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Water resources: quantity and flows — key message 4

SOER 2010 Message (Deprecated) Published 28 Nov 2010

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Topics: Water and marine environment Biodiversity — Ecosystems

In the past, European water management has focused on increasing supply through deep wells, dams and reservoirs, desalination and large-scale water–transfer infrastructures. Future water management will benefit from applying an ecosystems perspective, using floodplains and groundwater aquifers for storing water, making room for rivers, and minimising the environmental impacts of water engineering projects.

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