Morocco is set to receive an additional US $21M to finance the implementation of the last phase of the Project for the Sustainability and Security of Access to Water (PPSAE).
This new financing from the African Development Bank (AfDB) is offering a lifeline to the National Office of Electricity and Drinking Water (ONEE) to avoid financial breakdown in the implementation of the project. The financing will come on top of the US $93M euros released by the pan-African bank since the beginning of this project in 2019. PPSAE is also receiving US $43M from the Growing Together in Africa Fund (GTAF).
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Scope of work
“Following the commitment of almost all the contracts for goods, works and services, an overrun compared to the resources of the AfDB and AGTF loans was recorded on the activities financed by the bank. This overrun is mainly due to the increase in the price of steel and transport. The PPSAE project aims to meet the growing need for drinking water and industrial water in five provinces of Morocco by 2040. These are Guercif, Zagora, Al Hoceima, Tangier and Beni Mellal,” said the AfDB.
The PPSAE is set to promote demand management in fragile areas, more especially in rural areas, while combating pollution in the industrial development area. The scope of this project covers the provinces of Tangier, Al Hoceima, Guercif, Beni Mellal, and Zagora.
The project will include the laying of 11 km of 1200 mm diameter steel pipe. The pipeline will connect the Ibn Battouta dam to the Mharhar drinking water plant. A booster station of 1.1 m3 per second will also be equipped.
19.7 km of cast iron pipes, with diameters of 700 and 600 mm, will bring water from the Oued Ghiss dam to an existing drinking water plant with a capacity of 0.4 m3 per second. The drinking water will be distributed to the population via a coated steel pipeline, 11 km long.
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