Mr Kawamura, thank you for sharing your thoughts. Israel and Middle East in general have been experiencing serious droughts for many years. Provided that Middle East, including Yemen, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Iraq, in general is often understood to be arid desert climate. On top of that unique climate condition, climate fluctuation (climate change) escalated the severity of the drought beyond these nations, in addition to inadequate water supply / agricultural practice. People and generally farmers are not educated in farming , especially watering technique such as the use of irrigation using an advanced device / equipment. Please, if you get a chance, watch the Clip on Iran Water Crisis (Video). Being equipped with such tech/knowledge makes a huge difference in reduction of water use to grow food. Yes, population growth is a factor that significantly affected how water is used, as well as the food production. ※ When one says to use desal, there are several things you can assume: Running out of other options - meaning groundwater (aquifers are already exploited or dried or collapsed to a point of no return - unless huge water flows into the area, which is unlikely due to the desert climate. ) Aquifers are fossil water that are flowing underground for millions of years. We arent going to fill that up with just one rain or one monsoon season. Geological time scale is typically in millions years. It takes that LONG TIME to produce fossil water. So far, humans have abused such seemingly free water body, then realize its value when it is vanishing. ※ : Desalination is usually the last resort in many cases, partly because it is expensive to build and operate, and also costly to the environment. The Middle East is generally in a dire situation, when it comes to water resources. Aquifers diminishing and not returning or without any quick fix. It is important to note that the environmental conditions are, once destroyed, irreversible in its damages. All you can is to mitigate negative impacts. And people just dont get it until they lose it. Taking water for granted means exactly this. What is worse is that people who need most water is the farmers and agriculture people - who are often not educated enough to seek new tech or knowledge, to do the mitigation "properly" "adequately".
Published by Yoshimi Yoshida, Environmental Consultant
Mr Kawamura, thank you for sharing your thoughts.
Israel and Middle East in general have been experiencing serious droughts for many years. Provided that Middle East, including Yemen, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Iraq, in general is often understood to be arid desert climate. On top of that unique climate condition, climate fluctuation (climate change) escalated the severity of the drought beyond these nations, in addition to inadequate water supply / agricultural practice.
People and generally farmers are not educated in farming , especially watering technique such as the use of irrigation using an advanced device / equipment. Please, if you get a chance, watch the Clip on Iran Water Crisis (Video). Being equipped with such tech/knowledge makes a huge difference in reduction of water use to grow food.
Yes, population growth is a factor that significantly affected how water is used, as well as the food production.
※ When one says to use desal, there are several things you can assume: Running out of other options - meaning groundwater (aquifers are already exploited or dried or collapsed to a point of no return - unless huge water flows into the area, which is unlikely due to the desert climate. ) Aquifers are fossil water that are flowing underground for millions of years. We arent going to fill that up with just one rain or one monsoon season.
Geological time scale is typically in millions years. It takes that LONG TIME to produce fossil water. So far, humans have abused such seemingly free water body, then realize its value when it is vanishing.
※ : Desalination is usually the last resort in many cases, partly because it is expensive to build and operate, and also costly to the environment. The Middle East is generally in a dire situation, when it comes to water resources. Aquifers diminishing and not returning or without any quick fix. It is important to note that the environmental conditions are, once destroyed, irreversible in its damages. All you can is to mitigate negative impacts. And people just dont get it until they lose it. Taking water for granted means exactly this. What is worse is that people who need most water is the farmers and agriculture people - who are often not educated enough to seek new tech or knowledge, to do the mitigation "properly" "adequately".