Aljibes are water-storage wells built by Arabs that invaded the Iberian Peninsula during the Middle Ages. The technique stored water for their fortresses, but now it is brought back to save the environment.
The Polisario recently announced that it is moving its «Defense Ministry» to the Bir Lahlou buffer zone, near the Mauritanian borders. The decision is part of a project to which Algeria would contribute to.
Having access to drinking water and basic sanitation is the challenge discussed in the annual report «Progress on Drinking Water, Sanitation and Hygiene» issued by the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) on the «Stockholm World Water Week» (27th of August-1 September). For Morocco, the gap between urban and rural sanitation is wide.