Acciona has been awarded the contract for the construction, management and maintenance of the large desalination plant in Casablanca, with a capacity of 548,000 cubic meters per day, and which will require an investment of around 800 million euros.
Faced with the worst drought it has experienced in four decades, Morocco is taking measures to regulate watermelon production, which requires a significant amount of water.
The production of metals necessary for the manufacture of batteries or motors for electric cars requires a lot of water. A resource that is becoming increasingly scarce in countries like Morocco, already hit by severe drought.
In Morocco, Veolia, the French giant of water and waste management, is in trouble. The root of its troubles is the sale of the Lyonnaise des eaux de Casablanca (Lydec), Suez’s former Moroccan subsidiary in charge of water and electricity distribution, wastewater and stormwater collection, and public lighting, which is still not effective.
Moroccans continue to seek an explanation for the appearance of clear water sources and waterfalls in arid areas after the devastating earthquake that struck the Al Haouz region.
Morocco is preparing to launch a tender for a new seawater desalination plant in Nador , with a capacity of 250 million cubic meters per year, announced Nizar Baraka, Minister of Water and Equipment.
Pure water sources have appeared in the Marrakech region after the devastating earthquake that struck the province of Al Haouz and killed nearly 3,000 people.
Morocco and Russia have reiterated their intention to install nuclear-powered desalination plants not far from the Canary Islands. The idea had been raised in 1999 and had not failed to worry the Canarian authorities.
Water and hygiene in the camps, where the victims of the devastating earthquake of September 8 in Morocco now live under tents, are a major challenge for the authorities of the kingdom.
Morocco and Israel have decided to strengthen their cooperation in the agriculture and water sectors. In this sense, the two parties have signed a memorandum of understanding.
After the powerful and devastating earthquake that struck Morocco on September 8, new water sources have appeared in Ouarzazate, while others have seen their flow increase, bringing joy to the hearts of the inhabitants of the mountain villages. An expert explains this phenomenon.
At the recent Russia-Africa summit in St. Petersburg, the Moroccan company Water and Energy Solutions reached an agreement with the Russian nuclear giant Rosatom. The objective? To build seawater desalination plants powered by nuclear energy, using small modular reactors (SMRs).