モロッコ：大渇水。

　同国第二位のダムはほとんど干上がり、9年前の3％程度の水準に至る。もう下流に通じてないくらいのレベル。以前は周辺の緑豊かな地域だったものが、すっかり赤茶けた砂漠のような姿をしている。

BBC Morocco drought: Satellite images show vital Al Massira reservoir is shrinking 12 hours ago
By Sophie Abdulla

　6年ほど旱魃が続き、経済も農業も大打撃。

「Morocco's second-largest reservoir that serves some of its major cities and has been central to farm irrigation is drying up, according to satellite images analysed by the BBC.

Al Massira Dam, which sits around halfway between Casablanca and Marrakesh, contains just 3% of the average amount of water that was there nine years ago, figures show.

Six consecutive years of drought and climate change, which causes record temperatures that lead to more evaporation, have threatened water supplies across the North African nation and hit agriculture and the economy in general.

The satellite images that the BBC looked at were taken in the same month, March, over successive years from 2018 to 2024.」

　…激変と言うべきで、これは耐えきれないのでは。

「They show a stark transformation in the landscape, with areas that are normally green becoming parched and beige.」

　公衆サウナ施設も、営業は週三日にしなさいと指導が入ったそう。水不足。サウナですから、日本式の浴場ほど水は使わず済むとは思いたいが、ともあれ三日。お値段もそれなりにすることになろう。そうして衛生状態はそれだけ悪化する。そこらへんで詰む可能性。

「Aside from the impact on agriculture, the shortage has also affected the country's famous hammams - or public steam rooms and saunas - which have been ordered to close for three days a week to save water in key cities.」

　海水の脱塩でなんとか―と行きたいが、それはそもそもコストが係るし、なにやら薬品も使うのだそうで。海洋汚染も心配されると。

「To help ease the situation, the country is investing more in seawater desalination plants. But these facilities require a high amount of energy and can eject concentrated salt water and toxic chemicals back into the sea and ocean that are harmful to the environment.」

　…かなり厳しいな？　農家は経営が立ち行かなくなっている様子。かなり詰み加減だな…？