en The dam is also intended to contribute to flood the zones of control that the level of the Assif Al evil, including the diversion of floods follow. The objective of this infrastructure is to limit the water deficit that knows the region. The combined effects of the drought and the intensive promotion of groundwater is already over-exploited. The current expenditure of approximately 600 million m3 per year, well above the estimated potential of renewable energy, to 470 million m3.