The empty Sidi Salem dam in the northern Tunisian area of Testour, in the Beja province, in 2021. Hundreds of thousands of Tunisians lack access to clean water. AFP
The empty Sidi Salem dam in the northern Tunisian area of Testour, in the Beja province, in 2021. Hundreds of thousands of Tunisians lack access to clean water. AFP

Tunisians brace for harsher annual water shortage as temperatures climb