Drought around Germany has been an issue this year, and I would suggest for the past two years.....it's been a regional problem.
So today.....the political folks walked into the 'mess'.
The Environmental Minister (from the SPD Party)....via a commentary by ARD News (public TV)....said that there needs to be a national 'strategy'.
Part of this discussion includes the comment that maybe pools in dry areas....even city pools....would have to shut down.
Another comment made....sprinkling of water on yards and gardens.....might have to be banned.
The basis of the discussion? Well....water is a right (as the politicians see it).
My neighbor went out two years ago and resodded his entire backyard....probably over 2k Euro spent on the project. I'll admit he has the best yard of the entire village. But along with it....he has to water it on various evenings because of the lesser rainfall (true in 2019, and to some degree in 2020). If he couldn't water the grass? Well....it'd be dead like mine.
I'd take a guess around the village....as dry as 2019 and 2020 have been....at least 50-percent of the folks are using a fair amount of water.
If the political folks engaged on this topic and got it hyped up? I would imagine that a fair number of folks would ask stupid questions. If you shut down the three major outdoor public pools in the Wiesbaden area....you'd get a lot of 'heck' over that idea.
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