Electrical Resistivity Tomography for the identification of the alluvium-Triassic boundary in Medenine Region (SE Tunisia)

The Jeffara Plain, in Medenine region (SE Tunisia), suffers of dry
climatic conditions. Lower Triassic sandstones widely outcrop within the
Plain and they host a strategic aquifer exploited for drinking and
irrigation purposes. An insufficient natural recharge and an increasing
water demand have led to an overexploitation of such aquifer. Water
harvesting techniques and particularly Managed Aquifer Recharge
(MAR) systems can be useful tools for restoring groundwater resources.
To better design the MAR system and to characterize the local geological
setting, an Electrical Resistivity Tomography survey was conducted in six
selected sites in the Jeffara Plain, within the frame of EU WADIS-MAR
project.