Water demand management: the Mediterranean experience

The Mediterranean region has an accumulated wealth of knowledge and experience in managing water scarcity through WDM and this may be useful to be shared with those who face similar problems and are willing to follow a similar pathway. This Technical Focus Paper is prepared by GWP and Plan Bleu with the aim of making […]

Water

Given the increasing climate and human pressures on water resources in the Mediterranean, an integrated approach based on demand-side water management is absolutely essential. Unevenly distributed water resources and growing pressures Water resources are unevenly distributed across the Mediterranean basin. Three countries—France, Italy, and Türkiye—receive half of the region’s total precipitation, while Southern Mediterranean countries […]