Our drinking water - Is the world drying up? | DW Documentary

i like water

DW should push these informative docs into schools everywhere!

This is why research on how to easily convert saltwater into drinking water is very important. Maybe even more important than reaching mars, or other meaningless voyages at this point of time in our history. We should focus on the sea, maybe even exploring and mapping our entire ocean.

I can’t seem to get enough of these DW documentaries

DW documentaries are above the ordinary. Excellent research and informative. Good work..

California doesn't have a water shortage. We have a corporate greed problem. 80% of California’s water is used by agriculture and many of the crops shouldn’t be grown in California. It takes 1,900 gallons of water to produce 1 pound of almonds. California supplies 80% of the world's supply. It takes 1,400 gallons of water to produce 1 pound of pistachios. California supplies 99% of the nation's supply. Growers have added over 173,540 acres of pistachio trees in the last 5 years. Residents aren't the problem. It's corporate agriculture and they keep increasing consumption. They've figured out that annual crops are subjected to water restrictions but if they switch to perennial crops(nuts), they're guaranteed a continuous supply. Corporations and shareholders are only motivated by profits. They don’t care if they drain our state dry in the process.

Earth is not loosing any water, its just stuck in the wrong places and we need to artificially put it in the right place.

Watching this documentary was truly eye-opening. The urgency of preserving our planet's precious water resources couldn't be more evident. From the Swiss Alps to the depths of the Mediterranean, it's a stark reminder of our responsibility. Thank you for shedding light on this crucial issue.

Governments saying "we need to fight global warming NOW" has the same energy as "Thoughts and Prayers". Drastic (and necessary) changes won't be made until it's too late.

Plant as many native trees as possible

in southern louisiana the oil companies cut canals to extract oil, and the sea came in and killed the trees, and the tides washed away thousands of square miles of marsh, leaving nothing to break the force of the hurricanes. it benefited a few rich people

"Humanity is at the threshold of great global change, world change on a scale never seen before, caused now by humanity’s misuse and overuse of the world, by human ignorance and human greed. It is a condition now that will affect the lives of every person. Though few are yet aware of it, it is a global emergency. You have changed the chemistry of the atmosphere, of the waters and the soils. And now the world is changing—changing so rapidly, so dangerously, changing now in ways that will affect you more than you realize." A quote from The New Message ~ The Global Emergency written by Marshall Vian Summers

The brine try putting it in a evaporation pond you can collect the salt. Or evaporation pond with a dome to collect water with it and increase the speed that it evaporates. Try using thirsty cement for your parking lots and add trees to them.

Nothing lasts forever... This is true!

Good afternoon! Thank you sincerely for the video! I hope to see new videos coming out soon :)

'We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.' (Thomas Fuller)

So why do so many people waste so much water daily? Selfishness, ignorance, greed, and self-lies that there is an endless supply. If everyone had to hand-carry their own water, there would be no waste.

Great documentary! Very interesting would be an analysis of the systemic risk (chain impacts) of extracting the ground water of such a huge pockets 🤔.

Thanks to DW for these informative documentaries. From North of Kurdishland.

Imagine how much we could resolve these life dependant issues by collaborating as citizens of the planet, instead of hating and attempting to destroy each other with frightening technology as citizens of bickering conflicted nations! It's a heartbreaking travesty that something so achievable, that affects us all, is only a mere fantasy. Unconditional love and compassion to you all, especially the children who are inheriting this!