Post a comment on the text below

In 2007 the European Commission published a communication on water scarcity and droughts (EC 2007b) that addressed the main challenges together with recommendations. Several of the economic issues mentioned are dealt with in a recent EEA report ‘Towards efficient use of water resources in Europe’ (EEA 2012b).These include putting the right price tag on water, considering additional water supply infrastructures, fostering water efficient technologies and practices, and fostering the emergence of a water-saving culture in Europe Other aspects are assessed in more detail within this publication. A particularly important aspect is land use planning, which together with climate change is considered one of the main drivers of increasing droughts and water scarcity. As a result of knowledge improvement water accounts and an advanced Water Exploitation Index (WEI+) for Europe are presented in chapter 4.

Previous comments

  • ernst.ueberreiter@lebensministerium.at (invited by Wouter Vanneuville) 24 Aug 2012 13:35:00

    Considering the hierarchical approach to prefer demand measures before supply measures "considering additional water supply infrastructures" should be given lower priority in comparison to e.g. "fostering water efficiency technologies" and therefore be moved to the end of the sentence.  

    • vannewou (Wouter Vanneuville) 24 Aug 2012 16:02:17

      Considering the hierarchical approach to prefer demand measures before supply measures "considering additional water supply infrastructures" should be given lower priority in comparison to e.g. "fostering water efficiency technologies" and therefore be moved to the end of the sentence.  

      order of examples is changed and hierarchy is made explicit

You cannot post comments to this consultation because you are not authenticated. Please log in.