IJmuiden

the coast.

Um, towns like, uh, Zaandam, Purmerend, and IJmuiden have, uh, 14.3 nanograms per liter, which is three times the RIVM's maximum safe level.

And the Association of Dutch Drinking Water Suppliers said this is because in the west of the country, uh, the water comes from rivers and reservoirs which are more polluted than groundwater sources in rural areas because, of course, uh, all of the, um, yeah, the pesticides in the fields run off into the rivers.

Yeah.

So basically, there were already major projects involving this, but the necessity of them is only going to get more.

And the Commission also says that the Netherlands needs to take a hard look at whether water-intensive activities such as greenhouse horticulture in the Westland and Tata Steel in IJmuiden, but also data centers somewhere else in the country.

Using far too much water.

For too much water.