In this case, the Moroccan authorities also announced a plan for Casablanca to build several new wastewater treatment plants to reuse the treated water for irrigation of green spaces. Last year, Morocco's National Office of Electricity and Drinking Water (ONEE) stipulated a contract worth some 800 million euros for its construction and commissioning this year.Īnother action is to avoid wasting water and encourage its subsequent reuse. PHOTO/DANIEL JUKES/ACTIONAID via AP - An empty water reservoirĬasablanca envisages a major desalination plant project, a structure with a planned capacity of 548,000 m3 per day and the possibility of transforming more than 822,000 m3 of salt water into drinking water daily. The project includes actions to better manage water, exploit water tables (accumulations of underground water at a relatively shallow depth below ground level) and build desalination plants such as those planned in Casablanca and Nador.
The plan envisages an investment of 3 billion euros, 117 million of which are earmarked for the construction of new dams. A National Water Plan has been drawn up for 30 years, between 20, with plans to improve national water infrastructures. The North African country has launched an emergency plan to guarantee the supply of drinking water in the basins of the Moulouya, Oum Er Rbia and Tensif rivers by building 124 dams, as reported by El Debate. Morocco wants to alleviate this by improving water storage infrastructure and has launched a multi-million dollar drought plan.
The United Nations (UN) has already warned that one in four of the world's inhabitants has no access to water, which is a serious global setback.
This is also at a time when climate change is warming the planet enormously and putting many countries already struggling with water supply problems, especially in Africa, in check. The Moroccan kingdom has set up a plan worth millions to combat the drought that is ravaging the nation and which is expected to continue to hit hard because the summer months are approaching and little rainfall is expected, as well as high temperatures, which will surely aggravate the situation. It is time to propose urgent and efficient measures to tackle this problem and avoid shortages of this vital element for the daily life of citizens and for the development of agricultural activity, which is of great importance to the economy of the North African country. The level of Moroccan reservoirs stands at 24% and water is scarce. Morocco is suffering the worst drought in 30 years.
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