In this blog Milja van Tielhof introduces the subjects covered in more detail in her just-published Open Access paper in Environment and History, ‘Building Cisterns to Buffer Water Scarcity. The Road to Public Responsibility for Drinking Water in Amsterdam, 1670–1790’ (online first May 2026). Amsterdam, with its elegant patrician houses, beautiful churches and tree-lined canals, … More Amsterdam, a city with two water problems