OCP SA, Casablanca, recently launched construction work on a wastewater treatment plant in Kasbat Tadla, in north-central Morocco.
The new plant is expected to be put into operation in 12 months time, and the treated water will be supplied through existing industrial water pipes to OCP’s facilities in the Khouribga mining area, according to a report by Construction Review. The mining area currently only has one wastewater treatment plant, which has supplied the Merah Lahrach washing plant since 2012.
According to the report, while details of the capacity of the new wastewater treatment plant have not been disclosed, it is reported the new facility will treat wastewater that is currently discharged in the Oum Er -Rbia river, Morocco’s second largest river, and is part of OCP’s initiative to participate in the clean-up of the river.
The wastewater treatment facility is being partly funded by OCP, which is putting up $18 million, with Morocco’s Ministry of Interior providing $3.2 million and the municipality of Tadla providing $758,329, according to the report.
OCP will be responsible for the operation and maintenance of the plant once built.