Treated water seeks users in Guelmim

In Guelmim, the gateway to the Sahara, when natural resources, particularly water, are mentioned, Chakib Nemaoui, from the Southern Development Agency, speaks of "management of scarcity" and the agricultural services of "structural drought and frequent floods." In order to mitigate the violence of this contrast, a purification plant was put into service in 2004. The Guelmim station, an urban commune of 15,000 souls, treats 50 litres of wastewater per second and operates according to the natural lagooning mode, a process that does not use any chemical agents. "We carry out quarterly analyses which all prove to be compliant," explains Mohamed Aït Attou, local representative of the Ministry of Energy, Mines, Environment and Water.What is the water purified by this structure, which required an investment of 23 million DH, intended for? The answer from the local representative of the ministr…