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

EU Civil Protection programme promotes good governance in disaster risk reduction
SOWAMED project: Managing Water around the Mediterranean
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USAID grants $2.95 million to UNESCO-IHE to improve groundwater management in MENA region
H2020 workshop trains environment professionals on ecosystem-based management in the Mediterranean

Country events

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ENPI CBC MED / technical event Tunis, June 1st
10th edition of CLIMEXPO
The 3rd Maghreb Conference on Desalination and Water Treatment "CMTDE 2011"
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Country projects

ARIMNET
CLARA
Management, Protection and Sustainable Use of Groundwater and Soil Resources
Support to the European Union Water Initiative Mediterranean Component (MED EUWI)
TourMedEau
REMEE
ReWaB
PURATREAT
Water Desalination and Purification Technologies in the Arab world
Water desalination by solar energy
SARD-M
WaterWare
Towards a Mediterranean Water Information Mechanism compatible with the Water Information System for Europe (WISE)
INNOVA-MED
AWARENET
ProMembrane
WaDImena
INECO
NOSTRUM-DSS (FP6)
OPTIMA
MELIA
GEWAMED
drinking water in rural area
SEDEMED II
SEDEMED
DESERNET
PROGECO
MYTILOS
ALERT
AQUASTRESS
Water Sector Investment Loan Project
Development around the stoppings
Greater Tunis Sewerage and Reuse Project
ADU-RES
Water Supply & Sewerage Project
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.