Article: Water management in the Maghreb.

AS THE MAGHREB countries look for ways to tackle an impending water crisis, it is becoming clear that governments must move away from the traditional supply-oriented, agency specific policies. The best hope lies in a comprehensive approach that focuses on managing demand.

During the past few decades, the Maghreb countries--Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia--have invested heavily in water development works to tackle the serious problems imposed by an arid/semiarid climate with highly variable and irregular rainfall and limited water resources. They have built dams, canals, wells, irrigation schemes, and water supply systems, with impressive results. From 1970 to 1990, the ...

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