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The North-Western Sahara Aquifer System: Results of the first stage of sass

This note has taken into consideration the whole works achieved from July 1999 up to December 2002, for the setting up of the different components of the SASS Project, namely: the Acquisition, Analysis and Synthesis of the hydrogeological data; the Elaboration of the Joint Data Base and of the Information System; the Development and the Exploitation of the SASS Mathematic Pattern; the Setting up of a Concertation Mechanism for the joint management of the Basin.

Water resources in the OSS countries

Since 1992, the OSS has shown a special interest in thedevelopment of a platform for dialogue among countries sharing nonrenewable water resources.

An attempt is made to promote a ‘basin awareness’ by working to increase and exchangeknowledge on these units (geological and hydrogeological definition as well as improvement of models,etc.), creation of effective joint structures in the face of still poorly mastered resource management, anda harmonization of legislation.