Morocco Faces Critical Water Shortage as Government Struggles to Find Solutions

The royal call regarding water management and its availability in rural and desert areas is not echoed by government members. As the summer period approaches, the need for drinking water in these environments is becoming critical, and the inhabitants of certain areas are being exposed to this shortage in an urgent manner.

According to the daily Al Akhbar, the emergency resurfaces every year, and the government shows no predisposition to find concrete solutions to this problem. Several measures can be undertaken in order to allow better accessibility of drinking water to the affected populations.

Seawater desalination plants, exploitation of rainwater and prohibition of drinking water in swimming pools and for lawn watering, are among the measures that the government could implement, instead of putting forward arguments of rationalization and water saving, explains the newspaper.

According to the same source, several demonstrations took place in cities such as Zagora, Sidi Kacem or Tétouan, ending in clashes with the security forces, due to the lack of tangible policies on the part of the authorities, who continue unfortunately to ignore that the inhabitants are claiming a vital element.