David Sedlak: 4 ways we can avoid a catastrophic drought
David Sedlak: 4 Möglichkeiten, einer katastrophalen Dürre vorzubeugen
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created an amazing system
schuf ein großartiges System
das es Menschen ermöglichte,
that made it possible
where there wasn't a lot of water.
wenig Wasser vorhanden war.
während der Großen Depression
Stausee Mead entstehen ließ,
of Las Vegas and Phoenix
Las Vegas, Phoenix und Los Angeles
in a really dry place.
we literally spent trillions of dollars
mit Billionen Dollar
to get water to our cities.
die Wasser in unsere Städte bringen.
it was a great investment.
war das eine große Investition.
we've seen the combined effects
haben wir gesehen,
and competition for water resources
und Konkurrenz um Wasservorräte
and water resources.
und Wasservorräte bedrohen.
in the lake level of Lake Mead
des Wasserspiegels des Mead-Stausees
intakes for Las Vegas high and dry.
Las Vegas in Bedrängnis geriet.
so große Sorgen darüber,
a new drinking water intake structure
Trinkwassereinspeisungswerk
of the greater depths of the lake.
des Sees zu schöpfen.
with providing water to a modern city
mit Wasser zu versorgen,
to the American Southwest.
den amerkanischen Südwesten.
city in Australia, Brisbane,
Stadt Australiens, Brisbane,
of running out of water.
in São Paulo, Brazil,
in São Paulo, Brasilien, ab.
completely full in 2010,
the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Sommerspiele 2016 heranrücken.
der Welt zu leben,
of the world's great cities,
the effects of a catastrophic drought.
katastrophalen Trockenheit erlebt.
about the navy showers we have to take.
beim Duschen Wasser sparen müssen.
our dirty cars and our brown lawns.
Autos oder den braunen Rasen her.
tatsächlich vor dem Problem,
the prospect of turning on the tap
ein Reservoir auszubauen
have gotten bad in the past,
Grundwasserbrunnen zu graben,
to expand a reservoir
of the water resources are spoken for,
Wasservorräte vergeben sind,
to rely on this tried and true way
diesen altbewährten Weg
to solve the urban water problem
das städtische Wasserproblem lösen,
with political, legal and social dangers.
rechtlicher und sozialer Risiken.
dem Umland das Wasser wegzunehmen,
the water from our rural neighbors,
the problem to someone else
nur auf jemand anderen
it will come back and bite us
dass wir die Folgen
that already rely upon that water.
zu spüren bekommen.
die städtische Wasserkrise zu lösen,
to solve our urban water crisis
four new local sources of water
in these new sources of water
investieren können,
that we'll ever run across
jemals die Auswirkungen
without a supply of imported water,
importiertes Wasser bestehen könnte,
as an unrealistic and uninformed dreamer.
und unwissenden Träumer abgetan.
mit den Städten gearbeitet,
water-starved cities in the last decades
the technologies and the management skills
Technologien und Fähigkeiten besitzen,
from imported water,
importiertes Wasser brauchen.
to tell you about tonight.
supply that we need to develop
die wir entwickeln müssen,
Wasserproblem zu lösen,
that falls in our cities.
das in unseren Städten fällt.
of urban development
in der städtischen Entwicklung,
unserer wachsenden Städte
with concrete and asphalt.
we had to build storm sewers
Städten fiel, wegzuschaffen,
that fell on the cities out
of a vital water resource.
wichtigen Wasserquelle.
the volume of water
in the city of San Jose
aufgefangen werden könnte,
that fell within the city limits.
in der Stadt sammeln könnten.
of the blue line and the black dotted line
der gestrichelten schwarzen Linie
of the water that fell within the city,
genug Wasser für ein Jahr hätte,
to get them through an entire year.
aufgefangen würde, das dort fällt.
are probably thinking.
wahrscheinlich denken:
is to start building great big tanks
große Becken zu bauen
to the downspouts of our roof gutters,
unserer Dachrinnen zu befestigen,
that might work in some places.
