Muhammad Manfaluti_Heba Press
It seems that the thirst crisis will continue here in the city of Settat due to the scarcity of drinking water. This was announced by the Independent Agency for Water and Electricity Distribution of Chaouia to its customers, informing them that the supply of drinking water will stop from 8 p.m. from ten in the evening to six in the morning every day, calling for the need to preserve this vital material and rationalize its use in all daily activities.
So this is the city of Settat, which once boasted of greenery and living water that refreshed the soul. Today, it is experiencing a shortage of drinking water services and fear has spread among its residents about the change in its taste and color. , and many of them rush to the stores to buy plastic bottles of mineral water of… A category of 5 liters, and some of them got lost in the journey of searching for water in the streets, alleys and on the sides. of the wells adjacent to the entrances and the center of the city.
This is the thirst crisis that the region is experiencing following successive years of drought, and the drop in the level of the main supply dams. These are all problems that were put on the table of the Minister of Equipment and Water. Nizar Baraka, who presented solutions to deal with the situation, highlighted the completion of the canal between the Dourat dam and the seawater desalination plant of the Jurf Jaune industrial complex to increase its length by 52 km, with an increase in its production capacity. by the Cherifian Phosphate Office.
Surveillance patrols have also been stepped up to combat water theft and random drilling, and awareness campaigns have been launched to encourage residents to rationalize water consumption. Nizar Baraka added in his response that the National Office of Electricity and Drinking Water has worked quickly to solve the problem of water cuts in Settat, by raising the water level of the Dourat dam by supplying it from the Masirah dam, adding that the work of 6 exploratory drillings is being completed under the leadership of Al-Mazamza, and an agreement is being prepared for the year 2024 to carry out 8 additional drillings based on the results of the geophysical study carried out by the aforementioned agency.
Nizar Baraka stressed that his ministry has developed a strategy to alleviate the water crisis in the province of Settat, which includes a set of urgent measures included in the framework of the National Program for the Supply of Drinking Water and Irrigation Water 20-27.
