Left High and Dry: Drought Exposes Central Europe’s Water Crisis
Edit Inotai and Jules EisenchteterBudapest, PragueBIRNJuly 28, 202608:08As drought intensifies, water management and retention have become critical for the landlocked countries of Czechia, Hungary and Slovakia. Yet their governments have largely come up dry on solutions. Everything I grow in my garden has dried up this year.
- ▪Edit Inotai and Jules EisenchteterBudapest, PragueBIRNJuly 28, 202608:08As drought intensifies, water management and retention have become critical for the landlocked countries of Czechia, Hungary and Slovakia.
- ▪Yet their governments have largely come up dry on solutions.
- ▪Everything I grow in my garden has dried up this year.
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| Publication time | Tue, 28 Jul 2026 06:08:28 +0000 |
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Edit Inotai and Jules EisenchteterBudapest, PragueBIRNJuly 28, 202608:08As drought intensifies, water management and retention have become critical for the landlocked countries of Czechia, Hungary and Slovakia. Yet their governments have largely come up dry on solutions. “I think it’s getting worse every year. Everything I grow in my garden has dried up this year. Absolutely everything. You can water all you want, and it still won’t help,” lamented Vera, a longtime resident of a small town near Mikulov, in Czechia’s southern Moravia region.
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