einigen Orten funktionieren.
where it mainly rains in the winter time
wo es vor allem im Winter regnet
is in the summertime,
im Sommer herrscht,
to solve a water problem.
um ein Wasserproblem zu lösen.
of a multiyear drought,
mehrjährigen Dürre erlebt,
that's big enough to solve your problem.
der groß genug ist, das Problem zu lösen.
the rainwater that falls in our cities,
unseren Städten zu sammeln,
and let it percolate into the ground.
und in den Boden sickern zu lassen.
on top of a natural water storage system
einem natürlichen Wasserspeichersystem,
huge volumes of water.
Los Angeles has obtained
historisch gesehen,
aus einer Wasserschicht bezogen,
from a massive aquifer
that comes off of your roof
das von Ihrem Dach kommt
and flows down the gutter,
in den Rinnstein fließt,
"Do I really want to drink that stuff?"
"Möchte ich das wirklich trinken?"
you don't want to drink it
in urban water harvesting
der Wasserspeicherung darin,
what the city of Los Angeles is doing
in Burbank, California.
in Burbank, Kalifornien, gebaut wird.
the stormwater park that they're building
collection systems, or storm sewers,
Kanäle miteinander verhakt werden
into an abandoned gravel quarry.
verlassene Schottergrube geleitet wird.
through a man-made wetland,
Feuchtbiotop geleitet,
into that ball field there
aquifer of the city.
Trinkwasserschicht wieder gefüllt.
of passing through the wetland
durch das Feuchtbiotop läuft
that live on the surfaces of the plants
Oberflächen von Pflanzen
nicht sauber genug ist,
still not clean enough to drink
this natural treatment process,
Aufbereitung durchlaufen hat,
of the groundwater aquifers
Grundwasserschichten pumpt,
to solve our urban water problem
unseres Wasserproblems öffnen müssen,
of our sewage treatment plants.
Aufbereitungsanlagen kommt.
with the concept of recycled water.
das Konzept von Recyclingwasser.
and the highway median
der Autobahnmittelstreifen
in a sewage treatment plant.
Abwasseraufbereitungsanlage kommt.
for a couple of decades now.
from our experience
expensive that we expected it to be.
teurer ist als erwartet.
the first few water recycling systems
Wasserrecyclingsysteme
Rohrleitungsnetze bauen,
and longer pipe networks
in terms of cost.
and practical way of recycling wastewater
und praktischer ist,
zweistufigen Prozesses
into drinking water
we pressurize the water
Wasser mit Druck
a reverse osmosis membrane:
to pass through
the viruses and the organic chemicals
organische Chemikalien zurück,
Wasserstoffperoxid hinzu
auf das Wasser scheinen.
cleaves the hydrogen peroxide
das Wasserstoffperoxid in zwei Teile,
hydroxyl radicals,
are very potent forms of oxygen
Formen von Sauerstoff,
Chemikalien spalten.
through this two-stage process,
zweistufigen Prozess durchlaufen hat,
recyceltes Wasser untersucht
known to modern science
Prozessschritt schaffen,
the first step in the process,
zweiten Schritt sind,
to the taken-for-granted water supplies
zu dem Wasservorrat,
Wasser zu recyceln.
that we recently built
Aufbereitungsfeuchtbiotop,
in Südkalifornien gebaut haben.
in Southern California.
from a part of the Santa Ana River
Wasser aus einem Teil des Flusses,
almost entirely of wastewater effluent
aus Kläranlagenausfluss
and San Bernardino.
San Bernardino besteht.
