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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9811

6 January 2009
Contents Publication in full By article 10 / 18
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/environment
Improving water demand management

Brussels, 05/01/2009 (Agence Europe) - On 19 December 2008, the European Commission adopted a report which shows that, despite the progress made, “a great deal still needs to be done in order to improve water demand management more widely across Europe and to avoid mismanagement of water resources, especially in water-scarce areas”.

The European Commission says that full implementation of the Water Framework Directive by all member states is one of the key imperatives if the issue of...