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Belgium
that's also an incredibly rainy region. i know we've got climate change and weird weather patterns, but... people manage to survive in sicily, how can belgium run out of water?
Societies are often organized in accordance to the usual climate. I've experienced living in places where rain is so uncommon, that the towns and buildings are completely overwhelmed with flooding and overflowing sewage anytime it rains for a day or two straight, as a consequence of their construction.
I've also lived in places where it's the opposite, where there is so much rain and wet/cold weather, that a short dry sunny spell often feels worse than it would in a literal desert, as there is no air conditioning or respite due to everything being designed to keep you warm and dry.
Centuries/millennia of one type of climate will do that.
yeah, i guess if your chief problem is getting rid of water because it's flooding all over the place, maybe you wont have much infrastructure for retaining water so you have some for a drought.
It's entirely possible to mitigate both drought and flood, both hot and cold. It just takes more effort so most governments (and even individuals) don't bother.
You see, you can be like Florida where you build both and let it crumble. Truly American.
Partly mismanagement, partly societal factors. We are a huge agricultural area and farming, especially cattle farming, takes up enormous amounts of water. It's the same in The Netherlands who probably has an even larger cattle farming industry.
Lawn fetishism also plays a part. Gotta have green grass which is useless for biodiversity and a really bad ground water retainer.
Also, it really is not raining at all. We are normally having 16% of rain in March over here. But this year it is around 2%. We haven't even seen rain for april I think.