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"en.20120703.18.2-323-000"2
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"Water is essential for life. It is arguably the most important of all public goods. Urbanisation, population growth, over consumption, biological and chemical pollution, hydromorphological alterations and climate change put an ever increasing pressure on the availability and quality of safe and secure water. Future economic growth cannot be sustained unless it is decoupled from adverse environmental impacts on water. The existing water legislation provides a robust framework for sustainable and efficient water management. In particular, the Water Framework Directive (WFD), which was adopted in 2000, can be considered a milestone of European water policy. The rate of implementation of the WFD has been slow across European countries and regions, with highly diversified results. I believe it is important to mainstream the issue of water into all policy areas. Protection of water resources, with particular reference to drinking water, needs to be addressed from a global perspective, taking into account all the ecosystem services supported by water. Also, climate change mitigation and adaptation policies need to always take into account the impact on water resources and the EU should adopt a holistic approach when addressing this issue. I firmly believe that decisive action at EU level is needed to address current and future water challenges faced by Europe."@en1
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