Drinking water in the world

[canares]

It is essential to close your taps, to check that there are no leaks, to take a shower rather than a bath ... You surely knew all that already.
but did you know that one in six people in the world have no drinking water? To know more :
http://www.developpementdurable.com/env ... monde.html

think about it the next time you let the water run while brushing your teeth!

[little sparrow]

Bonjour,

yet another demonstration that disinformation still works well ..!
under the guise of "sustainable development", we make people believe anything and everything, especially trying not to frighten them as far as they are concerned directly ...

Leaks are a waste that accounts for 20% of our consumption.

it is recognized "officially" that network losses represent on average 40% of the volumes distributed .., up to 60% in places ...

Water is drinkable if it can be drunk without risk to health.
It must not contain any pathogenic germs (bacteria, viruses) and parasitic organisms, because the health risks linked to these micro-organisms are great.

and all the rest .. !! , we do not care .. ???





cordially

[Gregconstruct]

I believe that in this link they speak of domestic losses and not losses on the distribution network!
The losses on the distribution networks are linked to lots of different factors including the porosity of the materials ...

As for microorganisms, it is true that there are not only that as pollutants representing a health risk.

[moinsdewatt]

.
A giant water table discovered in northern Kenya.

http://www.lefigaro.fr/sciences/2013/12 ... -kenya.php

location:



(Le Figaro)

It is indeed a "big" piece.

we must compare with the Lybian aquifer where Gaddafi had launched the project of "artificial river", and the bottom ca represents 208 billion m3 of fossil water stock.
(figure of http://www.agroparistech.fr/IMG/pdf/Kheder.pdf page 6/18).

But beware, everything is not recoverable. (5.9 billion m3 recoverable in Libya with the techniques of the moment).

Note that the "discovery" dates from September 2013.

Lotikipi Basin Aquifer

The Lotikipi Basin aquifer, located in northwestern Kenya, contains 200 billion m3 of drinking water and covers an area of ​​4 km164 [2]. The aquifer, discovered in September 1, is nine times larger than any other aquifer in Kenya and could meet the needs of the population for 2013 years, or indefinitely if used rigorously [70], [1].

The aquifer was discovered by Radar Technologies with the help of the government of Kenya and UNESCO, which used satellites, radar and geological maps, as well as seismic techniques commonly used to discover aquifers. petroleum [3]

The aquifer is 300 meters below ground level and extends to the borders of South Sudan, Ethiopia and Uganda, a sparsely populated region susceptible to conflicts due to the scarcity of resources [3]. In such a remote area, drawing water from such a deep aquifer while keeping the wells open is a technological challenge for the government of Kenya.

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquif%C3%A ... e_Lotikipi

News from Unesco de Setp 2013: http://www.unesco.org/new/fr/media-serv ... hern_kenya



bingo!

[moinsdewatt]

continuation of the post above

the French engineer who discovered the aquifers west of Lake Turkana in Kenya has written a book. His name is Alain Gachet.

I read some passages at the FN ^ C

THE MAN WHO GETS WATER IN THE DESERT

Here is the extraordinary story of a man born in Madagascar, an adventurer at heart, who left the world of oil to go, in the most hostile spaces, in search of water - especially in conflict zones in Africa and the Middle East.

After having been an engineer at Elf, a mineral and stone researcher, Alain Gachet developed a new technique - the underground Hubble - which allowed him to discover immense water reserves in the arid zones of the planet; in Turkana in Kenya, in Sudan in the Darfur region, in Somalia, in Ethiopia, in Syria, in Iraq, in Togo…
A real revolution with colossal challenges and obstacles: political, economic, military ... new access to water can change all the balances in a region. All powers clash around these new resources. And which companies or governments will pay for boreholes and wells to access the element which can save millions of lives but which will bring in nothing. Because water is most precious in these regions populated by men with insufficient income to pay for it!

The challenge launched by Alain Gachet is titanic. The underground drinking water supply is two hundred times greater than that which flows on the surface of our planet.

http://livre.fnac.com/a8881372/Alain-Ga ... wwod1CMEiA

[moinsdewatt]

and in Ouest-France:

Africa. Alain Gachet, a dowser to the aid of Africa

October 22th, 2015


Alain Gachet celebrates the drilling of a new well in the Turkana region of Kenya.

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More impressive: in September 2013, he discovered, in Kenya, 200 billion cubic meters of drinking water buried 300 meters deep, in the arid plains of the Rift Valley, in the Turkana region. Blue gold, in sufficient quantity to supply for 70 years the 17 inhabitants of Lodwar, the district capital.

Emerging agriculture is booming there. Corn and vegetable fields flourish all around the city. But this water can also be synonymous with immense disappointed hope. As for the 160 nomads of Turkana who still live as in prehistoric times, feeding on the blood of animals mixed with milk to survive. The main exploration well planned to supply them has been dismantled and drilling stopped: the Kenyan government funds to continue the work have evaporated ...

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http://www.ouest-france.fr/environnemen ... ue-3783965

15 minutes of video here (interview on LCI on 14/10/2015): http://lci.tf1.fr/videos/2015/alain-gac ... 70167.html

He drilled hundreds of wells in Sudan, found water in Afghanistan and Iraq.

[Obamot]

WOW! (the video, the project, the method ...)


wow ...