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1.2.        Scope and outline of the report

The overall aim of this report is, in accordance with Article 1 of the Water Framework Directive (WFD), to promote sustainable water use based on a long-term protection of available water resources. The report overall addresses to the trends in water availability, water abstractions and water use efficiency, including their impacts on the environment and on the main water-dependent economic sectors (agriculture, electricity production, manufacturing and domestic water supply). The report also explores the decoupling[2] of sectorial water abstraction from growth, future water availability and water demand, and evaluates the potential of current responses to water stress.