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Land management and land-use planning are essential to the management of water resources in water-scarce areas. Important wetlands, which help to store water, have been drained throughout Europe. One priority should be to retain rainwater where it falls, enabling water infiltration, through the re-establishment of wetlands and increased recharge of aquifers. Spending on maintaining and increasing soil organic matter would enable soils to absorb more water, as would planning and regulating the crops grown within a river basin, including changing to crops more adapted to dry conditions or growing different crops that require water at different times of the year.