Yes, August was beautiful, the last few weeks were long-lasting midsummer with temperatures around 30\u00b0C.\nSince the change in the weather, it’s 15\u00b0C less and it’s raining.\nThe first people around me are already getting upset, typical! <\/p>\n\n
Germany, once a land of water, is facing major challenges.\nWe need the water to create new groundwater.\nEven if we do not yet have a water shortage in Germany, this precious resource must be used sensibly.\nIn the forecasts of the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources<\/a> (BGR) <\/a>it is about future stocks.\nIn unfavorable scenarios, the authority assumes that groundwater stocks will fall, particularly in northern Germany and the east, due to expected droughts. <\/p>\n\n How can we use the precipitation from the winter months in summer?\nHow can we deal with heavy rainfall events?\nThe last few years in particular have shown that extremes are becoming more frequent.\nAnd will become more frequent in the future.\nAgriculture will be the hardest hit. <\/p>\n\n Viticulture only takes place on around 5% of agricultural land in Germany.\nNevertheless, local winegrowers are facing new challenges.\nJust as the agricultural industry needs new, resistant crops, new grape varieties are moving into the focus of the wine industry.\nVarieties that can cope better with long dry periods in particular. <\/p>\n\n Especially after the five dry summers, it was important that the rainy quarters 4\/23 and 1\/24 compensated for the groundwater losses and allowed us to breathe a sigh of relief for a moment, but forest owners are thinking more long-term.\nForester Therese Veddeler(Regional Forestry Office Rureifel-J\u00fclicher B\u00f6rde<\/a>) says: “That’s not enough, we’d like two more wet years!”. <\/p>\n\n The classic land rainfall, which ensures good drinking water supplies over a long and consistent period, will become rather rare in the future.\nThe National Water Strategy is therefore not just aimed at agriculture.\nCities will also have to reorganize themselves.\nKeyword: “sponge city”.\nIn which precipitation is stored and not channeled into the sewage system.\nThere will have to be a separation between service water, surface water and drinking water, which will require separate networks.\nThis will still cost us a lot of money, but we will make these investments because water is life and we cannot do without it. <\/p>\n\n Private water consumption must no longer be a “sacred cow” in the future.\nEvery German citizen consumes an average of 121 liters per day.\nThis does not include indirect consumption, e.g. what is consumed in the manufacture of products and food.\nWe need to raise awareness, because: Water comes out of the tap every day at an incredibly cheap price.\nWe waste water without a guilty conscience.\nPerhaps out of ignorance or because it is too cheap?\nDoes the same apply here? What costs nothing is worth nothing? <\/p>\n\n Our next posts will be about water and how to use it wisely. Follow us on Instagram<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n A great novel is recommended for anyone who enjoys reading.\nThe author Maja Lund has wonderfully embedded the “history of water” in the Norway of 2017 and France in 2041.\nAnyone who has read this knows how little water we will have to make do with in the future \ud83d\ude09 <\/p>\n\n More at: https:\/\/www.penguin.de\/buecher\/maja-lunde-die-geschichte-des-wassers\/taschenbuch\/9783442718313<\/a> Paperback, 496 pages, Published: 10.06.2019<\/p>\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Don’t moan when it rains! Yes, August was beautiful, the last few weeks were long-lasting midsummer with temperatures around 30\u00b0C. Since the change in the weather, it’s 15\u00b0C less and it’s raining. The first people around me are already getting upset, typical! Germany, once a land of water, is facing major challenges. 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Wine-growing regions also affected<\/h3>\n\n
Reorganize water consumption<\/h3>\n\n
Change water consumption<\/h3>\n\n
Saving water is cheaper<\/h3>\n\n
Book tip:<\/h2>\n\n