Tunisia - The general filling rate of dams reached 36.7% on June 15, 2023, with rates of around 42.6% in the north, 16.6% in the centre and 9.2% in Cap Bon, the National Observatory for Agriculture (ONAGRI) reported on Monday in its bulletin on the figures for June 2023. According to the same publication, overall dam reserves reached 850.4 million m3 on June 15, 2023, compared with 1077.2 million m3 during the same period in 2022. Overall dam reserves on June 15, 2023 were thus 25.7% lower than the average for the same day over the last three years, which stood at 1144.1 million m3. Over the period from September 1, 2022 to June 15, 2023, rainfall in the country totalled 154.1 mm, with the highest amounts recorded in the north. According to ONAGRI, the filling rate of dams nationwide was 30.3% during the period from September 1, 2022 to May 18, 2023.

Source: The North Africa Journal June 27, 2023 08:16 UTC