What happens when our water dries up? | DW Documentary

DW has now clearly replaced the BBC as the worlds most important and useful journalistic company, some of these doc series need to be shown in schools

DW gets it. The Colorado River is nearly gone and this is a huge crisis. It's shocking that they're talking about this more in Germany than we are here in the states. People are literally walking to the edge of a cliff with a blindfold on and just trusting government to tell them when to stop.

Things like these should be on front pages.

I'm from a country with almost no information about environmental topics so these DW films are really appreciated

It is important to point out that Mexico City wasnt just built 'around' where lakes used to be. It is literally built ON a lake! Obviously pumping the water under you will cause massive sinking ... Ground sinking and Mexico City is in its own league, there are very few places in the world like it, this example is a hyperbole.

DW is a great source. You are producing documentaries that are of good quality, something the BBC used to do . I'm a Brit and have subscribed to DW as its shows are the best. Also like your English language news station.

The Salton Sea is not supposed to be there. It was one of our “happy accidents.” It is simply going back to its original state.

I notice that in all the discussions and documentaries on water shortage, there is a constant, almost sacrosanct, reference to "drinking water". But I think we should ask ourselves how much 'drinking water' is actually used for people to drink. Given that people urinate frequently into two litres of "drinking" water, then flush it away with another 8 litres of prime quality "drinking" water, there is a lot of room for questioning our use of so-called "drinking" water. There is an urgent need for real public debate about how we use water and how we differentiate the various uses and different qualities of water. Experience shows that during drought periods, many people are open to modifying their habits, but as soon as it rains again, they seem to revert back to their old ones.

Very good doc, I'm a chick forest technician from Montreal, grad from '87, majored in Sylviculture, left my career over disgust of how things were done with no regard for forest proper management, no point in my being there!

Here in Africa the situation is horrible, people are already migrating because of lack of water and extreme temperatures. Our planet earth is literally being destroyed and very few people are aware of the situation it is on.

9:00 the people are being blamed for taking drinking water from the ground, when 95% of water is used by industrial production and intensive farming. Why blame citizens for wanting water to live?

This documentary appears to be the summary of the original 3-part swr documentary “Durst - Kampf um Wasser.” Glad that DW has an English version as it’s vital to spread the information to ad many people as possible.

The sheer amount of DW documentaries that have been released is amazing. I'm impressed.

It doesn't take dry climate to see that mismanagement of groundwater resources for public uses can be felt. See Jakarta a tropical city with decent rainfall all year round. It's also where nearly half of the city is below sea level due to the same issue.

"We need immediate political action. If we do nothing we will have massive problems." Well, I think we better get ready for massive problems....

Another excellent documentary DW. Thank you very much for putting in the time to provide us this comprehensive report. It’s incredible really how quickly droughts in the UK, Germany and Massachusetts, places I have always thought of as “neon” green and full of water, not to mention other unique areas of the world, became front page articles on my daily newsfeeds. Incredible how quickly all of this is happening and the extent.

I’m Australian. We had a decade long drought that only broke in the last few years and now I have never seen the SE of Australia this wet. I can’t remember this much water

My 💚 aches…man is the worst specie on this beautiful planet…why? Bravo DW for the amazing journalism, documentaries🙏🏻💚🌎🌱 ✨

DW sure has a lot of specials of about water shortage this month! Obviously it is something that can bring a country to its knees very fast and it is getting worse on all continents every year, so please continue to raise awareness.

replant hedgerows round smaller fields to offer shade and the drying out effect of wind...that would reduce evaporation