92 million DH. This is the investment of the National Office of Electricity and Drinking Water (ONEE) to secure the drinking water supply in Taounate and the surrounding communities. This project, commissioned on December 31, will supply 149,000 people from the Sahla dam water treatment plant. It was financed by the Office through a joint loan from the Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW), the French Development Agency (AFD), the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the African Development Bank (ADB). ), indicates the Office in a press release.
This project consists of the extension and equipment of the raw and treated water pumping stations, the extension and equipment of the drinking water treatment station with an additional flow of 8,640 m³ per day, the reinforcement supply of raw and treated water through the laying of pipes with a diameter of 400 mm over a length of 9,800 linear meters, the construction of two drinking water reservoirs with a capacity of 800 m³ and 500 m³, as well as the strengthening of the electrical line, specifies the Office.
This project will increase the production capacity of the treatment station to 12,960 m³ per day and the overall drinking water storage capacity to 3,350 m³ in the town of Taounate.
