The National Observatory of Agriculture (Onagri), which regularly takes the pulse of the water situation, released a bulletin yesterday Friday, August 23. The document showsthat the filling rate of dams has fallen below the threshold of 24%, exactly 23.6%…
The largest dams in the country do not attain 40%, the figures range from 3 to 37%. In detail, the water stocks of Tunisian dams show a net decrease of 1.14 billion m3 (-63.47%) compared to the seasonal average of the period, 1,804.63 million m3 against 658.72 million m3 currently.
Similarly, when compared with the average of the last three years, water reserves record a sharp decline of 192.74 million m3 (-25.77%). We are at 554.93 million m3 against 747.67 million m3 for the average of the three years. So we can’t wait for the heavy rains announced by the chief engineer of the National Institute of Meteorology (INM), Mehrez Ghannouchi…
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