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What is the current problem?

• Water stress occurs on 20 % of the EU territory and affects 30 % of the EU population on average per year, impacting environment, society and economy.
• The milestone set in the 2011 EU resource efficiency roadmap — by 2020, water abstraction should stay below 20 % of available water in Europe — has not been reached in 19 % of EU’s territory in 2017.
• Despite the publication of the EU’s Communication on water scarcity and drought in 2007 and the Blueprint to Safeguard Europe’s Water Resources in 2012, EU policy on water scarcity and drought remains scattered and implementation has been slow.