The Ministry of Equipment accelerates the pace of completion of 17 large dams in 2025
This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
Heba Press
To improve water supply in Morocco, the Ministry of Equipment and Water has launched multiple projects, including the construction of 11 large dams out of 20 planned, including two dams currently being raised, in addition to the continuation of work on 6 large dams.
The pace of completion has been accelerated to reduce the construction time from 6 years to just 3 years, and the process of filling five large dams with a total capacity of 1.566 billion cubic meters has also begun.
As part of support for local development, an agreement was signed for the construction of 129 small dams in a first phase, at a cost of more than 4.27 billion dirhams.
The Ministry of Equipment and Water also completed 14 small and medium dams to improve hydraulic infrastructure.
As part of the connection of water systems and basins, a canal project was implemented to connect the drinking water networks in the north and south of Casablanca, thus ensuring a continuous supply of water.
The urgent part of the transfer of water from the Sebou basin to the Bouregreg basin has also been completed, with an initial flow of up to 15 cubic meters per second, at a cost of around 6 billion dirhams, including the operation started in August 2023 to meet the needs. from the cities of Rabat, Salé and Casablanca.
Furthermore, detailed studies were carried out for the project to link the Sebou, Bouregreg and Oum Er-Rbia basins, with the implementation of the project to link the Wadi al-Makhzen dam and the Dar Khroufa to ensure the supply of the city of Tangier with drinking water.
