Climate change and adaptive water management measures in Chtouka Aït Baha region (Morocco)

Seif-Ennasr, Marieme; Zaaboul, Rashyd; Hirich, Abdelaziz; Caroletti, Giulio Nils; Bouchaou, Lhoussaine; Morjani, Zine El Abidine El; Beraaouz, El Hassane; McDonnell, Rachael; Choukr‐Allah, Redouane

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.08.170

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“…In this context, there is a strong need for adaptation strategies to limit the impacts of climate change in this region, through an adaptation of agricultural practices and irrigation strategies (Brouziyne et al 2018;Seif-Ennasr et al 2016) and better regulation of well exploitation (Kuper et al 2017). Several studies agree that these adaptation measures should be implemented at the institutional and local levels to encourage a rational use of water that takes into account both socioeconomic and natural constraints and ensure sustainability (Kuper et al 2017;Lezzaik and Milewski 2018;Seif-Ennasr et al 2016). There is also a need for better long-term monitoring of water resources, whereas at the moment, the monitoring network is being reduced (Leduc et al 2017).…”

Section: Impact Of Climate Change On Water Resourcesmentioning

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Climate change vulnerability, water resources and social implications in North Africa

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North Africa is considered a climate change hot spot. Existing studies either focus on the physical aspects of climate change or discuss the social ones. The present article aims to address this divide by assessing and comparing the climate change vulnerability of Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia and linking it to its social implications. The vulnerability assessment focuses on climate change exposure, water resources, sensitivity, and adaptive capacity. The results suggest that all countries are exposed to strong temperature increases and a high drought risk under climate change. Algeria is most vulnerable to climate change, mainly due to the country's high sensitivity. Across North Africa, the combination of climate change and strong population growth is very likely to further aggravate the already scarce water situation. The so-called Arab Spring has shown that social unrest is partly caused by unmet basic needs of the population for food and water. Thus, climate change may become an indirect driver of social instability in North Africa. To mitigate the impact of climate change, it is important to reduce economic and livelihood dependence on rain-fed agriculture, strengthen sustainable land use practices, and increase the adaptive capacity. Further, increased regional cooperation and sub-national vulnerability assessments are needed.

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Climate change vulnerability, water resources and social implications in North Africa

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“…For that, we used the data collected from the Souss-Massa hydraulic basin agency and from Laboratory of Geology and Geo-environment (LAGAGE) of Ibn Zohr University (Seif-Ennasr et al 2016 andMalki et al 2016). Annual sampling campaigns, piezometric level calculations, physicochemical and bacteriological analyses were carried out at the level of the SoussMassa hydraulic basins in order to monitor the quality and quantity of water.…”

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Groundwater Resources Scarcity in Souss-Massa Region and Alternative Solutions for Sustainable Agricultural Development

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The Souss-Massa region, located in the south-west of Morocco, is among the regions that suffer the most from water stress. It's characterized by an arid climate with low and irregular rainfall in time and space. Consequently, there's a considerable rainfall deficit which negatively affects the water resources in the region. Moreover, the economy of the region is mainly based on agriculture which consumes more than 90% of the region's total water resources. As a result, surface water resources have become increasingly insufficient with regard to the demand. Use of groundwater resources has always been a secular practice in the area. In recent years, groundwater overexploitation has exceeded the renewable resources and has led to the depletion of the different aquifers of Souss-Massa region. In addition, high population growth, degradation of water quality, expansion of agricultural and industrial activity negatively affected water availability. Furthermore, a significant proportion of raw industrial and urban water rejections are released directly into nature, and excessive use of pesticides in agriculture and marine intrusion cause pollution and salinity of the groundwater. This study focuses on the vulnerability of groundwater resources and alternative solutions for agricultural development. This thematic allows the use of unconventional waters to test new techniques for the treatment and recycling of wastewater. Treated wastewater will be reused for irrigation in the Souss-Massa region, in order to reduce the vulnerability of water resources scarcity, to improve economic growth, to promote sustainable use of treated wastewater in agriculture and to produce good quality agricultural products.

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“…This indicates an annual groundwater deficit of about 862 MCM for the entire country, but the situation varies among the different basins and from north to south (Table 1). Moreover, climate change models forecast that drought intensification in the future will aggravate the groundwater crisis [14]. Table 1.…”

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“…It will alter water availability, quality, and demand [77,78]. Thus, an improvement in resiliency and adaptive capacity is needed [14,79]. As a response to increases in temperature and evapotranspiration, agricultural water demand will also increase.…”

Section: Effects Of Global Change On Groundwatermentioning

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Moroccan Groundwater Resources and Evolution with Global Climate Changes

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In semi-arid areas, many ecosystems and activities depend essentially on water availability. In Morocco, the increase of water demands combined to climate change induced decrease of precipitation put a lot of pressure on groundwater. This paper reports the results of updating and evaluation of groundwater datasets with regards to climate scenarios and institutional choices. The continuous imbalance between groundwater extraction and recharge caused a dramatic decline in groundwater levels (20 to 65 m in the past 30 years). Additionally, Morocco suffers from the degradation in groundwater quality due to seawater intrusion, nitrate pollution and natural salinity changes. Climate data analysis and scenarios predict that temperatures will increase by 2 to 4 °C and precipitation will decrease by 53% in all catchments over this century. Consequently, surface water availability will drastically decrease, which will lead to more extensive use of groundwater. Without appropriate measures, this situation will jeopardize water security in Morocco. In this paper, we zoom on the case the Souss-Massa basin, where management plans (artificial recharge, seawater desalination, and wastewater reuse) have been adopted to restore groundwater imbalance or, at least, mitigate the recorded deficits. These plans may save water for future generations and sustain crop production.

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Climate change and adaptive water management measures in Chtouka Aït Baha region (Morocco)

Cited by 69 publications

References 35 publications

Climate change vulnerability, water resources and social implications in North Africa

Climate change vulnerability, water resources and social implications in North Africa

Groundwater Resources Scarcity in Souss-Massa Region and Alternative Solutions for Sustainable Agricultural Development

Moroccan Groundwater Resources and Evolution with Global Climate Changes

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