About a year ago, in January 2025, the official spokesperson for the government stated that the water pipeline project that will supply Tangier with water would be ready in February 2025.
At that time, the spokesperson confirmed that the works reached 96 percent completion; since that date, the project has been at a standstill, and now the government acknowledges the existence of a technical problem.
According to the Minister of Equipment and Water, Nizar Baraka, “there are technical issues hindering the transfer of water from the Wadi Makhazen dam to the Dar Khouroff dam, through which water was supposed to be transported to the Hashaf station, before ensuring the supply of the Greater Tangier area with water.”
According to Baraka, a meeting was recently held to discuss the “technical problems” and work towards overcoming them in order to get the project back on track.
The project will enable the transfer of 100 million cubic meters of water annually from Wadi Makhazen dam to Dar Khouroff dam, and approximately 75 million cubic meters annually from Dar Khouroff to the Hashaf station.
The waterway will ensure the supply of water to Tangier as well as reduce the waste that the Wadi Makhazen dam suffers during rainy periods, and the necessity to discharge water into the sea.
It is noteworthy that Tangier was only three months away from a “water cut” due to a significant shortage in the reservoirs that supply it with drinking water. After proposing the construction of a desalination plant, priority was given to the “autroute” project following the success of the experiment in Rabat, but the speed of connecting the capital was not on par with the speed required for the capital of the bay.
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