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Water Scarcity , Morocco
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Morocco
Water scarcity
Alice, Loic, Raphael & Kenza
QUICK FACTS
FACTS
Population: aproximatly 35 million
Capital: Rabat
King: Mohammed VI
Currency: Moroccan dirhams
1 HKD= 1.17 MAD
Water Scarcity Facts
- Availability
- Agriculture
- Dams
Water scarcity Facts
Availability
Availability
Agriculture
Agriculture
- 17% of agricultural land is irrigated
- 19% of the country’s GDP
- Largest non-domestic fruit and vegetables provider for Spain
- 40% of jobs agriculture related
Dams
Dams
More than 140 large dams, 17.6 billion m3 in capcity and several thousand boreholes and wells
57% of full capcity (8.76 billion m3)
Al Wahda:
- Ouergha River
- Protection against flood, irrigation, electricity
- 2nd largest dam in Africa
- 3.8 billion cubic meters
- 22% of Morocco's installed power
Causes
CAUSES
- Population growth
- Climate Change
Population Growth
Population Growth
- 10 million => 35 million
- Far from "extremely high"
Climate Change
Climate Change
Water is not being used in a rational way
Rainfall: decline by 50%
Precipitation
Gross
Domestic
Product
Cycles of extreme droughts
2016
Effects:
EFFECTS
- Unhappy Population
- Price
- Health
Unhappy Population
Unhappy Population
- Persistent water shortages in southern Morocco
- People start manifestating
- Brought the King's attention
Price
Price
- 1.5 Liter of Drinking Water costs 6.00 MAD= 7.02 HKD
- Compared to 5.91 HKD in France (Cheaper:France isn't water scarce)
Health
Health
- People forced to drink water from flowing streams,
- Flowing streams water= low quality water (often contaminated)
- Many water-born diseases that people die from. (Schistosomiasis...)
SOLUTIONS
SOLUTIONS
- https://mashable.com/2017/01/31/fog-catching-nets-turn-moisture-into-water/#a9z4naA7Saqf
Fog Catchers
Fog Catchers
- Pionnered in Chile, in the 1950s
- Cheap, effective and clean way to source water
- Doesn't use a lot of space
- The nets harvest up to 6 000 Litres of water per day
Possible Future Solutions
Possible Future Solutions
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