Case Studies

The oasis of Badrian in the Algerian Sahara near Timitimoun is located in the edges of the great Continental Intercalary aquifer. The only water source is groundwater, facing demographic growth and the modernization of water catchment infrastructure.

The Campina de Faro aquifer system, located in Algarve, has an area of around 86.4 km². According to the last river basin management plan, the Campina de Faro aquifer system is classified as poor groundwater quality status in the East and poor quantity status in the West.

The Ain Timguenay area (Morocco) aquifer, mainly recharged by direct rainfall upon it, belongs to the Sebou river basin. Recent extension of irrigated area results in an overabstraction of water. However, since currently there is almost no data, only very rough estimations of the aquifer status can be done, hindering the enabling of corrective actions

Aquifer placed in south-eastern Spain of 988 Km², located in an irrigated area of vineyards which the Magro River runs through. Growing water abstractions for irrigating agriculture during the last years have lowered aquifer levels.