http://www.eea.europa.eu These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 1. http://www.eea.europa.eu/soer/europe/water-resources-quantity-and-flows?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic Europe's freshwaters are affected by water scarcity, droughts, floods and physical modifications. Many water bodies are at risk of failing to meet the aim of the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) to achieve good status by 2015. Future policies should encourage demand management through actions such as increasing water efficiency. In addition, water management will benefit from applying an ecosystems perspective, using floodplains and groundwater aquifers for storing water, and making room (space) for rivers. No publisher EEA (European Environment Agency) climate change water supply wetland water engineering project bioenergy crops hydropower agriculture water resources water footprint thematic assessment over-abstraction flood cooling Water Framework Directive renewable energy freshwater ecosystems water quantity policy integration global warming water flow drought tourism land use change SOER2010 water scarcity ecosystem groundwater 2010-11-28T18:40:00+01:00 Publication