Drought puts Morocco’s water infrastructure projects into overdrive - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Francisco Serrano

Francisco Serrano

Aug 27, 2023

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. — Changing climate conditions and the need to shore up water resource capacity 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. — FADEL SENNA/AFP via Getty Images

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