Souss Region Farmers Contribute to Building of Worldâs Biggest Water Desalination Plant Chtouka – Agadir- Morocco Local farmers in the Souss region are financially contributing to the building of the worldâs biggest water desalination plant whose water will help irrigate the plains of Chtouka. The farmers are contributing âŹ1000 (10,000 dh) per each hectare in an unprecedented success story of the public-private partnership in Morocco, local media reported. The contributions will be collected upon the accomplishment of the desalination plant in 2020. The plant will be built by Spanish company Abengoa near Agadir for a total cost of âŹ309 million. The new facility will desalinate 275,000 m3 of water per day with a possibility to [âŠ] Souss Region Farmers Contribute to Building of Worldâs Biggest Water Desalination Plant Chtouka – Agadir- MoroccoDME GmbH2018-01-27T11:21:32+01:00
Morocco is finalising a feasibility study and financial and institutional structures for a new seawater desalination plant project According to LâEconomiste, the plant will be located in Casablanca-Settat region, and will supply water to Casablanca. Desalination plant projects are also reportedly in the pipeline for Al Hoceima, Chtouka, El Jadida, Essaouira, Laayoune, Safi, Saidia, and Tiznit-Sidi; as well as Abengoaâs up to 450,000 cu/m per day project in Agadir. âWith increasing demand and insufficient local resources, the only recourse to reduce the deficit in industrial or agriculture drinking water is desalination of seawater,â said Moroccoâs secretary of state for water Charafate Afailal. The North African country is currently implementing its Water Security Law and [âŠ] Morocco is finalising a feasibility study and financial and institutional structures for a new seawater desalination plant projectDME GmbH2017-09-11T17:41:46+02:00