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Evidence is growing that water is being used in the EU with increasing efficiency. The data of water consumption versus Net Value Added of the agriculture, energy and industry sectors clearly demonstrate this trend, even though not always consistently in the time span for which data are available (1995-2017) or between the four regions of Europe (East, North, West and South). Care must be taken that this gain does not result in reinforced economic growth (and associated water demands) but instead benefits the environment. One way of securing this is by incorporating environmental flows in River Basin Management Plans and Drought Management Plans. The analysis of sectoral water use and outlooks in this report signals that the environmental flows have not yet been defined well in most of the River Basin Management Plans.