Heba Press/. Rabat
Today, Tuesday in Rabat, a memorandum of understanding was signed relating to the creation of a strategic partnership in the field of seawater desalination, between the Moroccan State, represented by the Minister of the Interior , Abdelouafi Laftit, and the company “Veolia Environnement”, represented by its general director, Estelle Brashlyanov.
This protocol stipulates that Veolia Environnement will establish a seawater desalination plant in Rabat with a capacity of 822,000 cubic meters of drinking water per day (300 million cubic meters per year), at the most competitive cost per meter. cube of drinking water, and equipped with electricity. energy supplies generated primarily from renewable energy.
Under the terms of this agreement, the two parties undertake to work, jointly, on the implementation of the project on the basis of the principles set out in the memorandum of understanding, and will seek to get closer to the full price of 4.5 dirhams per cubic meter, excluding fees.
The signing of this agreement is part of Moroccan-French cooperation, on the sidelines of the state visit of the President of the French Republic to the Kingdom of Morocco.
