The selected demo sites will validate the proposed methodology and enable its integration into a larger context at the level of the entire Mediterranean basin. In the long term, a boost in MAR implementation will contribute to protect and improve the services dependent on aquifers, by maintaining or increasing the volume of water that can be extracted for different uses, positive associated impact on other services and support to aquatic ecosystems.

PORTUGAL

Feasibility mapping at regional scale: Alentejo and Algarve administrative regions; validation at local scale at Comporta (use of secondary treated wastewater in infiltration basins to recharge the underlying aquifer) and Furta Galinhas dam (surface dam to retain flash flood waters and agricultural surpluses with subsequent infiltration into the aquifer).

SPAIN

Feasibility mapping at regional scale: Júcar Water District; validation at local scale at Belcaire pond (storage pond to store water from peak surface flows in order to recharge the Rambleta aquifer) and Algar reservoir (surface dam to retain water during peak flows and infiltrate them into the Fuente de Quart and Plana de Sagunto aquifers).

CYPRUS

Feasibility mapping at national scale: the entire Republic of Cyprus; validation at local scale at two coastal aquifers: Akrotiri aquifer (tertiary treated wastewater infiltrated in existing ponds and stored and in the aquifer for irrigation) and Yermasoyeia aquifer (surface dam to retain flash flood waters and agricultural surpluses for ecologic purposes).

TUNISIA

Feasibility mapping at regional scale: Chiba watershed in the Cap Bon peninsula; validation at local scale: use of treated wastewater in infiltration ponds, dam water release and in-channel modifications, and injection of transferred water resources in existing pumping wells.