TY - JOUR AU - Kessasra, Farès AU - Mezerreg, Nour-Houda PY - 2023/03/31 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Hydrogeology in Algeria JF - Acque Sotterranee - Italian Journal of Groundwater JA - AS-ITJGW VL - 12 IS - 1 SE - Editorial DO - 10.7343/as-2023-666 UR - https://acquesotterranee.net/acque/article/view/666 SP - 5-6 AB - <p>As climate change is growing, water security becomes an urgent challenge in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), the most water scarce region in the world (World Bank, 2018; UN Water, 2020). Algeria is one of these countries under large stresses (Kwasi &amp; Cilliers, 2020). The water stress index is poor with a water availability ratio of 411 m3/cap/year. Forecasts estimate a value of 300 m3/cap/year in 2050 (Falkenmark et al., 1989; Kherbache, 2020). Although, the natural factors (climate change) affect the access to water and lead either to severe water shortages and regional disparities, the water deficit is mainly due to a lack of sustainable groundwater management associated to poor knowledge of the resource (PNE,2010; Kherbache, 2020) [...].</p> ER -