Prof Thameur CHAIBI is a Director of Research at the National Research Institute for Rural Engineering water and Forestry, Tunis, Tunisia. He has authored numerous publications in various areas covering renewable energy systems, water resources engineering ..

The major North-Western Sahara Aquifer System covers over 1 million km2, of which 700,000 are in Algeria, 80,000 in Tunisia and 250,000 in Libya.

Morocco’s water resources are under increasing pressure from population and industrial growth, irrigated agriculture, urbanization, tourism, climate change, overexploitation of aquifers and deteriorating water quality.

The shared water resources in Algeria includes , five aquifers shared with its neighbours: Errachidia with Morocco, Tin-Sérririne with Niger, Air Christalline with Mali and Niger, Taoudéni with Mali and Mauritania, and the North-Western

Wastewater reuse is among the main alternatives to overcome water scarcity challenges and to meet the current water needs

To mitigate water scarcity, the countries of the MENA region have substantially increased their investment and participation in desalination. There is no single model for desalination, nor can one model be applied in all the countries.