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3. Water security and food security: virtual water balance sheet
Control over readily available resources is almost complete, and strengthening water security in the future will depend in part on the country's ability to develop the potential to meet demand through :
how to make the most of green water resources and optimize virtual water flows;
increasing non-conventional resources.
3.1 Virtual water flows and food security
Demographic, social and economic factors will determine the demand for and availability of water resources in the future. After the strong demographic growth of the second half of the 20th century, Tunisia's population growth rate is declining and is expected to stabilize at just under 13 million by 2030. Development...
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Non-conventional resources
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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