Heba Press – Meknes
Yesterday Wednesday, the rehabilitation project of the Km 6 hydraulic complex, affiliated with the Independent Water and Electricity Distribution Agency of Meknes, was inaugurated, with the aim of ensuring the supply of drinking water to the inhabitants of the city continuously and under appropriate conditions. The governor of the Meknes prefecture, accompanied by an official delegation, supervised the launch of this project whose total cost amounts to approximately 860 million dirhams.
The project focuses on rehabilitating buildings and equipment and securing the complex against water leaks, in addition to improving the space to comply with quality standards, public health and security systems.
In this context, the acting director general of the Independent Water and Electricity Distribution Agency of Meknes explained in a statement to the press that the Km 6 watercraft has historical value, since it is one of the first reservoirs installed in 1933.
The acting director general indicated that the site has a storage capacity of up to 44 thousand cubic meters, which represents a third of the agency’s storage capacity, which makes it possible to meet the demand for water during peak hours, particularly since the production of the National Electricity Office. and drinking water does not fully cover this demand.
He stressed that the agency’s total storage capacity allows it to cover the city’s needs autonomously for 24 hours, which is an important figure for distributors.
Over the last few years, the Meknes Independent Water and Electricity Distribution Agency has implemented a set of major projects aimed at improving the supply of drinking water, improving its reservoirs and treating leaks at with the help of modern technologies, which has greatly contributed to improving the quality of its services and avoiding the problems faced by many other major cities in the Kingdom, especially in light of the challenges associated with the water stress crisis.
