Warum ist dies bei Belgien der Fall?
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Von qasqaldag
Warum ist dies bei Belgien der Fall?
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Von qasqaldag
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Because our country is very wet a lot of farmers decided to put drainage tubes in their fields giving the soil less time to suck up rainwater and leaving behind a slightly moist top soil while everything under the tubes remain dry
Poor water management, a lot of agriculture, and a large percentage of surface area being paved leads to our soil not absorbing enough water compared to what’s being used.
Lots of concrete, high degree of urbanization in the country as a whole.
Personally I’d like the government to invest in an additionally nuclear plant to power one or two desalination stations in the north sea. Best time to built these things is today and we are spending far more money on leas useful things.
Population density.
We have a lot of people per km2 without having vast stretches of land to refill the groundwater table.
Construction.
Too much concrete. This is why so many are advocating for „ontharden“. it’s extremely important to allow rain to penetrate the soil.
In the Netherlands, the infrastructure is better, they live in clusters with green in between. While we just build everywhere we can which is terrible for groundwater among many other reasons.
Well, most of the territory is heavily urbanized, especially Flanders, having one of the biggest population density in Europe
Sommige hebben al aan de alarmbel getrokken en initiatieven gestart – check opensource.brussels bvb
Maybe the old style agriculture but in the south of the country after serious drought some years ago now the soil is drenched, even in woodlands where u can find small marshy ponds, the aquifer seems to be getting back to good historic level, the problem is up north where they don’t have that subterranean water reserves, the numbers might just be outdated.
Edit: didn’t read the small text, it’s a projection by 2100, lol we can’t predict climate for the 5 next years but they can divinate what it will be in 75 years, just lol
No supply of melt water from mountains and dependant on rain
I’m not an expert but seen reports previously saying it was due to poor water infrastructure. There is a lack of reservoirs and water storage in Belgium. So while there is plenty of water during wet season, there isn’t a reserve for the dry times. As climate change progresses there will be more wet and more dry but without the storage Belgium will have water management problems. There will be drier countries with less of a problem because of their infrastructure. Building the infrastructure will solve the problem in Belgium when many of the other countries on the map will have a lack of water all year round and isn’t so much about infrastructure but infrastructure is helpful.
I would also like to add that in 2020, the Flemish government made an elaborate plan to combat water stress called the „blue deal“. Guess what the new Flemish government has done? Yup, [cut its funding](https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2024/10/01/nieuwe-vlaamse-regering-zet-blue-deal-op-droog-zaad-volgende-j/).
No worries. Danone and other brands will guarantee a constant supply of the finest spring waters into Belgium
Ik vermoed dat het grootste probleem wich in oost vlaanderen/brussel/… bevade waterstanden in west Vlaanderen zullen wel tot de hoogste van het land behoren.
Als ik hier naar de velden kijk
Alles staat onder water
The governments and cities know this. Work is already on the way to mitigate this. New urban planning now includes ways for rainwater to be given the time to slowly get into the soil instead of down the drain. For example you see wadis being added to new developments and parks so that the rainwater can collect there on a natural way and be left till it goes into the soil or evaporates. Small rivers that were once straightened to drain the water as fast as possible are now given back their meandering paths so the water goes slower, they can handle more water ( global warming leads to more extreme weather so also more intense rain when it does rain) etc. There’s still a lot of work to be done but the realisation is there and we are working on it. Compared to many US regions for example we’re already miles ahead.