Aufbereitungsfeuchtbiotop,
into our treatment wetland,
the organic chemicals,
die organischen Chemikalien,
and inactivate the waterborne pathogens.
deaktivieren die Keime im Wasser.
in the Santa Ana River,
in den Santa Ana,
and percolated into the ground,
sickert in die Erde
of the city of Anaheim,
der Stadt Anaheim.
from the sewers of Riverside County
der Kanalisation des Riverside County
of Orange County.
des Orange County ab.
that this idea of drinking wastewater
Abwasser zu trinken,
or not commonly done.
oder ungewöhnlich.
about 40 billion gallons a year
rund 150 Mrd. Liter Abwasser im Jahr
advanced treatment process
Aufbereitungsverfahrens,
the supply of about a million people
rund 1 Million Menschen versorgen,
will not be a tap at all,
ist überhaupt kein Wasserhahn,
that we manage to do.
about water conservation is outdoors
and other modern American cities,
und anderen amerikanischen Städten
happens outdoors.
im Freien verbraucht.
haben wir gesehen,
and our plants survive
to start painting concrete green
Beton grün anzustreichen,
and buying cactuses.
und Kakteen zu kaufen.
landscaping with soil moisture detectors
ist möglich mit Feuchtigkeitsdetektoren
green landscapes in our cities.
schöne Grünanlagen haben.
that we need to open up
den wir öffnen müssen,
people say about seawater desalination.
über Meerwasserentsalzung gehört haben.
lots of oil, not a lot of water
aber wenig Wasser hat
no matter how you slice it.
egal wie man die Sache dreht.
of seawater desalination
is hopelessly out of date.
ist völlig überholt.
in seawater desalination
in der Entsalzung gemacht.
in the Western hemisphere
in der westlichen Hemisphäre,
north of San Diego.
San Diego gebaut wird.
desalination plant
Santa Barbara 25 years ago,
Santa Barbara gebaut wurde,
will use about half the energy
Energie benötigen,
has become less energy-intensive,
weniger Energie braucht,
desalination plants everywhere.
Entsalzungsanlagen bauen sollten.
und umweltschädlichste.
a local water supply.
from our reliance on imported water.
von importiertem Wasser lösen.
our surfaces and our properties,
unserer Flächen und unseres Eigentums
by about 50 percent,
im Freien in etwa halbieren
the water supply by 25 percent.
um 25 Prozent erhöhen.
den Abwasserkanälen recyceln
that makes it into the sewer,
our water supply by 40 percent.
um 40 Prozent erhöhen.
through a combination
durch eine Kombination
and seawater desalination.
und Entsalzung ausgleichen.
to withstand any of the challenges
nächsten Jahren bringen wird.
in the coming years.
that uses local sources
die lokale Quellen nutzt
in the environment for fish and for food.
und Nahrung übrig lässt.
consistent with out environmental values.
das zu unserem Umweltbewusstsein passt.
and our grandchildren
dass dies das System ist,
take care of in the future
kümmern müssen,
to create a new kind of water system.
ein neue Art von Wassersystem zu schaffen.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
David Sedlak - Civil and environmental engineerDavid Sedlak’s research focuses the long-term goal of developing cost-effective, safe and sustainable systems to manage water resources.
Why you should listen
Author, Professor and Director of the Institute for Environmental Science and Engineering at UC Berkeley, David Sedlak has developed cost-effective, safe and sustainable systems to manage water resources. He is particularly interested in the development of local sources of water, and his research has addressed water reuse–the practice of using municipal wastewater effluent to sustain aquatic ecosystems and augment drinking water supplies as well as the treatment and use of urban runoff to contaminated groundwater from contaminated industrial sites as water supplies.
In recent years, Sedlak's research on the fate of wastewater-derived contaminants has received considerable attention. He began this research in 1996 when he developed simple methods for measuring steroid hormones in wastewater. Since that time, he and his students have studied the fate of hormones, pharmaceuticals, toxic disinfection byproducts and other chemicals. His research team has also studied approaches for remediating contaminated soil and groundwater by in situ chemical oxidation (ISCO) and advanced oxidation processes.
He also is the author of Water 4.0, a book that examines the ways in which we can gain insight into current water issues by understanding the history of urban water systems.
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