Assessment of seawater intrusion in the maritime djeffara coastal aquifer (Southeastern tunisia)

Abstract

In coastal regions, groundwater serves as a major source used for the human activities satisfaction. Almost, 44% of the world’s population live within 150 km of the coast line (UN Atlas 2010; Reed 2010). Due to a drastic population growth, and an industrial, economic and agricultural sectors development, the groundwater resources were almost threatened by both qualitative (pollution, chemical modification) and quantitative (overexploitation) degradation.