So much so, that some of the earliest Dutch governing bodies were informal " water boards" that coordinated flood protection projects.

鉴于这样的情况，荷兰最早的一些政治团体曾经是组织防洪项目的非正式的“水资源管理委员会”。

So to explain why people have to pay the checks to the water boards, that's a beautiful story.

因此，要解释为什么人们必须向水务局支付支票，这是一个美丽的故事。

It's the age-old story of the water boards which preserves the dikes and protects us against the floods.

这是关于水板的古老故事，它保护了堤坝并保护我们免受洪水的侵害。