His Majesty King Mohammed VI, could Allah help Him, chaired, on January 16, on the Royal Palace in Rabat, a working session dedicated to water points.
This assembly falls inside the framework of the continual monitoring and Excessive solicitude with which His Majesty the King surrounds this strategic subject, significantly in the course of the present state of affairs which is marked by a notable deficit by way of water assets.
The start of this working session witnessed the supply of a presentation on the water state of affairs by the Minister of Gear and Water, Nizar Baraka, which highlights, for the interval from September to mid-January 2024, a rainfall deficit of 70% in comparison with the typical, in addition to a dam filling charge of 23.2% in comparison with 31.5% throughout the identical interval final 12 months.
Baraka then proceeded to current earlier than His Majesty the King the emergency motion plan drawn up by the competent departments to take care of the present state of affairs and make sure the provide of consuming water, significantly in cities, facilities, and localities with a deficit.
This emergency motion plan, which has been applied on the stage of the Kingdom’s varied hydraulic programs, offers for a wide range of measures together with, within the brief time period, the optimum mobilization of assets on the stage of dams, boreholes, and stations, and current desalination crops, the development of pressing water conveyance and provide gear, and if crucial, the implementation of potential measures to limit irrigation water or distribution circulate charges.
In the identical context, and in accordance with the Excessive Royal Tips, there can be an acceleration by way of deliberate initiatives with a medium-term influence, specifically the dams at the moment beneath building, the interconnection between the Sebou, Bouregreg, and Oum Rabia, the nationwide program of seawater desalination stations, the reuse of purified wastewater program, the water saving program on the stage of provide and distribution networks for consuming and irrigation water.
On this regard, His Majesty the King urged the departments and organizations involved to redouble their vigilance and efforts to fulfill the problem of water safety and make sure the provide of consuming water to the entire Kingdom’s areas, inviting the federal government to determine clear and common communication with residents on latest developments concerning the water state of affairs.
This working session befell within the presence of His Majesty the King’s Advisor, Fouad Ali El Himma, the Minister of the Inside, Abdelouafi Laftit, the Minister of Equipmen and Water, Nizar Baraka, the Minister of Agriculture, Maritime Fisheries, Rural Growth and Water and Forests, Mohamed Sadiki, the Minister Delegate to the Minister of Financial system and Finance, accountable for the Price range, Fouzi Lekjaa, and the Common Director of the Nationwide Workplace of Electrical energy and Ingesting Water (ONEE), Abderrahim El Hafidi.