Morocco - Project to Update the Drinking Water Supply in the Rabat-Casablanca Coastal Area

The project consists in strengthening the drinking water supply of the cities located on the Rabat-Casablanca axis (Rabat, Casablanca, Tamesna, Temara, Mohammedia, Bouznika, Benslimane, ...), as well as neighboring urban and rural centers, which have significant urban and tourist development. It aims to guarantee the drinking water needs of these areas until 2030. The project, costing UA 221.31 million, will require a turnaround time of 48 months (2010-2013). It includes a "production" part with a pumping station, a raw water discharge pipe and a treatment plant, and a "transport" part with a treated water supply pipe and will strengthen the production system. Drinking water supply for an area that will be saturated with its current drinking water supply system by 2013.