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Desalination, ‘Major Challenge’ for Water Security in Morocco (Academic)

01 August 2024 Printable Version
Fez - Desalination, highlighted in HM King Mohammed VI's speech on Monday to mark the 25th anniversary of His enthronement, represents "a major water security challenge for Morocco that requires urgent action,” said Tarik Jellouli, a teacher-researcher at the Faculty of Legal, Economic and Social Sciences in Fez.

The royal speech emphasized seawater desalination as a promising solution, despite its notorious energy cost, Jellouli, who is also President of the Health, Innovation and Social Development Observatory, told MAP.

In this respect, he added, HM the King underscored Morocco's ambition to use research and development to "desalinate seawater, irrigate farmland and supply households with drinking water.”

In His speech, the Sovereign announced concrete measures to tackle the water crisis, including accelerating the construction of seawater desalination plants, with the aim of covering more than half the country's drinking water needs from these plants by 2030.

In view of this situation, Jellouli stressed the urgent need for a comprehensive, multidimensional "water" plan.
 

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