Tag: Water supply
Harmful substances in rainwater – Knowledge
Even in the most remote regions of the world, extremely long-lived and harmful per- and polyfluorinated alkyl compounds (PFAS) can be detected in high concentrations in rainwater. This is reported…
Water shortage: Germany needs a water emergency plan
In Germany, the groundwater level is falling, which endangers the supply of drinking water. What must happen now. source site
All clear: waste water at Königssee – Bavaria
It was only six months ago that the Berchtesgaden National Park announced a special event: for the first time in decades, a sea line would be laid in Bavaria, it…
New sewage treatment plants require less space and energy – knowledge
In Altena in Sauerland, space is a scarce commodity. The houses in the valley are lined up close together along the Lenne and the city’s sewage treatment plant is encircled…
Attention to wastewater – Bavaria
It was a report that caused a stir shortly before Christmas: The new Corona variant Omikron is already more widespread in Munich than expected, reported a research team from the…
Munich: So far, only a few Omikron cases have been detected – Munich
Dirt and pollutants can be found in Munich’s wastewater – and also germs through human excretions. Fortunately, one might say. Because even the viral load can be measured this way.…
There was also a power failure in Cologne: emergency numbers failed in several federal states
Thursday November 11, 2021 Update There was also a power failure in Cologne Emergency numbers in several federal states failed Nationwide, the emergency numbers 110 and 112 for the police…
This is how drinking water can be obtained from the air – knowledge
Lack of water is a problem for many people. But remedying this deficiency, such as obtaining drinking water from seawater, is often a problem for nature. More than 1.4 billion…