In the south, price hikes do not only concern hydrocarbons: The price of a barrel of water is soaring

The last few weeks have been marked, at the national level, by an exceptional heatwave. It has been particularly trying in the Kingdom's Saharan provinces. Although the inhabitants of these provinces are used to it, the heat this summer was aggravated by the drought that has been raging for a few years from Tata to Bir Guendouz, but also and above all by the scarcity of water in the cities.This vital commodity that the National Water Office qualifies as potable, if it is so in certain parts of the Kingdom, in Laâyoune, Boujdour, Dakhla, Smara, or Tarfaya, the water consumed comes from the wells of Tan Tan.This water, even if it can be used for household use or for watering animals, cannot be consumed by humans, as it is brackish. But one still has to find it. While the State has made significant investments to guarantee a regular supply of water to these cities, the significant demograp…