Morocco invests millions to expand water access in Casablanca-settat
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Société régionale multiservices Casablanca-Settat (SRM Casablanca-Settat) and the Casablanca-Settat Regional Council are working together on a 350.8 million dirham program to improve drinking water access across the Casablanca-Settat region of Morocco, focusing on rural communities.
The program, part of the National Drinking Water Supply and Irrigation Program 2020-2027, will fund studies, technical assistance, and land acquisition needed to deliver water to underserved areas.
The initiative will supply drinking water to 25 centers and enhance access for residents in 341 douars (small settlements), while also developing water points in 80 more douars. The Moroccan Ministry of Interior is contributing 245.6 million dirhams to the program, with an additional 105.2 million dirhams coming from the General Directorate of Territorial Communities. SRM Casablanca-Settat directly manages projects worth almost 44 million dirhams in the provinces of Sidi Bennour and El Jadida.
Work in Sidi Bennour is 90 percent complete, while a project in El Jadida recently finished supplying water to a center and six smaller settlements, serving around 6,000 people.
