Water issues in Europe

Europe faces many water issues especially in Mediterranean countries which have very low rainfall in summers. The link below has several good graphs and charts, including the one below. It shows how Greece and Spain which rely heavily on farming use the lion's share of their water for farming, while high-tech Germany and Belgium use their water mostly for industry.

Source: Table 5.1 Europe's Environment - The Dobris Assessment

The demand for water is generally increasing, particularly in Southern countries, and especially from agriculture, though industry remains the major user of water in Europe. (For Europe as a whole, 53 per cent of abstracted water is for industry, 26 per cent is for agriculture and 19 per cent for household use but with wide variations between countries - Figure 1).
	Figure 1: Total water abstraction (surface and groundwater) by economic sectors in European countries Source: Figure 5.7 Europe's Environment - The Dobris Assessment

from

Water Stress in Europe
http://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/92-9167-025-1/page003.html