Volume Two, "Selected Issues in Water Resources Management in Europe", presents and discusses ten topics of European and world-wide relevance. The book is an attempt at shedding light on the many problems that are common to all countries, but that different areas may face with different degrees of relevance and urgency.

This book describes the development of water institutions in the former East Germany, covering the period up to 1980 and including the major changes affecting water supply and waste treatment. It contains numerous articles on water management written by East German policy makers in the water sector, as well as the most relevant laws and regulations adopted.