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5. Water-related threats and risk management
Threats and risks arise from natural hazards that cause extreme situations, as well as from man-made actions related to water management methods. Controlling these problems requires an approach that makes risk an integral part of management, and calls for improved risk analysis and assessment tools, as well as improved control and intervention methods and resources.
5.1 Overexploitation of groundwater
Groundwater has been over-exploited over the last forty years, leading to the depletion of reserves in many aquifers. The volume supplied by overexploitation of Tunisia's aquifers is estimated at 480 Mm 3 /year, or 24% of total groundwater withdrawals, which is hardly sustainable. Although the Water Code has introduced...
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Bibliography
Standards and norms
- Norme tunisienne définissant les caractéristiques physiques, chimiques et micro-biologiques des eaux destinées à la consommation humaine - NT 09.14 - 1983
- Norme tunisienne relative aux spécifications des eaux traitées utilisées à des fins agricoles - NT 106.003 -...
General standard for bottled/packaged drinking water; Draft Tunisian standard adopted by INNORPI on May 23, 2007 for approval.
Regulations
Law No. 75-16 of March 31, 1975, promulgating the Water Code as amended and supplemented by :
law no. 87-35 of July 6, 1987;
law no. 88-94 of August 2, 1988;
law n° 2001-116 of november 26, 2001 ;
law no. 2004-24 of March 15, 2004 amending and supplementing law no. 99-43 of May...
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Organizations – Associations – Federations
MARH, Ministry of Agriculture and Hydraulic Resources (Tunis-Belvédère, Tunisia) http://www.onagri.nat.tn
MEAT, Ministry of the Environment and Regional Planning (Tunis, Tunisia) http://www.environnement.nat.tn
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