The royal speech thus rightly focused on the desalination of sea water as a promising solution, despite its notorious energy cost, declared to MAP Mr. Jellouli, who is also president of the Observatory of the Health, Innovation and Social Development.
In this regard, he continued, HM the King underlined Morocco’s ambition to use research and development to “desalinate sea water, irrigate agricultural land and supply households with drinking water” .
In his speech, the Sovereign announced concrete measures to deal with the water crisis, in particular the acceleration of the construction of seawater desalination stations, with the objective of covering more than half of the water needs. drinking water in the country from these stations by 2030.
Faced with this observation, Mr. Jellouli insisted on the urgency of setting up a comprehensive and multidimensional “water” plan.
For the researcher, “the desalination of seawater is an essential solution, but it must be accompanied by encouragement for research and development to optimize these technologies”.
Furthermore, the reuse of wastewater and irrigation with salt water are promising avenues to be explored further,” he said.
He added that these technical measures must be complemented by “a rationalization of behavior at all levels of society”.