Morocco Mobile Desalination Units Quench Remote Areas' ThirstIn the small fishing village of Beddouza in western Morocco, locals have turned to ...
Published on by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
In the small fishing village of Beddouza in western Morocco, locals have turned to the Atlantic to quench their thirst, using mobile desalination stations to combat the kingdom's persistent drought.
Since 2023, Morocco has built some 44 of these desalination stations, also called "monobloc" -- compact, transportable units that have come as a boon against the increasingly tangible effects of climate change.
The potable water is distributed with tanker trucks to remote areas in the country, currently grappling with its worst drought in nearly 40 years.
"We heard about desalinated water in other villages, but we never expected to have it here," said Karim, a 27-year-old fisherman who did not give his last name, gathered among dozens with jerrycans to collect his share of water.
Hassan Kheir, 74, another villager, described the mobile stations as a godsend, as groundwater in the region "has dried up".
Some 45,000 people now have access to drinking water directly from the ocean in Beddouza, about 180 kilometres (112 miles) northwest of Marrakesh, as a result of three monobloc desalination stations.
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