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Unkonventionelle Wasserfindung: Felderprobung der Rutengänger-Methodik in Trockenzonen mit kristallinem Untergrund
Eschborn: GTZ; 1991.
A series of GTZ projects involving this technique were carried out in dry zones with unexpectedly high rates of success. In particular, it was possible to locate a large number of relatively small underground aquifers in thinly populated areas and to drill wells at the sites where water is needed; the yields were low but sufficient for hand-pump operation throughout the year. Finding or locating a sufficient number of relatively small fracture zones using conventional techniques would have required a far greater work input.
The relevance of the method used was tested under various aspects. One the one hand, project areas with different geological characteristics were chosen and, on the other hand, the relevant circumstances and project results were carefully examined by geology experts. So far, neither critical consideration of all possible objections nor attempts at reasoning have yet yielded a conventional explanation for the persistent success of the dowsing technique - an outcome which has been corroborated by a number of specifically designed control experiments and comparative tests. The trend of the reported findings is concordant with that exhibited by the findings from recent scientific research carried out, for example, by a Swedish geological institution and universities in Munich.
Provided that certain conditions are met, the results obtained present the dowsing technique as a serious alternative for ground-water prospection. It can thus be concluded from present experience that the effectiveness of locating ground water in certain hydrogeological situations could be raised significantly if conventionally organised operating teams were to make additional use of appropriately tested and selected dowsers in order to pinpoint drilling spots. Along these lines, a model of integration, which has already been tested on a pilot scale in some of the GTZ projects presented herein, is discussed and proposed for future provisional use.
The described and, to some extent, remarkable success rates permit the design of specific tests for future use which may contribute to scientific clarification of the dowsing phenomenon. At the same time, there is the possibility of an especially useful transfer of practical knowledge concerning waterresource development. Finally, the issue might be of importance to bionics; further development should aim at technical simulation of the proven - albeit unexplained - effects of the dowsers in order to create new and more effective measuring procedures.
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