Surface Water Ban to Take Effect Near Amsterdam as Dutch Drought Worsens
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Surface water ban to take effect near Amsterdam as Dutch drought worsens
A daytime ban on using surface water will take effect Friday in an area roughly between Amsterdam, Hilversum and Nieuwkoop due to persistent drought, water authority Amstel, Gooi and Vecht said. Between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m., residents and businesses will not be allowed to draw water from ditches, rivers, lakes or canals to irrigate sports fields, gardens or pastures. The Rhine’s flow rate has dropped to 615 cubic meters per second, the lowest leve…
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Due to the ongoing drought, the Netherlands must take more and more emergency measures that directly affect the daily lives of its residents and must consider crisis scenarios. TASR's correspondent drew attention to Wednesday's news from the NL Times information portal. The water management authority Rijkswaterstaat is responsible for...
Lighting a fire on a patch of grass during this drought? Not a good idea, says the municipality of Renkum. In fact: it is forbidden. Yet people are firing up barbecues en masse at the recreational area next to the Drielse Veer in Oosterbeek. To the great concern of residents. ‘I feel unheard and I am afraid.’
The car wash stations are completely stopped in the Finistère, since the prefectural decree taken on August 8 and placing the department in a drought crisis. Without compensation, the owners worry about the future of their businesses.
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