Tunisia: Agriculture Minister stresses need to strengthen water economy awareness campaigns

Monitoring water reserves and their exploitation by the end of the current agricultural season was the focus of the working session held last May 2010 in Tunis.

During the meeting, it was announced that the water reserves in dams amounted to 1.594 billion cubic meter while their planned use during the current season is estimated at 876 million cubic meters.

The event also stressed the importance of monitoring the status of groundwater, development of reserves from precipitation and the rate of artificial recharge of the aquifer.

Chairing the event, Mr. Abdessalem Mansour, the Minister of Agriculture, Water Resources and Fisheries called for the acceleration equipment maintenance of deep wells in addition to the need to raise awareness campaigns in water conservation and dissemination of irrigation facilities.