Water is vital.
We need good quality water and sufficient quantities to meet the needs of people and wildlife. The Wise Use of Floodplains is an exciting new project to help people in river catchments find solutions for the sustainable management of water. In the past, rivers in Europe have been managed in order to drain land, and floodplains and rivers have been isolated from each other. Problems such as flooding, water shortages and over-enrichment of water have been made worse in places from this approach. The aims of the project The project shows how floodplains can contribute to the sustainable management of water resources within river basins.