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Water resources: quantity and flows — key message 6: Good water resource management is required to meet the needs of a resource efficient future, sustain human and economic development and maintain the essential functions of our water ecosystems. The solutions lie in more integrated and sustainable water management, integration of water aspects in sector policies (for example, the Common Agricultural Policy), improved accounting for water efficiency and the full implementation of the Water Framework Directive and other water policies.
Located in The European environment – state and outlook 2010 › … › Water resources: quantity and flows - SOER 2010 thematic assessment › Key messages
Water resources: quantity and flows - key fact 1: In Europe as a whole, 45 % of freshwater abstraction is for cooling in energy production, followed by: agriculture, 22 %; public water supply, 21 %; and industry, 12 %. In southern Europe, agriculture accounts for more than half of total national abstraction, rising to more than 80 % in some countries. In western Europe, more than half of water abstracted is used for cooling in energy production.
Located in The European environment – state and outlook 2010 › … › Water resources: quantity and flows - SOER 2010 thematic assessment › Key facts
Freshwater - National Responses (Poland): SOER Common environmental theme from Poland
Located in The European environment – state and outlook 2010 › Country assessments › Poland
Freshwater - Outlook 2020 (Poland): SOER Common environmental theme from Poland
Located in The European environment – state and outlook 2010 › Country assessments › Poland
Freshwater - National Responses (Luxembourg): SOER Common environmental theme from Luxembourg - freshwater
Located in The European environment – state and outlook 2010 › Country assessments › Luxembourg
Freshwater - Outlook 2020 (Luxembourg): SOER Common environmental theme from Luxembourg - freshwater
Located in The European environment – state and outlook 2010 › Country assessments › Luxembourg
Freshwater - Drivers and pressures (Luxembourg): SOER Common environmental theme from Luxembourg - freshwater
Located in The European environment – state and outlook 2010 › Country assessments › Luxembourg
Freshwater - State and impacts (Luxembourg): SOER Common environmental theme from Luxembourg - freshwater
Located in The European environment – state and outlook 2010 › Country assessments › Luxembourg
Freshwater - National Responses (Croatia): SOER Common environmental theme from Croatia
Located in The European environment – state and outlook 2010 › Country assessments › Croatia
Freshwater - Outlook 2020 (Croatia): SOER Common environmental theme from Croatia
Located in The European environment – state and outlook 2010 › Country assessments › Croatia

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