The team of the DRU project INVOLVE conducted a group discussion on 23 February 2017 in the municipality of Klietz about "The living conditions of inhabitants of Elbe-Havel before, during and after the 2013 floods." Their main objective was to identify and understand different aspects of overcoming the incident. After a brief presentation of the results of a population survey conducted months earlier in the region, the numerous participants elaborated questions about the consequences and the coping with the catastrophe up to the present day.