The population of Mamoudzou faces untimely water cuts which are increasingly disrupting the lives of residents. These interruptions, which also affect other villages in the north and south, are now due to insufficiently filled reservoirs. The demand for water is increasing and the network is no longer keeping up.
In the capital, the areas of Passamainty and Mamoudzou center are once again affected by anticipated water cuts. This Saturday, October 19, the water has been cut off since 10 a.m. It’s four hours before the weekly schedule. According to the Mahoraise des Eaux (SMAE), these sectors are impacted by “excessive demand” for water from the early hours of the day. This cut therefore aims to preserve the water supply to other critical sectors, in particular the Mayotte Hospital Center (CHM). Although these cuts are integrated into a distribution schedule, it is becoming increasingly difficult to respect.
The problem of insufficient production is growing
Wednesday, same problem. Mamoudzou center and Tsoundzou 1 underwent these early closures, two hours before the scheduled time. On Thursday, it was the turn of Kaweni and Mtsapere, as well as northern villages such as Koungou and Longoni, to suffer the same fate. The origin: the Mamoudzou and Passamainty water purification units do not have enough water to keep up with demand, leaving many neighborhoods dry.
Growing demographics and demand
Water management is becoming a real challenge for the city and its surroundings. This problem, exacerbated by the demographics of the capital, is found throughout the island. It is currently linked to insufficient production in factories and increasing technical problems. The latest example occurred on Thursday during the breakdown of the SFR telephone network, which also cut the connection with the various water treatment units. The only good news, according to Ali Madi of the FMAE, was that the latest data on resource monitoring showed that there was still enough water in the reservoirs.
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