Morocco invests in desalination plants as drought worsens - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Noureddine Radouai

Noureddine Radouai

Jun 27, 2022

Morocco drought — Moroccan youths head to the Great Mosque of Sale to pray for rain on Nov. 24, 2017, near the capital of Rabat. Parched Morocco, which is heavily dependent on its agricultural sector, is holding prayers for rain in mosques across the country under a royal decree. — FADEL SENNA/AFP via Getty Images

Changing climate conditions and the need to secure water resources has led Morocco to add another 18 dams to its current network of 152, which includes the Abdelmoumen dam, some 37 miles from the coastal city of Agadir, shown here, October 23, 2020.

Drought puts Morocco’s water infrastructure projects into overdrive

Francisco Serrano

Francisco Serrano

In Lisbon, reporting on North Africa business

A man rides a motorcycle past dead palm trees in Morocco's Skoura, an oasis area of around 40 square kilometres, in a file picture from January 2020

Water supply fears as Morocco hit by worst drought since 1980s

Agence France-Presse

A general view of Al-Reesa Seawater Desalination Plant in El-Arish city, in the northern Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, March 20, 2022.

Egypt expands water desalination projects as Nile dam talks hit new snag

Ahmed Gomaa

French rice farmer Bernard Poujol holds a stalk of rice in a rice field, Saint Gilles, France, Oct. 12, 2017.

Egyptian scientist creates new rice variety that requires less water

Ibrahim Ayyad