Water shortage and agriculture: Morocco plans to build 16 seawater desalination plants to reach a capacity of 1.5 billion cubic meters per year

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Nadia Fettah announced that the construction of the largest desalination plant in the city of Casablanca, with a capacity of 300 million cubic meters, has begun and this operation will allow our country to become self-sufficient in the future. rigor, with the Kingdom ranked among the most water-stressed countries in the world, as it faces increasing pressure from drought, which seriously affects the agricultural sector in particular, prompting the government to accelerate investments in seawater desalination.

Morocco plans to build 16 seawater desalination plants to reach a capacity of 1.5 billion cubic meters per year by the end of the decade, up from around 200 million cubic meters currently, with the aim of ensure drinking water and irrigation for the agricultural sector.

As a result, Morocco is counting on the contribution of the private sector for the majority of investments to be made in seawater desalination, in addition to the infrastructure, industry and construction sectors, with the support of the new Investment Charter and the expected dynamics of the projects planned in the wake of the organization of the 2030 World Cup co-organized with Portugal and Spain.