American Reacts to How the Netherlands Helps Other Countries With Their Water Problems

How the Netherlands Helps Other Countries With Their Water Problems
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[@bassmit7]

"De Hollandse waterlinie" might be interesting. It's a defence line that basically floods about 1/4 of the country to protect the cities of Amsterdam, Rotterdam & Den Haag (the Hague). It's now obsolete due to paratroopers.

[@koningbolo4700]

No because Amsterdam will be a diving paradise in the next decade... and Amersfoort will be a coastal town... #stopthepumps

[@robertheinrichvonseyfenste267]

this didn' t help in WW II

[@remon037]

As a dutchman i can say that we do not fight the water, because humanity will always lose. We respect and understand the water and give it enough space. In case of high water levels we let the water flood dedicated parts of our land.

[@suzebakker6909]

I’m personally quite impressed by the Ocean Cleanup project. It’s invented by the Dutch Bojan Slat. I just read he’s now cleaning up a river in Guatemala.

[@darklady6987]

and california,right now!

[@Cl0ckcl0ck]

Yeah, that's pretty much a scam. River clean up is fine but their models for the oceans were a massive failure. For the river clean up they aren't doing anything new to speak off.

[@EricvanDorp007]

I just came this week from Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico and about the river in Guatemala you are right! :)

[@eddavanleemputten9232]

@@Cl0ckcl0ck - It might not be as successful as hoped, but every bit helps IMHO. As the old adage says, there are many ways leading to Rome. I’d be tempted to add that it’d be foolish to expect only one way leading to Rome to be able to handle all traffic… and to carry on the imagery, it’d be smart to make use of all existing roads, tracks, and paths going towards that same direction… including possible detours. But that’s just me. I’m not a scientist.

[@joostprins3381]

Just look into a vid of the “Deltaplan”, which started already in the 20’s (not named then, but recognized as the start) with the Afsluitdijk but got a kick start after the 1953 flood. The government took the decision to make this a primary goal for the people, It took about 100 years and we are still not finished.

[@americangirlreacts]

Ill look into that.

[@moncherry4372]

We Dutch are THE BEST with water problems!!!!!

[@bigbunny5600]

Correction! one of the best.

[@jospieters5214]

You should also see "Raising the Kursk" A unique undertaking.

[@guyringoir6879]

Hi. Belgium is the neighboring country of the Nederlands and also know for the dredging works of a company called "Jan De Nul". They work all around the word and have more than 500 heavy specialised boats / equipment for these tasks. Best regards.

[@markvanderknoop131]

Jan de Nul is a duch company that had to leave the Netherlands because the dredging sector became to big. And the research is done by Delft based companies.

[@guyringoir6879]

Hi again :). As an answer to your question about the canals and their function. The canals are part of history. In the middle ages they were open sewers. They were also part of the defence when cities were much smaller. Later on, they were used for transportation of goods with boats and regulating water levels etc. These days, boat-tourism is an extra asset for these canals. Last thing to mention is, the canals are part of UNESCO World Heritage since 2010 and must be preserved for future generations. Best regards.

[@americangirlreacts]

Yesss....thank you

[@henkheemskerk4437]

They are still used as a way to dispose of to much water

[@Postma_hemzelf]

Her in the north of the Netherlands (Groningen) they just finished to improve the dikes to be ready for the future! They even enlarged the beach in the city of Delfzijl! Win win! I recommend when you come to europe to visited the Netherlands and especially the north part. the Netherslands is more then only Amsterdam and the so called "Randstad".

[@charlescorbee9498]

If you want to move to Europe! Look in to the DAFT treaty (Dutch American Friendship Treaty) It’s the way to move to the Netherlands and your own business.

[@TheRtm68]

We don’t want expats anymore this country is overfill,we are in de top 5 of population density just after Bangladesh,Dutch people have to wait 15-20years for a house,the refugees getting it straight away,so we can’t household them!!!

[@joostprins3381]

We have an area where we used to build harbor cities on scale to investigate what the best ways to protect and evolve those cities, due to software these days the area is closed, but you can still visit it. It’s called “Waterloopbos”.

[@joostprins3381]

No need to mention us, the people who counts know, we just need payment. 😂

[@FacelessJanus]

Basically it is simple. Needs must. We had to survive the water, so we got to know it. And we do not know enough yet, but we might know a bit more as others.

