A mostly pictorial blog about the day to day life in our beautiful Oasis - El Rio De Aguas, Almeria, Spain.
Monday, 18 September 2017
Thursday, 7 September 2017
ARTE Documentary - German voice over - Kampf ums Wasser
https://www.arte.tv/de/videos/073399-024-A/re-kampf-ums-wasser/
Im südspanischen Andalusien sorgen
industrielle Olivenplantagen für Konflikte. In der ohnehin trockenen
Region werden die letzten Grundwasserreserven angezapft. Wasser, das den
Menschen in der Gegend zunehmend fehlt. Immer mehr Dörfer werden
verlassen, Landstriche drohen zu verwüsten. Eine Gruppe von Aktivisten
kämpft nun um ihr Recht auf Wasser.
Im
südspanischen Andalusien sorgen industrielle Olivenplantagen für
Konflikte. In der ohnehin trockenen Region werden die letzten
Grundwasser-Reserven angezapft.
Wasser, das den Menschen in der Gegend
zunehmend fehlt. Immer mehr Dörfer werden verlassen, Landstriche drohen
zu verwüsten. Eine Gruppe von Aktivisten kämpft nun um ihr Recht auf
Wasser. David Dene und Pepe Rivera kämpfen gegen die Zeit. Die letzte
Wasserquelle im Dorf der Umweltaktivisten und ihrer Mitstreiter droht zu
versiegen. Ein Grund dafür sind riesige Olivenplantagen in der Region
und ihr immenser Bedarf an Wasser: Bis zu 2.000 Bäume pro Hektar - und
jeder einzelne von ihnen schluckt mehrere Liter Wasser am Tag. Dazu
werden die letzten Grundwasser-Reserven abgeschöpft.
Das
Problem: Das fossile Grundwasser ist nicht erneuerbar. Aktivisten,
Dorfbewohner und Kleinbauern haben das Nachsehen. Denn bislang gibt es
kein spanisches Gesetz, das die intensive Landwirtschaft und ihren hohen
Wasserverbrauch verbietet. Das wollen die beiden Umweltaktivisten
ändern. Sie haben bereits Petitionen bei der EU eingereicht und sogar
Ermittlungen bei der UN veranlasst. Doch währenddessen wird das Wasser
in ihrem Dorf Los Molinos immer knapper.
Wednesday, 6 September 2017
Opening the storm run off channel.
Times are changing - climate is changing. This outlet has not been cleaned out for maybe 50 years. With the intensity of storms we need to take precautions. The outlet runs under this rock.
Lukas and Josh
Josh digging.
Lukas and Josh
Josh digging.
Some slippage. !
The new tubes are in so landslip - no problem.
Forty meters of new 160mm tube run across the middle of this very unstable looking hill. !
Laying the tubes.
Forty meters of new 160mm tube run across the middle of this very unstable looking hill. !
Laying the tubes.
After the storm
Here are some pictures of "greenness" seven days after the rain.
Great dog walking lands.
Walking back along the Irrigation Line
This is our second Spring - in September.
Tuesday, 29 August 2017
Saturday, 19 August 2017
August 19th. Another walk up the river. Levels dropping to zero in places.
In the linked "denuncio" which I sent to the European Union in 2015, I predicted the river drying in two years. Unfortunately I was correct. We live in great beauty. All is not lost.
https://www.academia.edu/11955917/Denuncio_on_Ecocide_of_El_Rio_de_Aguas
Here are today's pictures.
This picture is taken from a position in the river below the "look out" point.
We are moving upstream.
Here we see seriously reduced flow.
Almost dry.
A little more water.
Very poor flow. We will soon be dry here.
Our smallest dog "Machu Pichu".
OK. We have a dry river here.
Just a little water here.
Here you can clearly see the drop in the water level marked by the white lines on the rock.
These were beautiful bathing pools. The "love pools".
Well, there we are. That is a walk up the river inside our Oasis. The aquifer supplying our river is almost empty.
The picture below is looking into the valley where I have been taking the pictures. !
https://www.academia.edu/11955917/Denuncio_on_Ecocide_of_El_Rio_de_Aguas
Here are today's pictures.
This picture is taken from a position in the river below the "look out" point.
We are moving upstream.
Here we see seriously reduced flow.
Almost dry.
A little more water.
Very poor flow. We will soon be dry here.
Our smallest dog "Machu Pichu".
OK. We have a dry river here.
Just a little water here.
Here you can clearly see the drop in the water level marked by the white lines on the rock.
These were beautiful bathing pools. The "love pools".
Well, there we are. That is a walk up the river inside our Oasis. The aquifer supplying our river is almost empty.
The picture below is looking into the valley where I have been taking the pictures. !
Monday, 24 July 2017
A walk down the river. How long?. Not Long. Months not years. Three months. ?
Water used to flow INTO these tunnels to feed water through to the village.
This is the water feeding our village from inside the mountain. The level is dropping. How long do we have. ?
These pictures are of "the love pools" now nearly dry.
The flow out from "the love pools" is now underground.
The water is again above ground - not much left.
Dry again. !
Some flow. Not much. !
If those super intensive olives are not paralyzed the river will soon die along with the eco-system.
We have very little time left.
This is the water feeding our village from inside the mountain. The level is dropping. How long do we have. ?
These pictures are of "the love pools" now nearly dry.
The flow out from "the love pools" is now underground.
The water is again above ground - not much left.
Dry again. !
Some flow. Not much. !
If those super intensive olives are not paralyzed the river will soon die along with the eco-system.
We have very little time left.
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