For most people, building a home begins with numbers: plot size, floor area, budget, financing, and energy performance. Endless checklists follow—materials, windows, technical specifications, and construction details.
Across Europe, prolonged droughts, water restrictions, and increasingly unpredictable weather have changed the way we think about one of our most precious resources: water. Hungary is no exception.
For decades, we have taken it for granted that clean drinking water will always be available simply by turning on the tap. Meanwhile, almost unnoticed, the world around us has changed. Longer periods of drought are increasingly followed by sudden, extreme rainfall events, while many people still say: "It hardly rains anymore."