Urban Flash Floods Mitigations: Enhancing the Link between Water, Sanitation and Energy Services in Urban Settings in the MENA Region

In case of floods and flash floods in urban settings, the damage to the water services infrastructure might impair the quality, availability and accessibility to drinking water supply and sanitation services. This is more critical in densely populated urban settings, where the sewerage network exceeds its full capacity and there is no proper storm water network. This is particularly visible in arid developing countries such as the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, which are not prepared to handle extreme weather events and often suffer from worn-out water and sanitation services network.