Morocco Opens Water Treatment Plant

Morocco has launched a drinking water treatment station that will supply water to Ghafsai, Ourtzagh and nine rural communes.

The project, which will have a production rate of 100l of water per second, includes the construction of a raw water intake at Al Wahda dam’s reservoir, laying an 8.6km raw water supply system and building a 500m³ tank and treated water pump.

The project is being built at a cost of MAD75m ($9m) and is expected to benefit 86,000 residents spread out over 231 small villages, according to map.ma.

Morocco is also carrying out a MAD815m ($98m) drinking water project, which is expected to be completed in 2012, to supply water to the province of Taounate.