Sanitation in the Sebou basin

Promoter – Financial Intermediary

ONEP (Office National de l’Eau Potable)

Location

• Morocco

Description

The project is for financing wastewater collection and treatment infrastructure for municipalities in the Sebou basin in particular, covering an area of 40 000 km2, with a population of around 6 million.

Objectives

The project fits in with the objectives of the National Programme for Wastewater and Sewage Treatment, under which more than 80% of the urban population is to be connected to the mains drainage network and pollution is to be reduced by at least 60%. In this context ONEP has identified a priority programme of 111 centres affecting 3.7 million of Morocco’s inhabitants (12% of the population).

Comments

Environment.

Sector(s)

• Water, sewerage

Proposed EIB finance (Approximate amount)

EUR 40 million.

Total cost (Approximate amount)

Approximately EUR 90 million.

Environmental aspects

The capital expenditure programme will have the result of:

• significantly reducing the pollution caused by wastewater infiltration of watercourses;
• protecting groundwater from water pollution;
• combating the risks of eutrophication of the sea;
• improving the landscape of the towns concerned;
• preserving the quality of surface water and groundwater.

It should be noted that certain components of the project are covered by the conditions of Annex II to Directive 97/11/EC on environmental impact assessments and may be the subject of such an assessment.

Procurement

The various project components financed by the Bank will be the subject of public invitations to tender in accordance with the Bank's Guide to Procurement.

The international invitations to tender will be published in the OJ.

Status

Signed - 14/12/2006