Geographia Technica, No. 2/2009, pp. 42 - 49

MOBILIZATION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE WATER RESOURCES IN THE NORTH-EAST OF ALGERIA

 N. Khérici , H. Bousnoubra, E.F. Derradji, A. Maoui

ABSTRACT: With regard to the constant increase in the requirements out of water for the area for the Algerian North-East (Skikda, Annaba, El Tarf, Guelma and Souk Ahras), related on the increase in the population, the socio-economic development and the establishment of industries, the chronic water deficit is difficult to fill. It is asked to begin the deepened research in the policy of the water, based on the evaluation of the surface and underground water resources and justified by the installation of a new more reliable and more effective strategy of stock management. To this end, it is proposed to study the situation of the water resources in the Algerian North-East and its evolution in time by sector of use. By considering in a joint way, pressures dependent on the offer and the request of water (quantitative criterion), and while preserving objectives to limit degradations of the resources (qualitative criterion), thus we try to optimize the allowance between the various uses and to study the withdrawals carried out on a durable level on the ecological and economic plans. In order to answer the concerns of the hour and the current context, this work relating to the problems of water resources, their evaluation and their management, falls under the development and the improvement of the assessment offers–request of North–East Algeria. After detailed evaluation, a negative assessment results from this with resource needs, highlighting a critical situation and recording a deficit worrying with short and long-term. Thus the current reserves will not be any more a solution for the increasing requirements of water, which require the installation of an urgent policy of integrated water management.
Keywords: subsoil waters resources, surface waters, assessment, equipment, needs, offers, potential hydrous, renewable reserves, management, evaluation.

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