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WATER

Water Focus

14.03.2007 @ 08:22 CET

EUOBSERVER / WATER FOCUS - With 41 million Europeans lacking access to safe drinking water while the rest of Europe drinks billions of euro's worth of expensive bottled water, Europe has a long way to go to make sense of its water management systems. EUobserver examines some of the key challenges facing the sector seven years after the water framework directive became law.

Droughts could be the rule rather than the exception in Europe

18.07.2007 @ 17:54 CET

The European Commission has kicked off an EU-wide political debate, aimed at establishing the "right" pricing on water as well as promoting water-saving habits such as efficient devices on shower heads. This comes with the prospect of most EU countries suffering from droughts by 2070.

[Focus] Brussels names and shames EU water laggards

22.03.2007 @ 17:42 CET

The vast majority of EU states have not properly transcribed EU water law into national legislation, nailed research into water management economics or earmarked cash for investments - environment commissioner Stavros Dimas said in Brussels on Thursday, unveiling a scoreboard of progress on the Water Framework Directive (WFD) so far.

MEPs adopt controversial pesticides regulation

24.10.2007 @ 09:21 CET

The European Parliament has adopted key legislation on pesticides, banning certain products and establishing stringent approval procedures. The watered-down proposals nevertheless met with opposition from farmers and pesticides manufactures.

[Focus] EU single market laws to tackle water

22.03.2007 @ 17:42 CET

The European Commission is drafting a green paper on how to integrate water management and climate change into wider EU policy-making in the agricultural, transport and industry sectors, with German and Portuguese ministers warning that unless water becomes a "mainstream" political issue Europe's economy will pay the cost.

[Focus] EU states dragging heels on landmark water law

14.03.2007 @ 08:08 CET

A major review of EU water management law later this month is expected to show that several EU states are not living up to a timetable to secure clean drinking water and aquatic habitats in Europe for decades to come, but the past seven years of work has created a new legal toolkit and pushed knowledge forward.

[Focus] NGOs attack EU water aid policy

15.03.2007 @ 17:39 CET

EU aid and trade policy is designed to help European corporations break into emerging water management markets instead of reducing the number of 1.1 billion people worldwide who don't have access to clean drinking water, a coalition of over 60 NGOs has said in an open letter to Brussels.

[Focus] New EU law to tackle groundwater pollution

14.03.2007 @ 10:03 CET

Although Europe is one of the world's most economically advanced regions, with most Europeans taking clean water for granted, lack of access to safe drinking-water and poor sanitation still threatens the health of millions of people in European countries.

[Focus] Danube river put on 'endangered' list

20.03.2007 @ 09:25 CET

The Danube - stretching through 18 European countries, including ten EU member states – has been labelled as one of ten of the world's most threatened rivers which are fast dying as a result of dams, pollution and climate change.

[Focus] EU bottled water boom poses environmental questions

14.03.2007 @ 08:08 CET

Europeans are drinking more and more bottled water amid preoccupation with weight loss and cravings for emotional experiences like "naturalness," industry surveys show, but the water boom has an environmental cost and water marketing is not always what it seems.

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