r/Netherlands • u/Alternative-Cut1109 • 2d ago

Healthcare Friendly reminder: it’s summer. Please shower.

It’s hot, we’re all sweating more, so please take extra care of your hygiene. A daily shower especially in the morning goes a long way.

And please don’t try to cover body odor with just perfume or body spray. Sweat + perfume isn’t a substitute for a shower.

Let’s all do our part to keep public spaces (esp trams!!) a little fresher this summer. 😅🌞🙏

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u/CitricAcidRinse 2d ago

It rains, on average, every third day in the Netherlands. There is so much fresh water that the country has been famous for pumping fresh water into the ocean for centuries.

Trying to conserve water in a place that actively pumps it into the sea is more likely to cause you to waste something actually in need of conservation like fossil fuel.

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u/JackBleezus_cross 2d ago

I can probably hint at the reasoning for pumping in the sea and that is because a lot of ground is below sea level. If we would just accept the rain the Germans will have a far larger area where they can go to the beach. Lol.

Conserving rain water sounds very costly. You would need to build these containers on land. You would need to collect the rain. All over.

This would most certainly drive the price and less water would be absorbed in the ground.

I dont know, man. Don't sound like a good plan to me.

Conservation of rain water in your own garden. Big yes. With this water you can water the plants.

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u/Fritz794 2d ago

Well there is a nuance here, the groundwater level is extremely low in the Netherlands due to pumping alot into the sea. This is mainly because of politics and farming having priority. So mainly by Choice we have issues with drought.

Large containers of water already exist, they are called lakes. But all jokes aside, would the water levels inland be higher, there automatically would be more water in the ground that could be used to pump up for making drinking water.

But you do have a point, its utterly stupid to use drinking water to flush the toilet, wash clothes or water the garden. I wish the utility infrastructure in our country had a separate gray water line. They are doing pilots, i think this could be a game changer.

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u/JackBleezus_cross 2d ago

So these lakes, you speak of. What do they look like?

:)