Development and scale-up of technologies for wastewater treatment and reuse in Mediterranean African countries: the MADFORWATER project

The MADFORWATER project aims to developing an integrated set of technological and management instruments for the enhancement of wastewater treatment, treated wastewater reuse for irrigation, and water efficiency in agriculture. MADFORWATER focuses its activities on selected hydrological basins located in 3 Mediterranean-African countries (MACs): Egypt, Morocco, and Tunisia. These countries are representative of the Mediterranean-African region in relation to their population (74% of the region’s inhabitants), GDP (64%), produced WW (88%), rate of WW treatment (50%), and hydrological characteristics. The selected countries are characterized by a relevant water scarcity: the annual renewable water resources are equal to 60% of the of 1000 m3 /y threshold for water-stressed areas, and just 7% of produced WW is currently reused.