The study includes three components related to the state of water resources in the region, their use, and their sustainable management:
Water accounting
- Critical analysis of the strategies developed for water resources in the concerned basin.
- Analysis and assessment of the potential and mobilizable surface and groundwater resources in the basin draining the Drâa-Tafilalet region.
- Hydrological modeling of the basin.
- Water use: Allocation and use of the resource among the different consumers—agriculture, drinking water supply, mining, crafts, and industrial units. As part of this mission, a survey was conducted with 504 farmers.
- Preparation of the overall water resources balance by basin.
Water audit
The audit considered the following aspects:
- Regulatory
- Institutional
- Legal
- Socioeconomic
Investment plan
- Analysis of public and private capital levels and recurrent expenditures
- Participatory development of an investment and sustainable management plan, including environmental impacts, to improve knowledge and information on water resources management at the basin level
- Implementation of the investment plan at the project sites of OASIL
