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Water Directors meeting 30 November-1 December 2006

Water Directors meeting 30 November-1 December 2006. WATER SCARCITY & DROUGHT First Interim Report. Sylvie Detoc sylvie.detoc@ec.europa.eu European Commission, DG Environment Unit D.2 – Water and Marine. FIRST Interim Report. Limitations: Preliminary results, provisional figures

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Water Directors meeting 30 November-1 December 2006

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  1. Water Directors meeting 30 November-1 December 2006 WATER SCARCITY & DROUGHT First Interim Report Sylvie Detoc sylvie.detoc@ec.europa.eu European Commission, DG Environment Unit D.2 – Water and Marine

  2. FIRST Interim Report • Limitations: • Preliminary results, provisional figures • Non Exhaustive data • Consistency • Data Sources • EU: EEA, Eurostat • National, River Basin: MS (18) + Norway • EU instruments: MS, DGENV, AGRI & REGIO  need to be refined and completed

  3. WATER SCARCITY vs DROUGHTS DROUGHT: Rainfall deficiency Temporary situation Exacerbated by mismanagement of water resources DEVIATION FROM AVERAGE WATER SCARCITY: Insufficient water resources to satisfy long-term average requirements DEMAND > SUPPLY

  4. DELINEATION

  5. Difficulty in singling out the part due to tourism CAUSES The causes of water scarcity largely depend on river basin characteristics and water uses.

  6. IMPACTS Total impact : € 85 billion

  7. USE OF EU INSTRUMENTS • CAP & RD programmes, Structural & Cohesion Funds: • 2000-2006: very little or no use; on the contrary, some supports have tended to exacerbate the imbalances • 2007-2013: weaknesses identified • LIFE : mainly on qualitative issues • European Solidarity fund: no use / criteria not adapted • Community Mechanism for civil protection: no use / criteria not adapted • Water pricing: few water pricing policies adapted for incentive role • WFD: request for exchanges at EU level

  8. CONCLUSIONS • DATA: Improvement needed as well as focus on specific issues (delineation, impacts, tourism, climate change) • Technical work required • Support of research • OUTCOMES: • Importance of WS&D impacts • Some lessons on use of EU instruments: room for improvement at national level • Best use of existing instruments • Water pricing policies

  9. CONCLUSIONS • At EU level, 2 strands of possible actions: • Promotion of water demand management • Coordination & better adaptation of EU mechanisms for drought risk management • Next steps for the in-depth assessment: • Refine the analysis: June & Dec. 2007 • Input for the preparation of the Communication

  10. Thank you for your attention sylvie.detoc@ec.europa.eu

  11. FUTURE ACTIVITIES: WS&D Communication Tentative Timeframe • Technical • In-detph assessment (with support of Expert Group) • Scenario analysis at RB level • Impact assessement • Consultation • Stakeholder Forum • COM process • Drafting / Inter Service Consultation (IS Group) / translation • Political • Unformal ENV ministerial meeting PT • ENV Council meeting June / Dec 2007 June 2007 Feb / April / June 2007 June 2007 Sept. 2007 Oct. 2007

  12. Return . Source: EUROSTAT

  13. Return Source: EEA, data MS

  14. Return Source: COM, data MS

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