Creating prosperity and security. But everything has its limits. We need chip, we need energy, we need food, but were gonna need it for centuries and centuries, 10 millennia embers, longest humans around. And all of these things need water masa in unit one for the days when we had abundant Water Supplies are going to fall by it says on and many regions of the world water has run out. Can you imagine no water at all . Not a drill through that, the economy versus humanity versus nature on that a joke. It then it was this, we have a right to clean water debate globally 70 percent of what it goes to irrigation. Deeper base will look in need water to make agriculture uses a hell of a lot of water. The water will be the new gold. They are not matching the reality of the disappearing water with their desire for Economic Growth m. Weve always known water to be plentiful. Hm. But thats changing because of the climate prices ah. With water becoming scarce, this series asks, what happens if we have no more water . For years, the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact research has been warning about the effect of the Climate Crisis on the water supply. Thats handy, that wont or find any st. Louis, my phone falls when i let it go, a lot of i dont need to do an experiment on that. I already know what will happen my video. Its simple because we understand physics i from. So if we increase c o 2 in the atmosphere, then we will warm the planet when and, and a woman planet means more water vapor, more drought, more periods of intense precipitation a business. We dont have to do an experiment to know what availability is decreasing, map of it. As it gets even warmer, we will need even more water for agriculture to drink and for industry. Was in us quite. Or we can see this very clearly with tesla test, which needs a relatively large amount of water locally, but also not. And of course, this has to be balanced with nature, because what we do now, i will have a lasting effect. Its height for its giga factory and brandon book, outside of berlin. Tesla wants access to especially valuable ground water reserves. Critics say the testing water from the region. Yeah. Mr. H and has so much, whats it a look around you, but the local, what does appliances of normal water for further developments they, none of us are completely wrong. Its like water everywhere here. It does seem like a desert to you. Yes, ridiculous. A bang. Teslas application hasnt yet been approved, but its just one example of many german industry now seems to be waking up to the increasing scarcity of water to 20 shondae toyota and spy 1000 us since for 1000 the dry years in 2018. 201920. 20. We also showed companies how important water is of the needle, and now there is a big rush to permit italy to stay and we must really be aware of the tree water supply now from them so that we dont sell at office for cough as fast as clunk, water is a sought after a commodity, and the chairman of the federal working group on water. Professor martine gumble wants authorities to use restraint when allocating water rights your hum, felix also unplug it. Since we have a lot of big office ord, with the global war to shortage, are the biggest Water Companies in the world and knocking on our door. Or its not big names that everyone knows if they will want to get water from us because the quality is simply excellent afford suitably. Coca cola is planning a controversial project to extract water and luna berg. Germanys Largest Beverage Company has been bottling its vio, brand water, and the northern germantown for years. A credit, american name, even though some good, was a lie, that the owner of to 20 already have approval to draw 350000 cubic meters from the aquifer. Which is the same amount we put in the application for a 3rd well on to double the amount of water were taking for doping. Kurt, coca colas quest for water leads to hadnt stat just outside luna berg. Ready the company has drilling a well 190 meters deep into the earth. Here, putting the mayor in a dilemma to progress. I will be for coal from the all 4 of us as faculty submitted us in berlin. The question is simply, how do we sell it, or rather, how do we communicate to citizens that the ground water that is actually there to ensure the supply of public Drinking Water is partially being given to the beverage industry. So and then we have to tell citizens that like get in, return to about an or 100 a sounded awful resistance is stirring in the region of luna borg more and more people are protesting against coca cola more than 1000 people recently took part in a demonstration, organized by our water, luna . Book the initiative fears their water is being sold off. Yeah. Then luna bogus. My name is Marianna Thomas felt and i am also a member of our waterloo board. As mercy didnt want to stop this. Wow, i want to prevent coca cola from taking any more and they will say, okay, and we cant produce anymore via and dr. Marianna tim has fed, has been involved in the Citizens Initiative since the beginning of 2020 local politician yanns buttah issues, water extraction permits even coca colas. His decision will last for decades. Less and b and shined through up the annette narby groundwater authorities in luna book 1st determine whether extraction is possible and then we make a decision with that can also mean that we have to make a decision that the town doesnt like that. The yoga by the mr. Name, water rights are up to local administrators. But the state of lower saxony, where luna borg is located is also dealing with this issue neither jacksons confused camera. Saxony is quite diverse. Of we have regions where there is a lot of water in your tenant a big area like lower saxony a day. There are also reasons like the north east of our state that have less ground water vinegar since there is so little rain by this, there is more demand, for example, because farmers have to irrigate the lab flashing brickman was the effects of the warm dry years can no longer