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Help? Water in the netherlands?!?


wy do poeple in the netherland use sooo much water?

thanks!

THEY DO!

it say in my geography book!

Where, pray do you reached this very wise conclusion? Based on which data? And compared to which other country?
The Netherlands indeed has an extensive water culture: watersports, living on the water, travelling on the water, harnessing the water and protecting the country against the water (Deltaworks). But this does not mean that the Dutch are USING so much more water than other nations. Before making such broad brush declarations you should investigate a bit more serously.

Because they can ...

Probably because we have ready access to a lot of water.

But what makes you think we use a lot of water? Compared to whom?

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