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Rabat – British company Biwater has received a new contract from the Regie Autonome de Kenitra (RAK) to plan and build a new wastewater treatment plant in Moulay Bousselham, a town in the Kenitra province.
According to Pumps Africa, the contract for the design and construction of the wastewater treatment plant is “already underway and civil works are underway.”
The new hub will help provide pretreatment, including biological and advanced tertiary treatment.
“The objective of this project is to protect the lagoon and the beach of Moulay Bousselham from discharged wastewater and to recharge the water table,” Biwater manager in Morocco, Yassine Laib said.
He added that the wastewater treatment approach will meet the need for improving sanitation conditions in the region in this project.
The project is part of the country’s strategy to invest in sanitation solutions.
In 2020, Morocco built seven new wastewater treatment plants.
The new projects seek to ensure access to clean drinking water across Morocco, particularly in remote areas.
The rate of drinking water access in rural areas increased to 97.8% at the end of 2020, according to recent data from the National Office for Electricity and Potable Water (ONEE).
The rate enabled the distribution of water to 13 million people.
The project also required an investment of MAD 16.65 billion or $1.87 billion.
The project will result in a 90% connection rate to the public sewer system, and a 82% decontamination rate for the wastewater.
