ONEE strengthens and secures the supply of drinking water to the city of Taounate
This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
Heba Press
The National Office of Electricity and Drinking Water has started to operate a structuring project aimed at strengthening the drinking water production and distribution system for the town of Taounate and its neighboring communities, from the station water purification from the Sahla dam.
This important project, which costs 92 million dirhams and is financed by the office through a joint loan from the German Development Bank (KFW), the French Development Agency (AFD), the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the African Development Bank (AfDB). ), includes the expansion and equipment of raw and treated water pumping stations and a water treatment plant with an additional flow estimated at 8,640 cubic meters per day, in addition to the reinforcement of the water channels drawing raw and treated water by placing channels of one diameter. 400 mm over the entire length. 9,800 meters, and the construction of two water reservoirs with a capacity of 800 and 500 cubic meters, as well as the strengthening of the electrical connection, bringing the production capacity of the treatment plant to 12,960 cubic meters per day, and the total capacity of drinking water reservoirs. at 3,350 cubic meters in the town of Taounate.
This project, which is part of the National Program for the Supply of Drinking Water and Irrigation Water 2020-2027 (PNAEPI), the agreement of which was previously signed and ratified by His Majesty King Mohammed VI, that God helps Him next January. The bill of December 13, 2020 will allow it to secure and meet the growing demand for drinking water in neighboring cities and communities until 2030, for the benefit of a total population of more than 149,000 people.
This major project will contribute to improving the living conditions of the beneficiary populations, to the social and economic development of the region and to the effective management of its water resources.
