Heba Press – Guelmim
In order to strengthen water security and ensure the supply of drinking water in the Guelmim region, the Ministry of Equipment and Water paid great attention to the carrying out of exploratory drilling during the last three years, since between 2021 and 2023, 69 exploratory wells were drilled with a total depth of 7,972 meters, with an extracted flow rate greater than 171 liters per second.
The Alma Dialna platform reported that in 2024, the Draa-Oued Noun Hydrographic Basin Agency announced the start of drilling 25 exploration wells to meet the needs of 14 local authorities in the Guelmim region, in addition to the digging of a 500 meter deep well in the Guelmim region. Bouzkarn community.
In 2023, the number of boreholes increased due to the continuing drought, as 28 wells were drilled to provide drinking water to more boreholes, reaching a flow rate of 70.3 liters per second.
In 2022, as the drought worsened, the number of drilling operations rose to 22 wells, which provided drinking water to several municipalities in the province of Guelmim, with a total flow of 52.5 liters. per second.
In 2021, the ministry completed 19 exploratory wells, which provided drinking water to several villages, with the flow rate of these wells reaching 48.4 liters per second.
