HM The King Dedicates 1.1 Billion DH-Worth Waste Water Treatment Plant For Fez
PERSISMA, Fez – HM King Mohammed VI Dedicated On Thursday, At The Rural Commune Of Ain Bouali (Province Of Moulay Yacoub, Near Fez), A Waste Water Treatment Plant For The City Of Fez, A Pilot Project At The National And Continental Levels.
HM the King dedicates 1.1 billion DH-worth waste water treatment plant for Fez 20 November 2014 The 1.1 billion DH-worth project, a strong signal of the particular attention granted by the Sovereign to environment protection and sustainable development, will help improve the quality of the Oued Sebou river water, prevent cut-offs in the water purification plants of Kariat Ba Mohamed and Mkanssa, end odor nuisances and cut greenhouse effects emissions. It will also promote the living and health conditions of 5 million inhabitants along the Oued Sebour river and contribute to the urban and agricultural development of the city of Fez and its region.
As a major component of the city’s liquid sanitation, the new plant will treat all the waste water produced by the city before rejecting it into the Oued Sebou river, contributing, therefore, to solving the problems of water resources’ integrated management.
The new facility, which meets international standards and uses latest technologies in waste water treatment, extends over 14 ha and uses the “activated sludges” technique. It has a treatment capacity of 1.2 million Population Equivalent with a daily flow of 155,400 cubic meters.
In addition to the “water and sludges” branches, the plant, a project of the water and electricity supply public company (RATEEF), comprises an analysis laboratory to measure various indicators of water quality before, during and after processing.
Furthermore, the plant also includes a sludge processing chain with a mechanism that makes it possible to produce up to 50 pc of the plant electric energy needs.
In order to ensure the plant sustainability, an industrial depollution plan for the city is also featured to eliminate organic and toxic matters by delocalizing polluting industrial activities (oil extraction, tanning, copper work and others) and grouping them at the Ain Nokbi industrial zone.
This major project, which holds strong health, biologic, economic and ecological impacts, was financed by a state’s subsidy earmarked by the national liquid sanitation plan, a loan from the consortium of national banks and the Fez water and electricity supply company. It is part of various initiatives taken by the Sovereign to preserve the environment and ecosystems.
