The appeal has an effect: we use less water

A call from drinking water companies to use water sparingly because of the drought has been effective, reports the Trouw newspaper. In the province of Noord-Holland, the PWN drinking water company notices that consumption is now almost normal, while last week 40% more were taken.

For now, the advice remains – if possible – take a shower and do not wash your car. An impending water shortage is not so much the problem, but when a lot of people are taking water at rush hour, the water pressure can go down and the water gets colder. water can become brown.

BrabantWater also has a difference with last week. The company assumed that 50 percent more water would be consumed, but that was 40 percent. BrabantWater thinks the call is related to this.

Vitens notes that its customers in Flevoland, Overijssel, Friesland, Gelderland and other regions of Utrecht are responding to the call to spread their water consumption throughout the day. "We now see that the crane continues later in the evening."