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Pressure on water resources has reached critical levels in many countries in the Mediterranean Basin. Sophisticated water mobilization strategies have been implemented but physical, financial and environmental constraints linked to such supply-side approach demonstrate that better management of already mobilized water is necessary. Acting upon demand is a cost-effective way of improving availability and promoting a more efficient use of water resources. What are the instruments that are used, their practical results, their potential, and their limitations for the future?