8.5 Land and water management

The Nador lagoon has often faced problems in closing its gateway. The latter has changed place due to strong storms or sometimes artificially performed by managing authorities. Recently, a new gateway was voluntary performed to stabilize lagoon/sea connection, promote seawater circulation inside the lagoon, attenuate the growing containment state in the extreme areas, limit hyper-salinity in the containment areas, reduce sedimentation and organic/pollutant load, etc. The new gateway was made in a canal shape 300 m wide and 6 m deep.