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Tunisia


Tunisia has an EMWIS website, run by its NFP, the Bureau de l'Inventaire et des Recherches Hydrauliques sous la tutelle de la Direction Générale des Ressources en Eau.

Key indicators

Area (100 sq km): 155
Population (mill): 9.8
GDP ($ bill):  21
Water per cap: 470 m3
Water withdrawal:
total 60.9%
agriculture 86%

Access to
drinking water
: 80%
sanitation: 84%

Folder National reports

Document Drought Preparedness and Mitigation in Tunisia

Analysis of the Organizations and Institutions

Prepared by M. EL HEDI LOUATI, H.J. MELLOULI, M.L. EL ECHI in the framework of the MEDROPLAN project funded by the EC MEDA- Water (Euro-Mediterranean Regional Programme for Local Water Management of the European Commission)

Published in Options Méditerranéennnes, Série B, No. 51. in 2005 (ISBN 2-85352-320-9)

URL The EU's relations with Tunisia Tunisia was the first Mediterranean country to sign an Association Agreement with the EU on 17 July 2005. The Euro-Med Association Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, on the one part, and the Tunisian Republic, on the other, came into force on March 1, 1998.
HTML Document Water and Environment in the EU/Tunisia Action Plan