Algeria launches Bouinan wastewater treatment plant project

The Office National de l’Assainissement (ONA) in Algeria has launched construction a wastewater treatment plant in Bouinan, a town, and commune in Blida Province.

Abdelkrim Allouche of the local department for water resources (DRE) and part of the launch ceremony said that the facility which has a planned capacity of 65,000 m3 per day will be constructed within a period of 24 months at a cost of approximately US$ 26M.

Upon completion, the Wastewater Treatment Plant in Bouinan will treat domestic wastewater released from thousands of homes in the wilaya of Blida and its environs, where over one million Algerians dwell according to a 2020 survey.

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Government’s objective

By treating the domestic wastewater in the wilaya of Blida and its environs the facility will as a result help preserve surface water resources from pollution, avoid the destruction of aquatic fauna, and the proliferation of water-borne diseases in the country.

Projects similar to the construction of the wastewater treatment plant in Bouinan, are being carried out in several cities in Algeria as part of the government’s objective to ensure better sanitation services for its population.

One of the wastewater treatment plant projects is expected to be completed and to come online in 2022 in Bechar, a city located in the eponymous wilaya. The said facility will provide approximately 55,584 m3 of treated wastewater per day for the irrigation of 1,250 hectares of plantations or its thereabouts.

Algeria, the largest country in Africa, is not endowed with many sources of usable water. Consequently, nearly 40% of Algeria’s population is water-stressed. The country is 95% arid and 80% desert and the minimal rainfall it receives is seasonal.