CONTENTS
Terms of Reference
Summary
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Implementation of EU water legislation
Box 1: The Water Framework Directive
(2000/60/EC)
Implementation in other EU Member States
Box 2: Priority Substances
Implementation in the UK
Chapter 3: Challenges to be met by EU water
policy towards 2050
Planning for risk and uncertainty
Climate change, population growth and water
resources
Box 3: Communication on Water Scarcity
and Droughts
Box 4: Meeting the rising demand for water
in Copenhagen
Urban diffuse pollution
Governance, and the ecosystem services approach
Conclusion
Chapter 4: Governance
Towards catchment management
Box 5: Multi-level governance of water
resources
Box 6: Westcountry Rivers Trust
The role of the EU in promoting a new form
of governance
Governance requirements
Chapter 5: Policy Integration
Integration and governance
Box 7: Reform of the Common Agricultural
Policy
Pillar 1 of the CAP
Box 8: Cross-compliance
Risk management
Farm advice and knowledge exchange
Rural and regional development
Other policy areas
Ecosystem services
Chapter 6: Innovation and Research
European Innovation Partnership
Box 9: European Innovation Partnership on
Water
Innovation in Public Engagement
Innovation in water efficiency
Box 10: Water embodied in Products
Research
Chapter 7: Conclusions and Recommendations
Appendix 1: Sub-Committee on Agriculture,
Fisheries and Environment
Appendix 2: List of Witnesses
Appendix 3: Call for Evidence
Appendix 4: List of Acronyms and Abbreviations
Appendix 5: River Basin Districts in the
UK and Ireland
Appendix 6: Water Stress across the EU
Appendix 7: Payment for Ecosystem Services
(PES)
Appendix 8: A 'Template' for Catchment Management
Evidence is published online at www.parliament.uk/hleud
and available for inspection at the Parliamentary Archives (020
7219 5314)
References in footnotes to the Report are as follows:
Q refers to a question in oral evidence;
Witness names without a question reference refer
to written evidence.
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