Abengoa starts developing desalination facility in Agadir, Morocco

Abengoa has started construction of a desalination plant in Agadir, Morocco, which is expected to process 100,000m³ of potable water per day.

The Spanish technology company has started developing the facility after it finalised the financing deal for the project with its local partner InfraMaroc (CDG Capital Infrastructures group).

The facility will be built 45km from the city of Agadir, and is expected to meet the drinking water requirements of over 500,000 people in the region, once commissioned.

The facility will be equipped with ultrafiltration pre-treatment systems and reverse osmosis technology to desalinate sea water.

Abengoa intends to increase the daily water treatment capacity of the plant by another 100,000m³ in the future, the company said.

The project, claimed to be the largest capacity desalination plant in the region, is part of the company’s strategy that aims to meet the water crisis situations in Morocco.

€82m financing for the project has been arranged with consortium of local banks led by Banque Marocaine du Commerce Extérieur (BMCE).

The project is a first to be developed under a public-private partnership (PPP) system by the National Power and Drinking Water Office (ONEE) in Morocco.