Water quality classification using self-organizing maps and cluster analysis: Case of Meknes-El Hajeb Springs, Morocco.

The Ouislane sub-watershed is currently experiencing severe water shortages and is highly dependent on its water supply. The sub-watershed spans two communes: Meknes to the north and El Hajeb to the south. It serves as the primary water source for irrigation and drinking purposes for the local population.

Stakeholders' Interaction in Water Management System: Insights from a MACTOR Analysis in the R'Dom Sub-basin, Morocco.

This paper aims to examine the stakeholders' interaction in the water management system at the R'Dom Sub-basin (Morocco). For this purpose, The MACTOR participatory approach was implemented to involve all key water stakeholders and to analyze their interactions. The action system was characterized by the analysis of related water issues and relevant actors on the ground.

Assessment of the physicochemical water quality of the Moulouya River, Morocco, using the SEQ-Eau index.

Surface water is subject to strong anthropogenic pressures caused by the development and extension of agricultural activities and also by industrial and domestic activities. As a result, rational and sustainable management of water resources is necessary in order to protect them. The objective of this work is the use of geographic information system GIS and the application of the weighted index of the water quality evaluation system SEQ-Eau for the overall assessment of the physicochemical quality of surface waters of the Moulouya River.

Application of GIS for assessing the vulnerability of aquifers to pollution in the coastal zone of Essaouira, Morocco.

Groundwater remains the main water resource for consumption of potable water, irrigation in the agricultural field, and for the use in industrial and touristic domains by inhabitants of cities and villages in the coastal areas with arid and semi-arid climate. In order to protect the groundwater table of the coastal zone of Essaouira, located in the west central part of Morocco, a study of the intrinsic vulnerability to pollution was tackled by the use of the Geographic Information Systems (GIS) from the DRASTIC method. This tool serve to highlight the overexploitation problems and water quality degradation and help decision makers to take good decisions to solve them.

Study of the salinity of groundwater in the HAHA syncline by the Kohonen self-organized classification (Essaouira, Morocco).

The coastal aquifer of the Essaouira syncline (Morocco) was studied to identify the main processes at the origin of the salinization of groundwater. In fact, a multicriteria analysis approach on hydrochemical data and physicochemical parameters of the Plio-Pleistocene aquifer was used to understand their spatio-temporal variation and their origins. Currently, integrated water resource management has become paramount to both local, regional, national, and international.