July 2021 - March 2022: Launch of a feasibility study for the creation of a global observatory of non-conventional water resources and associated renewable energies based on the Sahelo-Mediterranean pilot-area.

Due to the pollution or over-exploitation of conventional water resources, aggravated by the impacts of climate change, the use of non-conventional water resources has become a necessity, and in some parts of the world even an obligation. At the same time, the mobilization of these resources sometimes requires large volumes of energy, which in the long term can only be renewable. At the International Water Week in Cairo (October 2019, Egypt), the World Water Council (WWC) announced its intention to further explore its intention to further explore the thematic of non-conventional water resources and associated renewable energies through the creation of an international Observatory. Such an Observatory should bring together information and exchange of integration experiences of non-conventional water resources and their energy needs, mainly the use of renewable energies.