Recently, the Minister of Equipment, Transport, Logistics and Water Resources of Morocco, Abdelkader Amara, announced that the Moroccan government has launched the National Drinking Water Supply and Irrigation Plan 2020-2027. This is by.

Amara explained that the government of this North African country will begin the project by building five large dams with a total storage capacity of 525 million cubic meters. This stage of the plan will require more than $537 million in investment.

15 more dams are planned in the future

According to the National Drinking Water Supply and Irrigation Plan 2020-2027, in addition to the above-mentioned dams, the Moroccan government plans to build 15 dams.

By 2027, this will bring the use of such water supply infrastructure in North African countries to 20. The installation of all facilities will increase the country’s dam capacity from a total of 18 billion cubic meters to 27 billion cubic meters. Most of the reservoirs will be filled with rainwater.

Development of unconventional water resources

The Moroccan government also hopes to develop non-traditional water resources, including sewage treatment plants and desalination plants to be built on the coast of the North African Kingdom.

The second axis of the National Drinking Water Supply and Irrigation Plan 2020-2027 will focus on water value added. Measures to reduce water consumption will also be implemented mainly in agricultural sectors that rely on irrigation.

The entire plan will be funded by the Moroccan government of nearly US$13 billion.Editor/Huang Lijun