Madrid 07/10/2017 (MAP) – The Spanish government approved on Friday a loan agreement worth 12.17 million euros to fund the construction of a seawater desalination plant that will supply drinking water to the north-eastern regions of Al Hoceima and Nador.

According to a statement from the Spanish Government, the loan will be granted through the Corporate Internationalisation Fund (FIEM) to Morocco’s office of electricity and drinking water (ONEE) for the construction of a seawater desalination plant that will supply drinking water to people in Al Hoceima and Nador regions.

The plant’s construction will be overseen by Spanish company Tedagua.

TEDAGUA (Técnicas de Desalinización de Aguas, S.A.), which began operations in 1983 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, is considered as an international leader in the design and the construction of desalination plants.