Activities of Johannes BLOKLAND related to 2008/2074(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Addressing the challenge of water scarcity and droughts in the European Union (debate)
Amendments (7)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. Whereas there are significant regional differences in the way in which problems resulting from water scarcity and drought manifest themselves; whereas measures to deal with these problems would be best based on a regional approach,
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. Whereas public supply of water is a fundamental public service linked to public health which should not be disrupted,
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Acknowledges the importance of the WFD as a framework for achieving "good status" for all European waters, promoting sustainable water use and protection of available water resources while contributing to mitigating the effects of floods and droughts, and calls upon the Commission and all the Member States to implement fully its provisions and to ensure that water scarcity and drought measures have no negative effects on water quality objectives;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Takes the view that river basin management plans required under the WFD shouldmay also integrate drought management and set up crisis management tailored to the concrete needs of river basins threatened by water scarcity and droughts;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that 40% of the water used in the EU could be saved; calls for concrete measures and financial incentives to promote a more efficient and sustainable use of water; encourages river basin authorities to pursue a cost-benefit analysis for alternative water management measures in all sectors;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses that a lot of progress towards more efficient use of water can be achieved in the agricultural sector; hopes that the Common Agricultural Policy health check will take this problem into consideration and will propose concrete actions promoting a more sustainable use of water through incentives to mobilise the best available technologies, through cross- compliance, the application of the polluter pays principle and the user pays principle, and Rural Development Programmes;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Points out that major water users (such as power plants) do not consume water but release water to the water cycle after having used it in their processes; stresses that by doing this they have a strong effect on surface water availability, ecological systems and public health by increasing the water temperature; underlines the need to take these effects into consideration;