The water slowly but surely returns from the tap in Groningen Interior

Several supermarkets say that water bottles are "completely looted". ZINN, the parent company of several Groningen retirement homes, bought about 1500 liters of water from a wholesaler and reserved 3000 liters of water, "but that must come from elsewhere in the Netherlands. Down, because here everything is empty. not going to the toilet

Two water trucks for firefighters

Groningen firefighters prepared two water wagons. If the firefighters are to shoot in town, they will continue until the problem is solved. "So we already have 11,000 liters with us for the first work of extinction", according to the security region. In Drenthe, a car with 15,000 liters of water is ready

The water disturbance is caused by a problem in a building from De Punt to Drenthe, where drinking water is produced . Water can not be brought from there to Groningen and its surroundings. The cause is not yet known. The water company can not yet say how many users are affected and how long it takes to restore water supply.

Here and there, water comes out of the tap. It's just drinkable, says the water company. The company can not say what is the scale of the failure. Not only do the townspeople complain about the water shortage on Twitter, but residents of nearby towns like Eelde and Haren also report that there is no pressure from them. water.

"With this hot weather, what a mess"

Groningse Marja Dupker, who lives in a building on the street Kraanvogelstraat in the district of Oosterpark, was one of the victims. "With this hot weather, what a mess, I hope there will soon be water," she sighed, and at half-past five the pressure of the water was back to normal in the apartment in Groningen, Dupker's daughter being relieved.They were there for a nice refreshing water: "Thank goodness, it's nice, because it's still very hot here … it's doing now 29 degrees. "

Many inhabitants of Martinistad and the surrounding area are heard." Great part of the city no water. This is not good with this hot weather. I hope to be solved soon, "tweeted Petra Brouwer, board member of GroenLinks