Climate change endangers drinking water: Palatinate plans to use Rhine!
Climate change endangers drinking water: Palatinate plans to use Rhine!
climate change also has a significant impact on drinking water supply in the front palatinate. According to Rheinpfalz Falling groundwater levels on the fact that eleven water suppliers, including the technical works of Ludwigshafen (TWL), Stadtwerke Frankenthal and Stadtwerke Speyer, now want to win drinking water from the Rhine.
A bank waterworks at Waldsee in the Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis is planned, which is intended to cover 20 percent of the annual drinking water requirements of the municipalities involved. TWL is in charge of this project, supported by the technical board member Thomas Mösl and project manager Rainer Barchet.climatic challenges
The current climatic and hydrological changes pose major challenges to the water management. As mkuem.rlp.de have decreased in the past 15 years, which has been evaporated and a decline Fundamer -new formation leads. The existing reserves in Rhineland-Palatinate are now largely exhausted, and future extreme years could become normal.
The annual consumption of 13 million cubic meters of groundwater from up to 320 meters deep well in the Maudacher Bruch and on the Parkinsel in Ludwigshafen could be reduced by 2.6 million cubic meters by the new bank waterworks. The implementation of the project depends on a still outstanding study, the results and a cost estimate for 2026 have been announced.
experiences with dryness
In addition, past experiences increase the urgency of the measures. The dry year 2018, which served as a stress test for the water supply in Germany, led to an increased water requirement and successive dry years are viewed as a realistic scenario. DVGW notes that the causes of these extreme weather conditions can be attributed to climate change and identify a high need for water supply.
As a result, water suppliers must check whether they have system reserves to master future challenges. The discussion about the priority of the drinking water supply compared to other uses is increasingly necessary. Here, a precise clarification of water quality for different uses and improved emergency provision planning are indispensable.The next steps to plan and implement the bank waterworks will be decisive. Because at a time when the climatic conditions are changing, the sustainable handling of water is becoming increasingly an existential challenge for all resource managers in the region.
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