is mounting even on the farmers who didn't think they had to worry about their water supply like sharif shah e.b. in some places water is actually being stolen. in. the groundwater has already fallen considerably. the ministry carries that i knew it assessments and it's continuing to fall. on top of that there are 35 illegal wells in this area alone. for wells were built with permission. it's a really terrible situation. there are an estimated 20000 illegal wells in tunisia that's why raising awareness of the problem is so important. if nothing changes farmers and their animals will no longer be able to survive in these mountains. and then the region might become. habited. ringback ready and now going global living rooms we check out to rather unusual home in believes. hello welcome my name is elise our way here at the korea also a service by herman saw the bullies coming this is 0 bedroom the living room. chill area. this is a great space for yoga. but not with don't. think it's important to me. it is all made from bottles. this one of these arches approximately $220.00 bottles on each one

around the world it's easy to imagine an unending supply of water not so here to nish and farmer sharif shah e.b. needs a lot of water to irrigate his all the roads and vegetables so he has 3 cisterns to collect rainwater. he takes pride in his work he owns 90 hectares of land which is a lot for the kairouan region has never been short on water before. those on budget and can pump 6 liters per 2nd down to the fields and some of the system runs for 16 to 17 hours a day we use less water in the cooler winter months there's still enough rain and with our well we always have enough water. not everyone's situation is comfortable just 10 kilometers away beyond these mountains life is much harder. for most families here have to walk several kilometers to the nearest water source several times a day. ready to day needs 250 liters of water every day just for his animals and fields. he needs an additional 40 liters for himself his wife and their 3 children. and that's when. it's really tough for the people who live in this region it takes everyone so much time to fetch water retired our children can c