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Principles of sustainable water management have already been introduced in some sectoral activities and the WFD has played an important role in taking up sustainability aspects. Several sustainable sector strategies have been developed in the last 10-15 years to promote the growth of a particular economic sector, while drawing out a roadmap (or guidelines) for reducing pressures and impacts of the sector’s activities on water resources. In the following, a number of good practice examples illustrate how sustainable water management solutions can work in sectors.