Tears for Farmer Arie After Winning Lawsuit Against Water Board: 'Justice'
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It is a major victory for dairy farmer Arie Verdonschot from Maarheeze. After a ten-year struggle, Water Board De Dommel must pay 25,000 euros in compensation for a flood. The subdistrict court judge in Eindhoven ruled that the water board acted ‘negligently’ during heavy rainfall by leaving a sluice gate of a nearby water reservoir open. Arie Verdonschot is now retired; his son has taken over the nature-inclusive farm. But he continued the figh…
Water Board De Dommel should have done more to prevent farmer Arie Verdonschot's land from flooding in 2016. This is stated by the judge in an exceptional ruling: it is rare for the water board to be held responsible for water damage suffered by farmers in that rainy year.
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