Will we have to live in biospheres in the future? What is the future for the arid regions of this planet?
By: M. Delana Rost
Tags: Water, Life, Life Lessons, Earth, Future

For years I have been thinking about the water resources of our planet. Especially since almost everyone knows the stories of parched land, with dead cattle and inedible water. Especially when it comes from areas where mining of rare earth took place. Or from areas where fracking has taken place and can no longer be pumped by normal means without fear of side effects.

In addition, many countries are increasingly affected by droughts. Also, the careless waste of groundwater is increasing, which leads to soil erosion. — Unfortunately, in some countries, these problems still do not seem to receive too much attention as long as the water is still coming out of the tap!

And if you do some research on the internet you will see that especially many of the northern countries have large water reservoirs. However, there is a catch, because these groundwater reservoirs are emptied faster than they can be refilled in the normal way.

And this trend will continue to grow due to the plantations, which have been growing larger and larger for the past 20 years, as well as increasing soil erosion and deforestation. Also, there is fracking and other methods, which, by mining raw materials using chemicals, not only erode the soil but also poison the groundwater.

All of this will sooner or later cause any country that does not take precautions now to wither away and thus pose further problems for the continued supply of our earth’s population — although everything could be so beautiful if you look at what Singapore is doing to treat its water.

But the reality in many countries looks different. One of the areas that have already reached their limits, as the groundwater under the desert is also almost depleted, can be found in southern Spain. One of the driest places on earth and right next to it one of the largest plantation landscapes. These are Spain’s deserts and semi-deserts in an area between Almeria and Navarra. At the same time, fruit and vegetables are successfully cultivated in this area, which supplies a large part of Europe.

- This only works because the Spanish have now transformed their plantations into small biospheres where hardly a drop of water is lost!

And if you look at a satellite photo of southern Spain, between the coastal cities of Almeria and Navarra, you will see more fields under plastic tarpaulins than cities.

And under almost every one of these plastic covers, there is a completely self-contained system that can collect every drop of water and recycle it through various tanks — and just as much a system should be introduced in all plantations and, if possible, households over the next 5 years, starting with the farmhouses.

This not only to maintain the production of high-quality vegetables but also for the health of people and animals. In addition, there is of course also the dependence on external water. — Because if you look at the increasing overexploitation of the forests of the Amazon in 2019 and 2020, there will soon not be enough trees left to hold the water to supply us sufficiently! And if you also consider the decreasing oxygen saturation of our planet, artificial biospheres would be a good alternative.

But I hope that there will soon be a way for every normal consumer and homeowner, especially in the dry countries of this earth, to equip themselves with their own back-filtering systems at a reasonable price. Systems, which catch even the humidity of the air in the household to treat it again. Especially since this offers a whole new branch of jobs and possibilities! Like small plantations and fish farms, even for small businesses, even in the desert!

This would improve a lot for humanity and certainly reduce the flow of emigrants.

And even now there are already systems of this kind. Unfortunately for the single household mostly still too expensive. The only thing that helps is a personal initiative, especially if you live in dry zones of the world. This to catch even the humidity from shower rooms or kitchen air again and to supply to an own processing system.

And after cleaning through various filter systems, simple systems have proven themselves for the treatment of water quality and taste, which are simply adapted to the tap — during the water flow, a change in the molecular structure of these systems takes place through impulse generation, in some systems without electricity, according to “Grander Water”. These systems are also often used in thermal baths. These systems are also often used in thermal baths, which means 2 advantages if you take advantage of the possibility to install your own thermal spring in your house.

In a self-examination my father left this treated water, open for weeks on a balcony in humid cold. Next to it another container with normal water, which formed visible algae within 4 weeks. The other water still remained optically clear and pure after weeks.

It would be nice if there were soon more alternative methods of water recirculation and thus more quality of life. Otherwise, many villages will probably disappear under their own plastic capsule in the future. Which would certainly have its advantages in times of pandemics!