Tunisia

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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.

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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%

Important reports

European Neighbourhood Policy:

Country report
Action plan

Local water supply and sanitation services, 2005.

UNESCO-IHP National Report for the period: 2004-2006

Incentive Systems for Wastewater Treatment and Reuse in Irrigated Agriculture in the MENA Region: Evidence from Jordan and Tunisia, 2004.

Country news

Regional conference on urban efficient water: mainstreaming integrated planning and management approaches, Sfax, Tunisia 7-8 November 2023
TUNISIA: call for tenders to renovate Korba and Haouria wastewater treatment plants
European Science Diplomacy Roundtable “Tackling the food-water-energy nexus in the Mediterranean region through Science Diplomacy”
Tunisia is studying the construction of underground dams to collect water
TUNISIA: €113m from the World Bank for wastewater management via PPPs

Country events

OurMED – Sustainable water storage and distribution in the Mediterranean: kick off meeting on 12-14 June in Tunisia
4th International Symposium Water Resources and Environmental Impact Assessment in North Africa
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Tunisie: La 9ÈME ÉDITION DU FORUM JEUNESSE

Country projects

Water-DROP
SWMED
SOWAEUMED
DIMAS
ARIMNET
CLARA
Management, Protection and Sustainable Use of Groundwater and Soil Resources
Support to the European Union Water Initiative Mediterranean Component (MED EUWI)
REMEE
PURATREAT
Water Desalination and Purification Technologies in the Arab world
Water desalination by solar energy
SARD-M
WaterWare
INNOVA-MED
AWARENET
ProMembrane
WaDImena
INECO
OPTIMA
MELIA
GEWAMED
drinking water in rural area
SEDEMED II
SEDEMED
DESERNET
PROGECO
MYTILOS
ALERT
AQUASTRESS
Water Sector Investment Loan Project
Greater Tunis Sewerage and Reuse Project
ADU-RES
Water Supply & Sewerage Project
Development around the stoppings
An Agenda 21 for the basin slope of north-west Tunisia
MEDREP
water sewager in Taparura
Zero-M
MEDROPLAN
CLIMED
DSS-DROUGHT
NEWTECHOMW
MEDUSA-WATER
FOGGARA
IDUWUE
SOLDES
WADISUN
SWIMED
HYDROMED
IRRIMED
COLASU
POLAGWAT
MEDWATER-POLICY
SMART
CAT-MED
LAND-WATER-MED
MEDCOASTLAND-NET
MELMARINA
WAWAROMED
WADEMED
Solar-Catalytic_Treatment
WASAMED
LIFE
LIFE
WADI
Implementation of a photovoltaic water pumping programme in Mediterranean countries.