be down, the consequences can be seen everywhere and its especially severe in the region around luna board. These are tie, it says on seems follow this. Poland is usually much below though. Now, sadly the water level is very low, bigger ones, gatos, koans, etc. Of does alba, basically were worried about the legacy were leaving to the next generation. The generation was that follow water is the foundation for all relying of her for alice leave in the future, germany will have to learn to get by with less water for other parts of our planet that day has already come or worse. Since i directly talk was actually really sad because in many parts of the world, coca cola does succeed. And then people can only by water in the supermarket at type price is good in mexico for example, bhaskar son could he stobel in southern mexico has a large coca cola plant. Well protected behind high fences and barbed wire. Mexican Health Authorities say more of the beverages consumed here than anywhere else in mexico to leaders per person per day on average. As long as coca cola has enough water, business is good for the people of son. Could he still bol . However, life is very different. They are left high and dry. Melissa, look, here is the force it. And there is no water, a total. Not a drawing. Absolutely no to that one. Yes. That breath. It like this every day. The whole city everywhere in the city, people are complaining in every neighborhood because they have no water. Yeah. Else darciall one at amandas boss gaze also has no water. Vasquez is a gardener. Without water, he has no work. He whose on orita young life and then with that one, we have no water and werent have any until monday. Then we will have water from the tab again until then we have to make due with the water for food and then its unbelievable even. And on top of that, i would a dry season is just beginning at the end for the thick take care of water today because it is important for to morrow. This sine tells us that the liquid guleski. Is it the any 2nd now . Wow, good whole let takes water out 24 hours a day as if for soft drinks and water that they bet is element bottles in every way or to other cities, the country. And thank you, since if they half water you said why allowed were because they skip it all out for me and the people have sun. Cristobelle dont have access to that only or telephone does not kevin see they have to buy water and plastic bottles. It c l, the name of the brand translates as sky, but its a product of coca cola bottled from the ground ikea, you know, to run these monks, the jama corner were gay, silica the Water Authority here is called con hogwash. Were looking at tissues permits and coca cola has a license for many years or better because we had a president who used to work for coca cola to look for cynthia falk, jill. And he made sure they got all the licences okay. Called exclusive rights to the high quality water of a once water rich region, no doubt and extremely lucrative business. Reco picola express the audio, matthew miyoshi, and those me literacy i, were coca cola pumps more than 1200000 liters of water every day. Those they have 3 wells from which they produce all their products, then they lightly distribute and sell the water from sun. Krista, mollusk is that all the surrounding neighborhoods dont have enough water. Allison debra, how quickly is the water supply changing in the region . How long will the reserves last . Nasa as Grace Mission can provide information about developments in san cristobal, the region has been losing water since 201160 per cent, faster than the rest of central america. On average. The data cannot determine coca cola role in the disappearance, or if it has one we asked coca cola for a comment and the company said its aware of the water problem which is why it helps local residents install water tanks as well as rain water and other collection devices the people who have hardly any water left want change. And also that us get em was, is vicky they, can we won the Coca Cola Company out of fia akiva to leave the last you that people are rebelling against the powerful industries. Huge thirst for water. Its david versus goliath. Was italy . Yes, that is what we want. But you know what . Its like to fight a monster. The monster is huge, not yet. Its a war for water. And because there will be normal and water. Southern mexico was once the countrys most water rich region and will eventually lose its water reserves. Just a few hours flight to the north lies phoenix. This city of over a 1000000 people in the south west u. S. Is as dry as dust a rapidly growing metropolis in the middle of the desert. The economy is booming and micro chip manufacturer intel is building a gigantic plant. Here it is the largest private Sector Investment in arizonas history. 20000000000. 00. Really unbelievable. And when we drive around here, we just see the scope of this placement just stretches and stretches and stretches. And its hard to see where one plant ends on the other plant begins. And this water facility is about the size of a facility that youd see for a small city who micro chip production requires a huge amount of ultra pure water. But intel has been expanding in phoenix for more than 25 years. Anyway. Why invest in the middle of the desert . We are here in the middle of the desert. It is warm theres. Theres no question about it. So why building the desert . We take many factors into consideration when we decide where to build a favourable Business Environment is certainly one of those. A strong workforce educated workforce as another. But thinking ahead about an infrastructure, including utilities, water is very critical to us as well. And when we evaluated arizona 25 plus years ago, we saw that the state had done that and was looking ahead and preparing for that drought in the future. Every drop counts. Thats why intel is investing in this state of the art Water Treatment plant. To further purify the water, the City Supplies 25 plus years ago. What