In this report the factual analysis is compared with the stakeholder perceptions for different test sites. Based on these findings the following general conclusions could be drawn. To obtain a good insight in the bio-geophysical system as well as the socio-economic setting often data were inadequate. This made it difficult to assess the water stress. It also stresses the need for a good monitoring network. A number of sites indicated that the distribution of the amount of water over the different sectors is the main problem. In these cases, institutional and social settings are key, to come to acceptable solutions. Although environment is often mentioned, it is not a well represented stakeholder in most of the sites studied. Future problems that may aggravate water stress such as climate change, but also the impact of European policies are difficult to take into account by most stakeholders. More knowledge is needed to be able to act fast when facing a crisis but also to predict possible future problems. Not only adaptive management strategies should be developed, but also adaptive problem-threat-stress definition rules linked to these management strategies should be developed. Great care should be taken to make these as site specific as possible.