of the eur million to be transferred to federal ministries only eur million were effectively applied to the water resources management system states and municipalities received eur million but the application of those financial resources representing over of the total financial compensation is not committed to the water sector overall only a small part of the revenues is invested in the implementation of the wrm system as most of the revenues are invested according to the respective governments general priorities the revenue generated by the water use charges must be invested in the river basin where it was collected according to the respective water resources plan