Stop Desertification

If precise knowledge about water resources is available for new project planning, negative consequences for the environment can be avoided. Examples for negative consequences are decreasing of the ground water levels, dying of vegetation and the extension of deserts. Moreover, it is possible to make over salted infertile soil fertile again through leaching with water, if evaporation is known. For new technologies such as Alpha-Spring that are based on sorption, favourable locations for water extraction in dry areas can be found by using the collected data.

Dried up soil, Namibia
Dried up soil, Namibia;
Photo: Carola Böhringer
Oversalted soil, Egypt
Oversalted soil, Egypt;
Photo: Dieter Ludwig

This water can be used for

  • desalination of over salted soils
  • irrigation of fields
  • water supply for the population

Through water extraction by means of Alpha-Spring ground water levels will rise again in the areas in question. Such projects will have no negative effects on nature or ecology. It rather enables a sustainable management of water resources. However, as a first step, meteorological data is needed to find favourable locations.

Graphics "Moisture of the Air at Saturation Vapour Pressure"