[ Les réservoirs de stockage d'eau traditionnel: caractéristiques, popularité et problèmes ]
Volume 11, Issue 1, October 2014, Pages 83–95
Faissal Aziz1, Mohammed Farissi2, Jamila Khalifa3, Naaila Ouazzani4, and Laila Mandi5
1 Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences Semlalia, Marrakesh 40000, Morocco
2 Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences and techniques-Gueliz, University Cadi Ayyad, Marrakech, Morocco
3 National Center for Research and Studies on Water and Energy, University Cadi Ayyad, Marrakech, Morocco
4 National Center for Research and Studies on Water and Energy, University Cadi Ayyad, Marrakech, Morocco
5 National Center for Research and Studies on Water and Energy, University Cadi Ayyad, Marrakech, Morocco
Original language: French
Copyright © 2014 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
In recent years water stress is increased due to the scarcity of water. Water resources are characterized by a very high sensitivity to climatic vagaries, an irregularity in time and a bad spatial distribution and a vulnerability to drought and pollution. In most developing countries, there is often an infrastructure lack of drinking water supplies, especially in rural areas. The populations of these areas resort on archaic methods in order to have a continuous source of water for their own use. In Morocco, the traditional water storage tanks are a particular water supply system, known as « matfia ». In fact, it considered as one of the major drinking water supplies in rural areas, to ensure a resource more at least sufficient especially during drought. These tanks are fed from rainwater and/ or directly from surface water of rivers, and this water is generally consumed by the surrounding population without any treatment. The uncontrolled water storage in such reservoirs leads to a deterioration of their quality.
Author Keywords: water resources, rural areas, traditional reservoir, water storage, matfia, quality.
Volume 11, Issue 1, October 2014, Pages 83–95
Faissal Aziz1, Mohammed Farissi2, Jamila Khalifa3, Naaila Ouazzani4, and Laila Mandi5
1 Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences Semlalia, Marrakesh 40000, Morocco
2 Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences and techniques-Gueliz, University Cadi Ayyad, Marrakech, Morocco
3 National Center for Research and Studies on Water and Energy, University Cadi Ayyad, Marrakech, Morocco
4 National Center for Research and Studies on Water and Energy, University Cadi Ayyad, Marrakech, Morocco
5 National Center for Research and Studies on Water and Energy, University Cadi Ayyad, Marrakech, Morocco
Original language: French
Copyright © 2014 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
In recent years water stress is increased due to the scarcity of water. Water resources are characterized by a very high sensitivity to climatic vagaries, an irregularity in time and a bad spatial distribution and a vulnerability to drought and pollution. In most developing countries, there is often an infrastructure lack of drinking water supplies, especially in rural areas. The populations of these areas resort on archaic methods in order to have a continuous source of water for their own use. In Morocco, the traditional water storage tanks are a particular water supply system, known as « matfia ». In fact, it considered as one of the major drinking water supplies in rural areas, to ensure a resource more at least sufficient especially during drought. These tanks are fed from rainwater and/ or directly from surface water of rivers, and this water is generally consumed by the surrounding population without any treatment. The uncontrolled water storage in such reservoirs leads to a deterioration of their quality.
Author Keywords: water resources, rural areas, traditional reservoir, water storage, matfia, quality.
Abstract: (french)
Au cours des dernières années le stress hydrique devient accru en raison de la rareté de l'eau. Les ressources d'eau sont caractérisées par une très forte sensibilité aux aléas climatiques, par une irrégularité temporelle et une mauvaise répartition spatiale et par une vulnérabilité à la sécheresse et à la pollution. Dans la plupart des pays en voie de développement, il y a très souvent un manque d'infrastructures d'alimentation en eau potable, notamment dans les zones rurales. Les populations de ces zones ont recours à des méthodes archaïques afin d'avoir une source continue en eau à leur propre usage. Au Maroc, les réservoirs traditionnels de stockage d'eau sont des systèmes particuliers d'approvisionnement en eau dans les zones rurales, dits : « matfia », en vue de garantir une ressource plus au moins suffisante surtout en période de sécheresse. Ces réservoirs sont alimentés par l'eau de pluie et/ ou directement à partir des eaux de rivière et l'eau est utilisée sans traitement comme par les populations environnantes. Le stockage non contrôlé des eaux dans ce genre de réservoirs entraine une dégradation de leur qualité.
Author Keywords: ressources d'eau, zone rurale, réservoir traditionnel, stockage d'eau, matfia, qualité.
How to Cite this Article
Faissal Aziz, Mohammed Farissi, Jamila Khalifa, Naaila Ouazzani, and Laila Mandi, “Traditional storage tanks of water: characteristics, popularity and problems,” International Journal of Innovation and Scientific Research, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 83–95, October 2014.
