Heavy rain has raised water on the river Rhine in Germany to levels allowing cargo vessels to sail fully loaded, data from German inland waterways agency WSA said on Wednesday.
    • AggressivelyPassive@feddit.de
      121·
      1 year ago

      Reporting from north eastern Germany: there’s tons of water going in the ground here. More than I personally like. It’s been raining on/off for two weeks straight.

      • CookieJarObserver
        11·
        1 year ago

        Yes, but its not filling up the Groundwater sufficiently, it stays pretty much at the top and doesn’t go deeper

        • SevFTW@feddit.deEnglish
          9·
          1 year ago

          I read recently that Germany is missing so much groundwater in some regions, that it would have to rain constantly for a year and a half just to get refilled.

          ZDF Article (German)

        • timespace@lemmy.ninjaEnglish
          11·
          1 year ago

          The only reasons it wouldn’t percolate deeper are 1) there’s an aquitard barrier preventing it, 2) the groundwater table is already sufficiently full, I.e there’s no more space for it, and 3) it’s pumped out before it can recharge/percolate further.

          • CookieJarObserverEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            You forgot 4) shit is built to get water away as fast as possible to prevent floods and keep swamps dry…

            • timespace@lemmy.ninjaEnglish
              11·
              1 year ago

              I didn’t actually. I was responding specifically to your comment that the water in the ground doesn’t “go deeper.” That has nothing to do with flood control, as the water we are talking about has already seeped into the ground.

              • CookieJarObserverEnglish
                1·
                1 year ago

                No, problem is its just at the surface “ground” (a few centimeters deep) and not going into the ground water.

      • ahornsirup@kbin.social
        4·
        1 year ago

        Which is long overdue. Yeah, it’s not exactly inviting “let’s spend the day outside” summer weather, but we’ve effectively had several years of drought, the rain is desperately needed.