the german development agency g.i.c. is building $100.00 of them until now a large part of the rainwater here was going unused. sit down. this is stern's catch the rain water that runs off the houses which can be used as drinking water for irrigation to. the farmers can use it to grow our mons all over and rosemary which don't require that much water. water scarcity in the arid region has long been a political issue and one that the government in the capital tunis is trying to resolve. almost all the ministries are involved in some way but especially the ministry of agriculture. the shortage of water has become a crisis. now actually mono. does unbelievable pressure on this resource right now . b.c. the groundwater level is sinking and we're having to go deeper and deeper. and there are areas where it's now 5 metres down which is really unbelievable what. we need intelligent water meters and digital will to management while. i don't say i like to see new personnel trained as all thora ts in the sector. will do just. so w

g.i.c. development agency advises farmers and has set up what it calls water forums constructive strategies are developed there and farmers can discuss together which plants they would grow that would use less water. wachter annoyance if you have a really unusual situation in the region we're in now with these but we. basically know groundwater left because too much of it has been used up over the years. so the farmers are now having to resort to stored water. the farmers get their water from this embankment dam it supplies more than half a 1000000 people in tunisia but as water levels decline it's being pumped further and further across the country and that has a direct impact on the people here for the past 4 years there's been far too little rain. we have a strategy for building new. strategy for transporting water strategy for the regions where there is only rain water. on a strategy for using less water in general. to people of need to understand that they need to use water much more efficiently than they've been doing so far. pressure is mounting even on the farmers who didn't think th