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- Wirgane Dam Project
Wirgane Dam Project
Morocco
Borrower | Morocco |
Financing Type | Public Sector |
Instrument | Project Loan |
Focus Area | Water & Sanitation |
Approved | 21.09.2004 |
Signed | 12.01.2005 |
Status | Completed |
Loan Administrator | AFESD |
Executing Agency | Ministry of Land Development,Water and Environment |
Co-financiers | AFESD, AFDB, Government |
OPEC Fund Contribution (US$m) | 20.00 |
Total Project Cost (US$m) | 73.21 |
This project will construct a dam on the N’Fis River, some 60 km from Marrakech, to provide water to domestic and industrial consumers in the city, populated by more than 850,000 inhabitants. Works will include >construction of a 70 million m3storage-capacity Wirgane Dam and a 20,000 m3 collecting reservoir and basins for treating and filtering water. Once completed, the new dam is expected to boost drinking water supplies by some 17 million m3 annually.