TITLE:
Analysis of the Water Management System in a Mountain Territory, the Case of the Nekor Watershed, Rif, Morocco
AUTHORS:
Othman Machrafi, Ayoub Sguigaa, Ayoub Attou, Mohamed Sabir, Mustapha Naimi, Mohamed Chikhaoui
KEYWORDS:
Water Governance, Rif, IWRM, Adaptation to Climate Change, Nekor Watershed, Systemic Approach
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Modern Hydrology,
Vol.12 No.4,
October
9,
2022
ABSTRACT: Integrated management has become an essential
approach for sustainable water resource management. However, if the concept
seems relevant, its concrete application at the local scale has yet to be
undertaken, with all the difficulties related to the complexity underlying the
issue. The Rif is characterized by the multiplication and interdependence of uses,
the overlapping responsibilities between public and private actors, the
superposition of sectoral regulations, which raises the following question: Is
the current management of water resources in the Rif mountains suitable for a future constraining on several
aspects: socio-economic and climatic? The general objective of this work is to
analyze the current management of water resources scientifically, politically,
institutionally and legally, to identify the innovations needed for sustainable
management and adaptation to climate change in the Rif Mountains. The systemic
approach allowed us to highlight and prioritize the structuring elements of
water management in the Nekor basin and their interactions. The crossing of
hydrological data with socio-economic data allowed us to have a global and
multidisciplinary vision of both uses and water resources, and of all the components of the system’s environment, the
interdependencies influence the management
system, despite the complexity accentuated by the lack of data. Indeed, it was
difficult to identify the influence of each component. The current degradation
of resources is only a reflection of a socio-cultural crisis that can only be
remedied by a change in mentality, economic development, social equity and more
solidarity between the city and rural communities.