This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
Heba Press – Taounate
In 2025, the hydraulic infrastructures of the province of Taounate will experience an important addition, represented by the “Sidi Abou” dam, located on the Oued El Laban stream, the construction work of which is nearing completion after the start of the first drillings end of 2021. .
200 million cubic meters
The project aims to achieve a storage capacity of up to 200 million cubic meters. Construction work on the dam is progressing at a rapid pace, with the total completion rate exceeding 80%.
In this context, work is underway to install embankments in the main dam, in addition to digging drinking and irrigation water intakes, as well as digging bottomless pits.
Neighboring villages
The works also include the construction of roads to facilitate access to neighboring villages, the construction of a load unloader and the installation of electromechanical equipment.
The project consists of two main parts: the first is the main compressed concrete dam, with a height of 72 meters and a crest length of 148 meters, with a total concrete volume of 240 thousand cubic meters.
Taza Province
The second part is the Al-Faj barrier, which stretches more than a kilometer and is 41 meters high, with an embankment volume of 2 million cubic meters, and aims to close the left bank area of the dam.
The cost of the project is approximately one billion 240 million dirhams, and it occupies an area of 833 hectares extending from the province of Taounate to the province of Taza, allowing the storage of 200 million cubic meters of water.
1.5 million working days
The “Sidi Abbou” dam project aims to irrigate approximately 5,000 hectares of land below, in addition to providing protection against flooding and supplying drinking water to surrounding rural areas, as part of the national water program. supply of drinking water and irrigation water.
The dam will also enable the production of hydroelectric power and help create approximately 1.5 million work days during the implementation period, as well as qualify the local workforce and promote ecotourism in the region.