we decided to do was to fund the building of a facility that i believe youll see later called the o b r f. Fact its, its here over my shoulder. You can see it in the background. And what that facility does that partnership with the city is it allows us to send some of our water from intel to the city where that water is cleaned, to reuse standards, and then it can be reused for irrigation. Other applications, parks, golf courses, et cetera. In the city, and it can also be cleaned and put back into the aquifer, which the city has done for many years over the past couple of decades as well. This Water Treatment plant is located next to the companys waterworks, intel financed it together with the city to recycle some of the waste water from production b and that we are in arizona. We are in the middle of a drought. We have been for many years. Theres just not a whole abundance of water to get the Water Conservation is really important for the state of arizona. For intel. Its plants like this are going to be needed in the future to basically squeeze every last drop out of that water. Herculean task. But will it be enough now looking good, we just need to get more rain. Need to fill of reservoirs up. Right . The fan sure that we have water in the future. Why is the industry investing in one of the driest places in the world . Scientist and journalist a brom list garden is also curious. Why are corporations moving to regions that have hardly any water in the United States . Especially there are still these weird, perverse incentives that do keep a flow of population going in the wrong direction in a way, the city of phoenix, the Fastest Growing city in the United States. We, weve made water cheap in the southwest. If you own a house in the city of phoenix, you dont pay very much for your water. Even pay less than somebody in philadelphia. Pennsylvania pays for their water despite the fact that your water in arizona is incredibly scarce. But those price signals that the market at work, and so the market in that situation is telling people in an incredibly water, scarce region that they can afford all the water they want. And that its really not that valuable does in tell, know about the lack of water. How are its people dealing with the Climate Crisis . We are in the middle of the worst route that weve seen here in the south west and in any of our lifetimes. How do i see it . Personally . I recently did some landscaping in my backyard. The grass came out, the artificial turf came in. So i think were all learning how to adapt to this new world and say ok if there is going to be less water available, you know, not only what can, what can we do as a company . What can i do personally to make that a little better . This region is running out of water and its running out of water very fast. And so there is that information is not making its way through to the City Planners to the elected officials, to the, to the governor. They are not matching the reality of the disappearing water with their desire for Economic Growth. Those things are, they are there at odds right now, and that is the definition of unsustainable rural areas in the western us provide more insight on the water crisis. Weve seen all the struggles that people face in the cities to conserve water are going through some real herculean efforts to to use water efficiently. And then we come out here, we see this greening of the desert. A strange sight, a kind of mirage in the desert. Once completely parched ground turned into vibrant green fields. As far as the i can see, kilometer after kilometer desert, artificially irrigated. Welcome to the imperial here again in district. One of the largest agricultural regions in north america. And coca cola is here to the imperial irrigation district, known as i, i d holds the largest and oldest water rights on the west coast. A good morning. How you doing . Good rubber. Welcome the id robert. Shat leer of the i. D wants to show jeff im an yeti, his agricultural associations fields. Many of the water writes from the Colorado River belong to the id agricultural association. The idea knows the value of its water without water, so everything here would disappear. I these main concern is the protection of its water rights and these have been argued for the years, but we, we still have these water right that for, for this water, for mainly, for agriculture purposes. Yes, sir. Sallys and industry. But its really important that we keep that because we are providing food and fiber for the nation without water. There is no agriculture, but how effectively is agriculture using the Precious Resource and what is it being used for . To grow feed crops for example. This here is off alpha hay, which is used for cattle and what were coming up on is couple fields of alfalfa. And what we see here is the sprinkler irrigation system for the imperial irrigation district is right at the end of the Colorado River. But it is 1st in line for the water, right . It has the senior water, right . So it has access to a tremendous amount of water to grow alfalfa in the middle of the desert. This is to me a growth misuse of this, of this great, right . That they have this great unfettered access to a tremendous amount of water and about 75 percent of the alpha that is grown in the imperial irrigation district is exported to china. So that is like taking Colorado River water and shipping it to china is the agriculture industry, even aware of the situation, the enormous Agricultural Sector is keenly aware of how scarce it is because they fight to the death for it, and they lobby for it. You know, in state houses and in washington and um, you know, and they, they argue, you know, vociferously for what they need. So theyre keenly aware um, but perhaps less willing to sacrifice their share of, of that water distribution. Battles over water are inevitable. But 3 quarters of the allocation of california is Colorado River water comes to the eye, right . So when, when other arid regions like san d