In another key point of the agreement, Parliament successfully demanded that Member States be required to take "all measures necessary to prevent inputs into groundwater of any hazardous substances" and not merely "all measures necessary to aim to prevent" this type of pollution, as the Council wanted.
"Gruntsūdeņi ir viena no Eiropas Savienības apdraudētākām un lielākām saldūdens tilpēm, turklāt vēl galvenais plašai sabiedrībai izmantojama dzeramā ūdens avots daudzos reģionos," teikts likumprojektā.