Europe is facing a significant water crisis. As climate change is increasingly affecting the water cycle and the overexploitation of limited water resources continues, the risk of conflicts between users and territories will intensify without concrete actions. Public water operators have important responsibilities in building water resilience, but there are standing challenges that they cannot address alone. In this new position paper, Aqua Publica Europea outlines recommendations in seven key areas to feed into the European Commission’s announced European Water Resilience Strategy that aims to make Europe water-resilient.

Key Messages

1. Long-term planning for a sustainable water future
2. The quality-quantity nexus: the need for preventive approaches
3. Enhancing water efficiency across all societal domains
4. Investing in water resilience: a condition for the prosperity and cohesion of Europe
5. Land and water: the need for an integrated approach
6. Innovation: seizing the potential while checking the liabilities
7. Fostering cooperation between territories based on water solidarity rules

Read the position paper