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Morocco: A Plant Will Treat Wastewater from the Ain Chegag Industrial Park

In Morocco, the โ€œsanitationโ€ component of the development project for the Ain Chegag Industrial Park (Piac) has been launched and will enable the construction of a wastewater treatment plant. The company Al Omrane Fรจs-Meknes will supervise the work which will require an investment of 106.6 million Moroccan dirhams, nearly 9.7 million euros.

News about the Ain Chegag Industrial Park (Piac) development project, launched in October 2020 in Sefrou, in the Fez-Meknes region of Morocco. The Al Omrane Fez-Meknes company, which is piloting the project, recently launched its โ€œsanitationโ€ component. It concerns the construction of a wastewater treatment plant on a site with an area of โ€‹โ€‹29,152 m 2 .

The plant will treat effluents from the leather, textile, metallurgical, mechanical industries, etc. Once open, the Piac will offer 239 lots spread over a total area of โ€‹โ€‹81 hectares, including 50 hectares dedicated to leather (tannery, shoes, leather goods). The general area, which will cover 31 hectares, will be dedicated to chemical, textile, food-processing, mechanical and metallurgical activities.

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The preservation of the environment

The wastewater treated in the Piac factory will be returned to nature, thus reducing the risks associated with industrial pollution in the Fez-Meknes region, especially in the leather industry, the treatment of which would have harmful effects on the environment. environment and human health. The sector represents 40% of crafts for the city of Fez alone and employs around 15,000 people.

The company chosen for the implementation of this project will also build the facilities related to the treatment plant, including operating buildings, electrical transformer and generator buildings, a laboratory, interior fittings, etc. Al Omrane Fez-Meknes estimates that it will take 91.35 million Moroccan dirhams (nearly 8.3 million euros) to carry out all the work, out of an overall budget of 106.6 million Moroccan dirhams (approximately โ‚ฌ9.7 million).

The other part of the budget, ie 15.3 million Moroccan dirhams (more than 138,900 euros) will be used to finance the operating services of the treatment plant. This other contract, which will be provided by the same service provider, will last 3 years.

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