In a thematic day on the topic 'Water', the national television channel 'das Erste' broadcasted the documentary 'Bis zum letzten Tropfen' (to the last drop). The documentary shows the political debate about the application of an international beverage company to tap a large groundwater reservoir for its bottling plant. This meets with resistance from the population. Experts, including Fred Hattermann, show on the basis of current data that these concerns are justified. The extraction of groundwater can have fatal effects on the water balance at the surface due to climate change.
On the same day, ARD also conducted an interview with Dr Hattermann, this time on the general topic of "Wassermangel in Brandenburg" (waterscarcity in Brandenburg). Here, Fred Hattermann talks about the causes and effects of drought and offers solutions for dealing with decreasing precipitation.
The Tagespiegel also interviewed Dr Hattermann for a Podcast on the topic of drought and climate change.
A somewhat different approach is taken by Deutschlandfunk in its programme "In Alarmbereitschaft- Was wir aus dem Sommerhochwasser gelernt haben". In the programme, listeners learn how this could have happened, but above all how we can protect ourselves from future catastrophic effects of extremely long and intense rainfall. Fred Hattermann warns: "We have to be prepared for more and higher water levels after extreme events".
