VTM tells us that its price will increase sharply by 2028. By 11%. “The base rate for 1,000 liters is currently 1.94 euros, in 2028 it would be 2.16 euros”. This increase is explained by the increase in energy prices, inflation and investments to cope with the growing drought. “This includes additional storage capacity, but also the strengthening of the distribution and transport capacity of the networks,” said Carl Heyman, director of the umbrella organization of water companies Aquaflanders. “Other diameters and connections are laid there so that the water continues to come out of the tap at any time and at any place in Flanders”.
➜And in Wallonia, what about? We ask the SWDE spokesperson, Benoît Moulin.
➜The prices have not changed since 2014 and they will not go up, we are assured. All the details here
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The heat plays on our aggressiveness, but other factors also come into play
Lifeguards beaten up in an aquatic center near Ghent, fight between four young people on the Ostend-Brussels train, inappropriate behavior towards animals… Does the high heat make people uncontrollable? The news this summer suggests that mercury makes individuals more aggressive. A policeman and a psychologist qualify.