The Prime Minister of Morocco, Aziz Akhannouch, approved a budget of US $462 million, which was presented by the National Office of Electricity and Drinking Water (ONEE), reports Pumps Africa.
A portion of the approved budget will be destined to continue the various drinking water supply projects underway in the country. The approval of the budget will allow for the ONEE to increase its production capacity to 7.35 million cubic meters per day, securing service for the population.
The remaining budget will be used to improve wastewater management in the cities of Morocco. To this end, by the end of 2022, 14 wastewater treatment plants are to be built in the country.
At the end of 2020, ONEE had 119 wastewater treatment plants with a total capacity of 450,405 m3 per day. The new facilities will treat up to 41,382 m3 of wastewater per day and will also be supporting existing treatment plants.
ONEE announced: “To achieve this objective, it is planned to build new facilities in 2022 for an expected production capacity of nearly 1.343 million m3 and to equip an additional flow of 561,600 m3 of drinking water per day.”
In 2020, the Moroccan state news agency reported that Morocco was to spend 115 billion dirhams ($12 billion) on water supply between 2020 and 2027 to meet increasing demand.
