Power cuts have stopped Benghazi’s water wells.
Households across eastern Libya lose drinking water within days of blackouts.
The Great Man-Made River’s wells depend entirely on grid power, since Libya has almost no surface water.
Rebuilding failed substations depends on a revenue-sharing dispute between Tripoli and eastern authorities.
How each outlet framed it
- Global Voices
- details cascading water-system failures across Cyrenaica (5+ outages 2026), maps Great Man-Made River infrastructure dependencies
Sources: Global Voices