Tan-Tan Desalination
Brackish water RO, 12,100 m3/day, about 4.4 million m3/year; the 2014 phase is 9,000 m3/day in Morocco.
Operational
The record
- Country
- Morocco
- Location
- Tan-Tan
- Coordinates
- —
- Technology
- Brackish water RO
- Capacity
- 12,100 m3/day, about 4.4 million m3/year; the 2014 phase is 9,000 m3/day
- Capital cost
- —
- Stage
- Operational
- Owner or client
- ONEE
- Contractor
- —
- Operator
- ONEE
- Finance
- —
- Award or start year
- 2003
- Commissioned
- 2014
Record last checked 2026-09-18.
History
- 2003-01
First phase commissioned
- 2014-01
9,000 m3/day reverse osmosis phase added
- 2021-06
Further 4,320 m3/day out to consultation
Sources
3 references
Every field in the record above is taken from the references below. A field that none of them confirms prints as a dash.
- ONEE, Experience de l'ONEE en matiere de dessalement d'eau, IME webinar (Jun 2021). remoc.org.
- ONEE's inventory gives Tan-Tan brackish water treatment an operational capacity of 12,100 m3/day commissioned in 2003 and 2014; the fiche technique for the 2014 phase gives 9,000 m3/day by reverse osmosis on brackish water at 15 to 20 g/l TDS on grid power, and a further 4,320 m3/day was out to consultation in 2021. Policy Center for the New South, Desalinisation, barrages et autoroutes de l'eau, PP-19/25 (May 2025). policycenter.ma.
- MENA Water Review major projects register and PPP pipeline — compiled from procurer publications, development-bank project pages and trade reporting; each record names its source.
Table 2 plans a 47.20 Mm3/year seawater scheme at Tan-Tan for 2027 to 2040, including 9 Mm3/year for green hydrogen.