WATER SUPPLY II

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The primary objective of the Second Water Supply Project for Morocco is to improve access to safe water supplies to the population of the Mid-Atlantic Coast and the Greater Agadir area. It consists of: (i) the expansion of bulk water production and transmission facilities along the Mid-Atlantic Coast. These additional facilities will include the construction of two booster pumping stations along the existing transmission pipeline, a raw water pumping station with a capacity of 5 m3/sec., a 2.83 km pressure main linking the pumping station at the foot of the Bou Regreg dam with the treatment plant, a 5 m3/sec. treatment plant, a 2 km transmission main to Rabat, and an 82 km transmission main to Casablanca; (ii) the expansion of bulk water production and transmission facilities for the Greater Agadir area. This component will include: (a) equipping the existing Ahmar Boudhar well field with pumps and ancillary equipment; (b) constructing a transmission pipeline to Agadir and a treatment plant at Sidi Bou Shab; and (c) installing power transmission lines to the well field and the treatment station; (iii) funds for credit facilities to finance house connections of the low-income population in the project area; and (iv) studies. The implementation of the project does not pose any special risks.