The Westerwolde area must eventually be able to store an additional 1.1 million cubic meters of water

Near Wedde, various places have served as natural storage areas since time immemorial (on the photo in 2018). Photo: Hunze and Aa’s Water Board

This is stated by the Hunze en Aa’s Water Board through hydrologist Ronald Leeraar. “We must have found that space before 2050, in order to be able to respond to the changing climate,” he says.

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