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"Mr President, I come from the land of a thousand rivers, as our national poet, Rosalía de Castro, described Galicia’s rivers and springs in her most famous poem. As elsewhere in Europe, water has been commodified and privatised over recent years. Major pieces of water-catchment infrastructure have been constructed, despite being unnecessary, when the public are paying a high price to consume water and even water from dams is not good for consumption.
In this crisis situation, there is a need to adopt a new model of water culture, to change the paradigm and to invest in sustainability. Water is not merely an input in production: it is a right, an eco-social input and a public resource. It is essential for life. The two key aspects of a new water culture involve, firstly, conserving and protecting water quality, preserving the functionality of rivers, streams and wetlands, and ensuring quality water resources, and, secondly, efficiency, moving towards a management model …"@en1
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