Water desalination: Morocco has made “major” advances
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The Kingdom of Morocco has made major advances in water desalination, said the president of the World Water Council on Tuesday in Meknes, Loïc Fauchon.
“The Dakhla desalination station is intended to be a real technological revolution carried by Moroccans, which allows, thanks to renewable energies, to reduce by more than half the cost of the cubic meter of desalged water,” said Fauchon during the opening of a high -level international conference, organized on the occasion of the 17th edition of the International Agricultural Show in Morocco (SIAM), which continues until April 27 in Meknès.
This technical development can mark a turning point for many countries faced with water stress, making desalination more accessible and durable, he noted.
To this end, he expressed the decision of the Council to propose to the Moroccan government the creation of a world center dedicated to unconventional waters and renewable energies, the headquarters of which would be established in Morocco.
Returning to the challenges of water, he explained that to effectively respond to them three fundamental levers must be activated, namely knowledge, governance and finance.
Thus, knowledge, supported by innovation and artificial intelligence, would make it possible to exploit the resources permanently, through solutions such as desalination and reuse of wastewater while adapted governance and innovative funding prove to be essential, explained Mr. Fauchon.
On the financial level, he called to cancel the water -related debt of the poorest countries, to encourage mixed funding and to create international public guarantees to support water projects, emphasizing the need to enhance the expertise of southern countries in the field of water solutions.
The inaugural session was opened by the Minister of Agriculture, Maritime Fisheries, Rural Development and Water and Forests, Ahmed El Bouari, and marked by the interventions of the Minister of Equipment and Water, Nizar Baraka, the Minister Delegate to the Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs, in charge of Europe within the Government of the French Republic, Benjamin Haddad as well as the Italian Minister of Agriculture Food sovereignty and forests, Francesco Lollobrigida.
Placed under the high patronage of King Mohammed VI, SIAM 2025, which knows the participation of 1,500 exhibitors from 70 countries, is organized from April 21 to 27 under the theme “Agriculture and Rural World: Water at the heart of sustainable development”.
A true crossroads of agricultural policies, this fair constitutes a highlight to promote exchanges, consolidate international partnerships and highlight the concrete responses with the challenges that the agricultural sector is confronted.
