8 Amendments of Madeleine JOUYE DE GRANDMAISON related to 2008/2074(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph - 1 (new)
Paragraph - 1 (new)
-1. Notes that the Commission communication fails to identify the causes of this scarcity and that, while it proposes a number of excellent measures to alleviate water shortages and drought in the European Union, they do not provide a lasting solution to the problem of dwindling water resources;;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3a (new)
Paragraph 3a (new)
3a. Stresses that water remains above all a resource which has been inherited and must be shared by all humanity and that an increase in its cost in monetary terms, even where based on economic analyses, can be neither taken as the cornerstone of the ‘user pays’ principle nor seen as a lasting solution to the problem of increasing water scarcity and drought; considers that, furthermore, proposals to increase the cost of water fail to take account of the millennium objectives: access to drinkable water for all and poverty reduction;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3b (new)
Paragraph 3b (new)
3b. Stresses that all sources of pollution are contributing to water scarcity, which means that it is urgently necessary to implement throughout the territory of Europe a strict and efficient system of monitoring the use of pollutants, in particular pesticides and other industrial pollutants;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3c (new)
Paragraph 3c (new)
3c. Urges the Commission and Member States to acknowledge that deforestation and unrestrained urban development are greatly contributing to growing water scarcity;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3d (new)
Paragraph 3d (new)
3d. Notes that the communication fails to address the problem arising in numerous regions from the non-purification of waste water;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3e (new)
Paragraph 3e (new)
3e. Stresses the need to introduce throughout European territory a system of integrated resource management (IRM) for water by catchment area, so as to ensure the balanced distribution of this resource for various uses;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3f (new)
Paragraph 3f (new)
3f. Stresses that the need to protect groundwater resources should not be forgotten if they are to be included in overall water resource management;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3g (new)
Paragraph 3g (new)
3g. Urges that support be given to all rational rainwater collection systems (meeting good public health standards).