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Libya’s grid collapse shuts power plants and interrupts water pumping

The blackout also forced Great Man-Made River Authority pumping stations to stop, disrupting water supplies across much of Libya.

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Libya’s electricity grid suffered another major collapse on Monday, taking multiple power plants offline across western, central and southern areas of the country, and shutting down the Great Man-Made River water system, according to OilPrice.

Power plants including Zawiya, Khoms and Ubari went offline, leaving large parts of western and central Libya without electricity, while the Great Man-Made River Authority said electricity cuts forced all pumping stations under its control, including wellfields and the Tarhouna pumping station, to stop operating.

OilPrice reported that this was the third major blackout to hit western Libya in two days, and that the cause of Monday’s simultaneous outages has not been established.

The widespread outages have already contributed to public unrest, with demonstrations, road blockades and closures of government institutions, including protests directed at Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah’s Government of National Unity in Tripoli, OilPrice added.

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