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Driving forces and Pressures

The Po River basin is a strategic region for the Italian economy, with significant agriculture, industry and tourism sectors. The lakes in the northern part are important for tourism, but are affected by eutrophication, especially lake Garda, where nutrient reduction measures are still not sufficient to meet the WFD requirement of good ecological status.

The river passes a number of larger Italian cities and Turin is the industrial center of the region. Milan is indirectly connected to the river by a channel system.