Mauritania has advantages for the sustainable development of the electricity sector, including reserves of natural gas, wind power potential of 7-9 m/second on average on the coast, and solar energy potential of 3.5-6 kWh/m2/day for eight hours each day
Under Law No. 2005-030 containing the Water Resources Code, the Ministry of Water Resources and Sanitation (MHA) has the task of designing and implementing national water policies and of ensuring the follow-up to all issues related to the building and operation of works for the protection, transport and distribution of drinking water, as well as works for collecting, channelling and treating waste water