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The problems that this policy aims to address: 

• Water is a precondition for life, as well as an indispensable resource for economic activities.
• Human activities exert pressures on water, reducing the availability of water in suffi cient quantity and quality and creating the possibility of safety and supply risks.

• The main threats for water result from:

1. water pollution, in particular from urban and industrial waste water and agricultural runoff ,
2. overexploitation of water resources and unsustainable use.

ec.europa.eu/environment/enlarg/pdf/pubs/water_en.pdf