Efficient and fair management of water resources is one of the most important challenges faced by the Saf-Saf river basin. The rapid economic growth of the city of Skikda and the intensive urbanization of the alluvial Saf-Saf valley have induced a fast growing water demand of urban and socio-economic sectors including agriculture and industry. Moreover, the quality of water resources are threatened by different pollutions types not only from petrochemical industries, but also, agricultural pollution resulting from some agricultural practices (fertilizers and pesticides). This study presents an optimization approach for the integrated and sustainable demand management of water resources, including quantitative and qualitative diagnosis of the water potentialities in the Saf-Saf basin.
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