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The World Water Day is to shake up: in 2013, the half of the world population no longer be adequately supplied with water according to UNESCO. In Morocco, although the dams, the forecasts are brimming, but bleak. redos From a water crisis, the government still wants to know nothing. By Stefan Ehlert, ARD radio studio redos Rabat
It is an unusual image for Morocco: The crickets chirp, everywhere light up flowers that herons stroll through the tall grass. The heavily guarded Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah dam is full, as full as it has been for years. redos Mr. Ankri is the head of the plant, and he is happy: "It is an extraordinary situation, in Morocco the reservoirs are full," he says. That's the good news. For eight million people in Rabat, Casablanca, Sale and the surrounding area are supplied solely redos from this reservoir with drinking water.
However, recently threatened the most important strategic reserve of the Kingdom - the water - to be declining. Mohamed Tuji, Head of Division in the Ministry redos of Water, redos Lord of the dams in Morocco. The engineer commands over 125 large and small dams hundreds. Every year he is planning five more - but it's a race against time: "In redos the course of a year the rains are concentrated in a period of three to four months," explains Tuji. In northern Morocco Although we have between 1500 and 2000 millimeters of rainfall a year, but in the south there are also regions with less than 100 millimeters of rain per year.
In order to store water Morocco is therefore never come around. But grazed bare slopes and deforested forests threaten the water extraction, warns engineer Tuji. With the rain too much ground entering the reservoirs: Every year perish, says the expert, the capacity of a huge dam by the consequences of environmental degradation.
"The water shortage in Morocco is already present, and he will continue to worsen," warns Christine Werner. She works for the Society for Technical Cooperation in Morocco. Awareness of the problem is there, but especially in the agricultural sector too much precious water is wasted. Although it is already working a lot in the area of drip irrigation, but it must be prevented especially that the major export-oriented cultivation of oranges and bananas are further extended. These are the biggest consumer of water, explains Werner. Way out seawater desalination?
About 90 percent of the water in Morocco flows to the fields. Only the region around Agadir generates about 60 percent of export earnings in agricultural products, but there is hardly any water. The fountain threatens to dry up, the water table fell by up to ten meters. What to do? "In the region around Agadir, we have nearly exhausted all natural resources, where we want to build a large desalination plant," the Lord of the dams Tiju describes his project. Seawater redos desalination - possible use solar and wind energy, which is the way of the future.
With agriculture but also contests the booming tourism industry around water. One in five of the 30 million Moroccans do not have clean drinking water, redos but for the pools and golf courses of tourists it should be available. This is a dangerous conflict of interest. The Kingdom is here mainly in sewage treatment plants: "We have made great efforts in recent years to recycle dirty water," says the head of the Ministry of Water. This is to be used for agriculture - or on the golf courses. But of the 260 necessary sewage treatment plants are now up until 50th
There is still much to do in Morocco: the lush rains of winter have the land freed from acute distress, but now there is a danger that the momentum wears off. The government representatives but look on the safe side: "Crisis? There is no crisis. "
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Home Calendar redos About Us Contribute - Contribute cooperation possibilities Staff Board Members Media Africa TV archive TV Shows Radio Africa International RAI: TUNE IN RAI: PROGRAM grandstand Africa Augustin Column by Margarete Gibba BOOK: Responsible journalism projects SUCCESS STORIES - by and about Migrants The Pride of Africa TRAINING PROGRAMS sink IN PARADISE STUDENTS MAKE RADIO AFRICA - QUIZ CINE AFRICA - MOBILE INTEGRATION CINEMA "AFRICAN PRESS DAY" redos - INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM 15 years Africa Radio TV CD: Africa Stars 2007 Africa in Vienna Austrian Development Cooperation Partners Photos Dreikönigsaktion Ke Nako Africa - Africa Now! Africa African redos Global redos Networking Platform Development Agency * Jobs * Contact & Imprint
The World Water Day is to shake up: in 2013, the half of the world population no longer be adequately supplied with water according to UNESCO. In Morocco, although the dams, the forecasts are brimming, but bleak. redos From a water crisis, the government still wants to know nothing. By Stefan Ehlert, ARD radio studio redos Rabat
It is an unusual image for Morocco: The crickets chirp, everywhere light up flowers that herons stroll through the tall grass. The heavily guarded Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah dam is full, as full as it has been for years. redos Mr. Ankri is the head of the plant, and he is happy: "It is an extraordinary situation, in Morocco the reservoirs are full," he says. That's the good news. For eight million people in Rabat, Casablanca, Sale and the surrounding area are supplied solely redos from this reservoir with drinking water.
However, recently threatened the most important strategic reserve of the Kingdom - the water - to be declining. Mohamed Tuji, Head of Division in the Ministry redos of Water, redos Lord of the dams in Morocco. The engineer commands over 125 large and small dams hundreds. Every year he is planning five more - but it's a race against time: "In redos the course of a year the rains are concentrated in a period of three to four months," explains Tuji. In northern Morocco Although we have between 1500 and 2000 millimeters of rainfall a year, but in the south there are also regions with less than 100 millimeters of rain per year.
In order to store water Morocco is therefore never come around. But grazed bare slopes and deforested forests threaten the water extraction, warns engineer Tuji. With the rain too much ground entering the reservoirs: Every year perish, says the expert, the capacity of a huge dam by the consequences of environmental degradation.
"The water shortage in Morocco is already present, and he will continue to worsen," warns Christine Werner. She works for the Society for Technical Cooperation in Morocco. Awareness of the problem is there, but especially in the agricultural sector too much precious water is wasted. Although it is already working a lot in the area of drip irrigation, but it must be prevented especially that the major export-oriented cultivation of oranges and bananas are further extended. These are the biggest consumer of water, explains Werner. Way out seawater desalination?
About 90 percent of the water in Morocco flows to the fields. Only the region around Agadir generates about 60 percent of export earnings in agricultural products, but there is hardly any water. The fountain threatens to dry up, the water table fell by up to ten meters. What to do? "In the region around Agadir, we have nearly exhausted all natural resources, where we want to build a large desalination plant," the Lord of the dams Tiju describes his project. Seawater redos desalination - possible use solar and wind energy, which is the way of the future.
With agriculture but also contests the booming tourism industry around water. One in five of the 30 million Moroccans do not have clean drinking water, redos but for the pools and golf courses of tourists it should be available. This is a dangerous conflict of interest. The Kingdom is here mainly in sewage treatment plants: "We have made great efforts in recent years to recycle dirty water," says the head of the Ministry of Water. This is to be used for agriculture - or on the golf courses. But of the 260 necessary sewage treatment plants are now up until 50th
There is still much to do in Morocco: the lush rains of winter have the land freed from acute distress, but now there is a danger that the momentum wears off. The government representatives but look on the safe side: "Crisis? There is no crisis. "
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