1. TFEWE Under the protocole on Water & Health: Views of water & wastewater service operators

2. 600,000 operators in EU & EFTA countries
Malta

3. England: sea level rise (From Harward, 2008)
With Current Management
(Orange = 2055)
(Purple = 2025)
(Red = 2105)

4. Cyprus: precipitations (From Omorphos, 2009)
1900
1950
1970
2000

5. Guidance on adaptation is needed
Climate, Water & people (From Schneider, 2009)
climate change
natural influences
man made influence
- power consumption
- heating/cooling
- transportation
- agriculture
water
water utilities
Guidance on adaptation is needed
TFEWE work welcomed 5

6. Water sector adaptation measures (from Harward, 2009)
Water resource management planning
Storage
Demand management
Source development
Recycling and reuse
Flood analysis and adaptation
Prevent & store excess runoff sustainably
Slow down the runoff
Integrate rainfall prediction …
Asset & network resilience
Renewable energies – biogas
Catchment based approaches

7. Mitigation
National initiatives to evaluate the carbon impacts of the water sector
Need for a ‘systematic check’ of the CC impacts & Water impact of policies
For the water sector, least carbon impact and no regrets solutions should be prioritized

8. The vital socio-economic role of water
Uses of water resources (% of total abstractions – without cooling)
Missing data: SK
7.51%
19.86%
3.69%
43.16%
25.77%
EEA-2009: Energy production accounts for 44% of EU water abstraction

9. Recommandations
Controlling pollution at their very sources in both urban and rural areas
Prioritisation of drinking water within the allocation hierarchy
Increasing aquatic ecosystem resilience supports adaptation
Adapting our Directives, Regulations & lifestyles to recognise climate change
In the EU, the WFD provides a tool to aid adaptation
However Integration of adaptation into other sectorial policies is essential
Least carbon impact and no regrets solutions