Tunisia faces worsening water crisis as demand exceeds supply


TUNIS, June 25 (Xinhua) -- Tunisia is witnessing a worsening water crisis as the demand exceeds the available supply, reported the Tunis Afrique Presse (TAP) on Tuesday.

"The reserves of Tunisian dams have reached their lowest levels in different regions in the country," Chawki Ben Mansour, central director of the National Company of Water Exploitation and Distribution (SONEDE), was quoted by the TAP as saying.

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