ENPI SOUTH/ EU PROJECT EMPOWERS SOUTHERN MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES IN ASSESSING COST OF DEGRADATION OF WATER RESOURCES

A hypothetical case study on Mann River and Lake Mar – drawn up by the EU-funded
 Sustainable Water Integrated Management – Support Mechanism (SWIM-SM) – aims to
 assist decision-makers at national and local levels in evaluating the damage caused by the
 ecological degradation of water resources and prioritising actions for improving the
 management of basins.
 
 The case study provides both the theoretical instruments and methods and practical
 exercises to build the capacity of Southern Mediterranean stakeholders in this process.
 The material has been successfully tested during two courses recently organized by SWIM-SM
 for Mashrek and Maghreb countries.
 
 The practical section, in particular, provides the necessary tools to valuate water-related
 diseases, degradation of water quality and quantity, fossil aquifer replenishment, deterioration due to solid waste and selective remedial costs.
 
Drawbacks of the process, due to methodological limitations and lack of accessibility to reliable information, are also highlighted in the document...(link)