1. Water Scarcity & Droughts Policy in the EU Gap Analysis
In cooperation with
Presentation to the SCG
Brussels, May 11Th 2011
Project commissioned by the
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
DIRECTORATE-GENERAL
ENVIRONMENT
Directorate D - Water, Chemicals & Biotechnology

2. Rationale & context
The Gap Analysis of the measures developed to tackle
Water Scarcity & Droughts is a contribution to move
WS&D through the policy agenda and will feed into the
Blueprint.
This Gap Analysis is conducted in parallel with other
related studies:
-Water performance of buildings
-Leakage reduction in water distribution networks
-Water savings in agriculture
-Water pricing in agriculture
-Water footprinting and product labelling

3. Specific objectives
An overview of magnitude of the WS&D problem in Europe for today up to 2030, accounting for climate change
Identification and assessment of the adequacy of existing measures to prevent, manage or mitigate WS&D situations in Member States (national, regional or local level) (ex-post)
Identification of gaps and suggest new measures or mix of measures to tackle WS&D issues in the EU
Assessment environmental, economic and social impacts and the feasibility of the proposed measures (ex-ante)

4. General approach
Development of a baseline scenario
Categories and assess the effectiveness of WS&D measures
Identify gaps related to this baseline
In-depth assessment of the objectives for a revised WS&D policy
Task 1: Analysis of the present situation in the EU & predictions for the future
Complete in-depth assessments of measures tackling WS&D
Compile information in a common assessment framework
Task 2: Collect data and assess the social, economic and environmental impacts and the feasibility of the identified measures
Support the Commission in related consultation processes
Final report and policy makers’ summary
Tasks 3 & 4: Support the Commission in the stakeholder consultation process and provide supporting documents to policy makers 1 2

5. Part 1 – Assessing the baseline: status quo to 2030 & Gap Analysis

6. Part 2 – Assessing the impact of new WS&D measures to 2030

7. Planning

8. Next milestone Inception report summarising: Methodology and work plan
Baseline scenario
Preliminary screening and the draft list of measures to be studied
The main preliminary results will be shared to you for comments and suggestions over the summer