells, in addition to increasing consumption by industry and the growing population, the area has the further problem of toxic pollutants from farming. This new, well well be deeper in order to get a few years were pre before the nitrate from fertilizers and factory farming seats that far down into the june. But in some areas were already finding ground water, nitrates contamination of deeper levels to invest. So we resort to greater depths with each new well and group if its possible to drill 1020. 00 or 30 meters deeper, then well use that opportunity to invite nitrate contamination nearer to the surface of the old, off at the office. And on the top, the last of all the drilling diversity and theres not a long Term Solution to this kind of we know that so long. Does this on civil divorced projections anticipate more extreme weather conditions, more heavy rain and more heat in the summer . We have also for going off the water suppliers, light goes, are facing the big increase in demand tom and especially extremely hot stores as have some conflicts over the use of distribution of water as a resource will definitely intensify. Benjamins account for self down in the various the fight over distribution is already impacting germanys favorite beverage. Solely on true is getting less municipal water for his brewery than hed like in place of more steel tanks full of beer. Hes had to set up these water tanks as a stop gap solution. So instead of the 6 days would be able to produce the family being forced to reduce to 3 days max would have shipped operation to hear the water shortage translates into a beer shortage. And the brewery is not allowed to drill its own wells in the area. So most of us die is this side of the water that is available is subject to severe restrictions in order to guarantee the general supply type in germany. 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