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