Farmers fight against flooding

zoelen - The persistent rain for farmers in the floodplains of the Waal major problems. In a polder at Dodewaard try some of them with all his might to keep feet dry. With its own pump, they have engaged fighting the rain and the river.

A large tube syringe 4,000 cubic meters of water per hour over the embankment into the river Waal.,, Last week we checked and we saw parts of our land were under water. Then again on Friday was a lot of rain, we decided that the pump had '' Gijs van der Woerd explains. The owner of the eponymous contractor from Zoelen bought the pump along with colleague Jan Willem van Rooijen. Six other farmers pay in the polder and benefit them.

,, Three years ago, when we bought the pump, the water was also so high. This is since we use it the first time. In recent weeks there has fallen so much rain and the Waal is very high. So the water afflicts us up. The ditches are overflowing. I think there are about 25 hectares of land already has water, '' says Van der Woerd. In total, the polder covers about 300 hectares. Partly that meadow, on other parts grow maize, beans and sugar beets.
  
    
     
      
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Some of the plants is lost, Van der Woerd fears.,, It is the risk. We are in the flood plains, so this can happen. You weigh whether the cost of turning on the pump is worth. It costs about 700 euros a day and he still needs to run next week. There are still huge puddles and the Waal will not easily lower. ''