In July 2005, Meulebeke suffered major flooding (including the entire domain of the nearby sports centre being completely submerged). Six years later, the province started major water management works, of which this double pond is one of the interventions.

It should provide extra water storage during heavy rainfall, but the basin should also solve a second problem: that of drought for farmers.

Water is deliberately left in the basin at all times, so that farmers can tap water from a distribution point that can be connected to tankers.

A total of 55,000 cubic metres (or 5,500,000 buckets) of water can be stored in the 4.5 metre deep buffer basin. In order to give the aquatic plants and fish every chance, the well must never really become empty.

Source: nieuwsblad.be/cnt/i93cib59

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Location: Meulebeke, Tielt, West Flanders, Flanders, Belgium

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