The creation of the first regional multi-service company (SRM), which is part of the reform of the distribution sector as well as the process of implementing advanced regionalization, marks a turning point in the management of public services in the Casablanca-Settat region.
«The management model adopted is based on a financially viable regional structure, capable of financing significant investments to meet the growing needs of the region. The objective is also to improve the quality of service and technical performance and to achieve the economic efficiency of public services.», Underlines the SRM Casablanca-Settat in a press release.
Read also: Distribution of water and electricity: in Casablanca, the regional multiservice company takes over from Lydec
This SRM is a limited company created under law no. 83-21 relating to regional multi-service companies (published in BO no. 7213 of 28 Hijja 1444 – July 17, 2023), with the aim of generalizing access to essential services and to guarantee the continuity of public service in the region.
Its main mission is to manage the distribution of drinking water and electricity and liquid sanitation on the territory of the region, while taking into account the principles of public services, which are continuity, adaptability and equality. between users. This mission was entrusted to it for a period of 30 years, as part of a management contract with the Casablanca-Settat group of local authorities for distribution.
The capital of SRM Casablanca-Settat amounts to 200 million dirhams, distributed between the State (25%), the group of Casablanca-Settat local authorities for distribution (40%), the Casablanca-Settat region ( 10%) and the National Office of Electricity and Drinking Water (25%).
SRM Casablanca-Settat operates in the two prefectures of Casablanca and Mohammedia and the seven provinces of Nouaceur, Médiouna, El Jadida, Sidi Bennour, Settat, Berrechid and Benslimane for more than seven million inhabitants.
«The main objective of SRM Casablanca-Settat is to pool the resources and expertise of previous operators to put them at the service of a rapidly expanding region, in order to guarantee each citizen a quality service, while ensuring management optimal and sustainable resources», Adds the same source.
SRM Casablanca-Settat is committed to implementing an ambitious forecast investment program of more than 60 billion dirhams over the period 2024-2054. This program aims, among other things, to rehabilitate, strengthen and extend the drinking water, electricity and liquid sanitation distribution networks in order to meet the growing needs of the region, while ensuring the preservation of resources.
Read also: Appointment. A new boss at the head of Lydec
The launch of this company responds to the expectations of citizens of the region. “Thanks to centralized, harmonious and equitable management, the new structure aims to eliminate overlapping interventions between the old operators, thus ensuring efficiency and optimization of investment and operating expenses.», Specifies the SRM in its press release.
Thus, the new structure aims to reduce territorial disparities, particularly between urban and rural areas, through the generalization of access to different services, allowing territorial and multi-service equalization.
