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A benefit of the gradual nature of the progress of water stress problems is that it leaves some time to develop new practices and exchange lessons-learned across the EU. Implementing water demand measures will buy some more time – provided lock-ins are avoided. Long-term planning may include such methods as adaptive planning and pathways to put short-term measures in a long-term perspective, to allow for a long-term view and to avoid as much as possible additional lock-ins.