[@BOSExperience]

Nice reaction to a nice video. A lot of information in this video. I think the remark at the end that probably every country in the world has at one point used the Dutch to help is true. This can be salvage of ships, towing of large structures, protection from water, water management, land claim, etc. Another thing we're good at is crops. In fact cross breeding crops to make them more resistant or even be able to grow in other parts of the world. We don't use genetic manipulation but cross breeding. That of course takes longer but in the end produces more healthy food. And yes we did make the carrots orange. ;)

[@eddavanleemputten9232]

One of the reasons the Dutch make use of canals and water collection basins (a euphemism for big-ass ponds/artificial lakes) for water management is the philosophy that you shouldn’t try to fight the water, you should harness it. If your water management system is focused solely on holding water back and leading it to sea, you’re only pushing it back and only leading it into a system that already has rising water levels. By building canals and reservoirs, you’re effectively ‘canalising’ or ‘channeling’ (hence the terms’ secondary meanings) and therefore managing incredibly large amounts of water. An open channel can usually contain more water than even the largest subterranean drainage system and its levels are more easily monitored. In addition you’re collecting and managing an increasingly valuable resource: fresh (or potentially fresh) water. It can be used for energy, drinking, industry and agriculture. Leading water into canals and collection basins effectively helps to dry out surrounding lands but at the same time, when there is a drought, you can use that same water. Clever use of pumping systems, sluices and dams can lead the water upstream or downstream at will as well. The canals can also be used for transportation and the collection basins can be used for aquaculture. Large bodies of water also acts as a temperature stabiliser. If you do a little bit of research, you’ll find there is less variation between the maximum and minimum temperature close to large bodies of water. “Don’t hide the water. Use it.”

[@gardenjoy5223]

Well said, Edda :)

[@mrt6768]

I'm sure Americans would have survived without us but thanks for the nice words 😘

[@FrankHeuvelman]

We were the first nation to recognize the newly independent United States of America. And of course we were the only country who challenged the mighty English by ignoring the British blockade to keep selling big guns, black powder, bullets and shells to America so they could continue their fight for independence from Britain. Echt waar.

[@MariaNI-yf1bz]

@@FrankHeuvelman thats not true. Its actually Morocco who was the first: on December 20, 1777, the Kingdom of Morocco became the first nation in the world to recognize United States independence, only a year and a half after the U.S. Declaration of Independence was issued.

[@PinnacleNL]

@@MariaNI-yf1bz Correct. Netherlands was third I think. But Frank is right we consistently exercised our freedom of trade even when others tried to make that impossible leading to continued arms shipments that were decisive in shaping the early USA.

[@eddavanleemputten9232]

@@PinnacleNL - Trade was, and still is, a big part of the Dutch identity as a nation. 😊

[@ikkedus6255]

We didn't invent the carrots, we only made them orange ( the dutch national coulor )

[@PinnacleNL]

Yeah, carrots I think appear in mainly 3 colours in the wild? But none of them orange, and it's the orange one that the whole world has grown accustomed to.

[@martinhertog5357]

A Dutch proverb: "God created the world, the Dutch created the Netherlands".

[@evee_peavey]

As we all know ... If it ain't Dutch, it ain't much 😜

[@tonnievos5680]

greets from the netherlands

[@therealdutchidiot]

Years ago there was massive flooding in Somerset (UK) because of heavy rainfall. The national government promised a lot but never really delivered. Protesters went "where are the Dutch?". In the end the UK government relented and got the Dutch to take care of business using pumps that can pump 2000 liters per second, a pumping capacity most pumps anywhere in the world can't match.

[@americangirlreacts]

Thats crazy. We can always rely on you guys.

[@jannetteberends8730]

I remember that. People had help from the Dutch before, so they knew the problem would be solved quickly.

[@Beun007]

We Dutchies are doing this since 1355 by monks!

[@patrickhendrikskingston9303]

We Dutch dig canals through cities to let the water go through the cities instead of flooding them

[@wimschoenmakers5463]

Risk of flooding? Just call in the Dutch or learn how to swim. Simple as that !

[@cellevangiel5973]

The Dutch don't fight or have a water problem. They manage the water and then you don't have problems.

[@eelcodehaan3994]

well if you got a moment of surplus water, when you have designed routes where the water can go with minimum harm instead of blocking will cost less, has more assurance, you cant stop an entire ocean. but you can guide it to ease the damage. its like picking your battlefield. funny also, at 11:44 that modern mill was our hangout spot when i was a teen :D it's located in Zoetermeer.

[@annaruyer4681]

Amy The Netherlands will Keep on fighting against the water till we can`t any more, fighting the sea you need to be a heart headed nation. we don`t think about it we act against It.

[@williammccoy7127]

If it comes to maritime innovations I think the Netherlands are number one, heavy lift vessels like the mighty servant is a good example but there several other very much used types of vessels in use .Also the dredging industry are state of the art they dredged a new channel along the sues canal to allow the convoy to pass each other they did that in a little over year.

[@americangirlreacts]

That's impressive.

[@in551125do]

"Why did they do that"....?....perhaps giving more room for cars....?

[@freudsigmund72]

sure there is pride in being the best in these fields. but in the end it is all for the green ones.

