Since Sunday, the city of Marrakech has been experiencing disruptions in the supply of drinking water due to a failure in a supply canal. This has caused inconvenience for the city’s residents.
A drinking water production facility in Marrakech, managed by the National Office of Electricity and Drinking Water (ONEE), has faced disruptions, the Autonomous Water and Electricity Distribution Authority of the city (RADEEMA) reported on its Facebook account on Monday.
The disruptions have affected the entire city, ranging from reduced flow to complete cuts in some areas. The issue originated about 50 km from Marrakech, in Douar Zemrane, where a pipeline for drinking water supply was significantly damaged.
RADEEMA added that it has mobilized its resources, with technical teams and engineers working diligently to repair the damaged pipeline and to restore normal and secure drinking water supplies as quickly as possible.
The agency makes the number 0802000123 available for any inquiries that may arise.
A resident of the Mhamid 9 neighborhood told BarlamanToday that the unexpected cut of water during the holy month of Ramadan made him unable to do his everyday tasks such as taking a shower or using the toilet.
“The worst thing is that people were not warned about the use of water after it came back. People are not supposed to drink from it until at least two or three days due to the fact that it may contain some sand or other chemicals,” he added.
“It’s only been three days, but the situation is getting critical,” said an American woman who lives in the Ain Mezouar neighborhood near the Royal Air Force base.
“The temperature in Marrakech just went up this week, and the city is already hot, with unexpected humidity. The lack of water is making it even more difficult during Ramadan to accomplish even the most basic tasks, especially because we had no warning and couldn’t prepare,” she added. “We had a trickle of water yesterday and today, so I started filling up every bottle, pot, and container I had in the house with tap water. But it’s not supposed to be used for drinking or cooking right now.”
The woman continued, “So I went to buy water in the shop downstairs this morning and there were no large bidons left. People are buying up all the drinking water just to wash themselves. If this goes on until the end of the week, there won’t even be bottled drinking water available in the neighborhood.”
Another resident of Hay Saada near the Menara said, “the situation is critical and alarming. Water is something essential in our daily lives, in the kitchen and the bathroom, not to mention necessary for human life.”