January 6, 2024
Also residents such as Marco Colette take matters into their own hands. To keep his house dry, he placed a dam in his living room. He and his wife hope to keep out the high water that has been plaguing Fisherman’s Island for days. “If water does come in, it will come behind the wall where I can check it properly. Then I immediately take the vacuum cleaner,” he says.
January 10 and 12, 2024
The water level of the Markermeer is slowly dropping. And because it is finally possible to drain the Wadden Sea, the Grashaven and Visserseiland are made ‘water-free’. The big bags, sewer valves and sandbags are collected by the municipality.
January 17, 2024
The high tide that flooded Visserseiland and the adjacent Grashaven has disappeared. And although residents have always had confidence in a good outcome, they also see this as a wake-up call, says resident Ingrid Maas. “Of course we know that we live outside the dike and that it can happen. It has also woken us up. We are also going to talk to the municipality about whether there are measures that can be taken to keep the water away in the future.”
Will Visserseiland keep dry feet in the future?
The municipality has taken various measures. For example, valves have been installed in the sewer in a number of places. This is because the water that flowed over Visserseiland at the time partly flowed into the sewer via sewers. Managers of the Grashaven have also raised some manhole covers so that they do not immediately become flooded.