[@chrislaarman7532]

Yes, the overall message of the clips you react to may well be true. However: The different ways of land reclamation are not "generally" Dutch, but at home in a coastal stretch that excludes the southeastern "half" of the Netherlands, but extends into Belgium and Germany. On the other hand, people from anywhere can study here (in the Netherlands), and may work with the Dutch firms shown. And the canal thought the dunes that provided Amsterdam a short route to the North Sea again (1876) was dug by British people (though using many Dutch laborers). I wouldn't be surprized to learn of older civilizations elsewhere who used similar approaches even thousands of years ago. (South- and East-Asia, Middle- and South-America) - However, yes, Delft and Wageningen universities may currently be the world's hotspots on water management. Splitting hairs: not every "polder" is a "reclamation", and not every "reclamation" is a polder". (We Dutch seldom can tell the difference.) A "polder" is an organizational entity that may span several reclamations. Examples: - polder, not reclamation: well-known Vondelpark in Amsterdam - polder and reclamation: Haarlemmermeer[polder], which houses Schiphol Airport - reclamation, not polder (reclaimed by the transfer of sand from the bottom of the North Sea): Maasvlakte 1 and 2, the westernmost part of the Port of Rotterdam Complication: several successfully reclaimed polders have been reverted to water again: - Spiegelpolder (near the village of Nederhorst den Berg) - Sloterplas (lake in the West of Ansterdam) - Naardermeer (prominent nature reserve between Weesp and Bussum) The government of a polder is a "waterschap" or "hoogheemraadschap". Funny thing in the videos shown: the windmills at a meandering river are at the Zaanse Schans, a bit northwest of Amsterdam. it is an open-air museum of several types of windmills, but not a museum of land reclamation, like the windmills at Kinderdijk or the steam-pump house at Cruquius.

[@Tacko14]

Sweetheart, are you alright? You seemed to go pilot light there for a sec. Yes, we know. And we care

[@americangirlreacts]

I had to go back to the video and check it out. Was it towards the end?? im a bit narcoleptic. sucks....

[@profiler4772]

Well, you would have had carrots but they would not have been orange-coloured.

[@chubbymoth5810]

When it comes to maritime knowledge and experience there are few at the same level as the Dutch, but I think the world would still exist without them. Wouldn't be as much fun though.

[@tetaomichel]

Water management, agriculture, chip making are among many things the Dutch are specialized in.

[@MariaNI-yf1bz]

You are underestimating the Dutch.

[@josvinke5656]

I mean yea it would still excist. Would look completly difrent tho. Less advanced, less habitable land, less food production world wide and thus less people, and perhaps even no capitalism

[@tetaomichel]

@@MariaNI-yf1bz Many times this was a fatal mistake ;)

[@TheRtm68]

Hahaha without us there where no existence of America know you’re historie!!

[@Beun007]

My sister worked for Arcadis!

[@tetaomichel]

It's your country but we were there first ;)

[@americangirlreacts]

Please come back. Make america great again. 😒

[@tetaomichel]

@@americangirlreacts First we have to get rid of some billionairs who are messing up this world for their Nazi New World Order. This is international. We also have the crazy politics but slowly things will change. So first we have to take care of our own country before we can export the solution to other countries. Nothing new.

[@alexcrouwel6942]

The palm leaves in Dubai....yep made by the dutchies

[@marcovtjev]

Stranged that a Dutch company would be called ... Westminster.

[@chrislaarman7532]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boskalis ;-)

[@marceldevries1366]

Use the water.

[@johnkochen7264]

Oh you would have carrots but they would be purple, not orange.

[@americangirlreacts]

I thought they would of been white.

[@BOSExperience]

@@americangirlreacts You are both right. Purple or white or usually a mix of the two colors.

[@Beun007]

Thanks for the compliment at the end of the video! Remember, the US did something huge for us back in 1945!

[@fredschepers5149]

About 200 years before 1945, the Dutch did something even bigger than huge for the US. It created, supported and financed the foundation for independence day. Without the Dutch the Brits would have slaughtered those who were against England in the US back then. The U.S.A would be U.S.E (England) without the Dutch. But that's oke.. 🙂 The Dutch are way to Calvinistic to expect a thank you for that... 🙂

[@tonstuart4400]

40 dams project in Burkina Faso. DUTCH

[@tonnievos5680]

cum live in drenthe in the netherlands greets tonnie vos

[@TheRtm68]

We are 5 of population density in the world just after Bangladesh. Dutch people have to wait 15-20years for a home. This country is to full of people and business company’s. It’s bad for climatchanging and nitrogen! For holiday it’s fine but not for living!!!

[@brozius]

It's excellent for living. Quality of life in the Netherlands is of the highest standards. Yes we have our problems but so do other countries.

[@joostprins3381]

Climate change? Nitrogen? That’s no problem here, politicians make it a problem, that’s a big difference.

[@americangirlreacts]

so true!

[@TheRtm68]

Its true there are worst places, but its not Nice anymore,especialy for the dutch self,back in the '70 it was good,nowdays terrible.

[@brozius]

@@TheRtm68 Bullshit, it's not terrible. We have our problems but it's not terrible at all.