Dchar El Oued, Ait Massoud, Two Dams for Electricity,
Irrigation and Drinking Water

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1 - First Loan to Finance the Two Dams
Loan No:	344	Interest Rate:	4.5%
Beneficiary:	Ministry of Public Works	Grace Period:	6 years
Project Cost	KD 107.9 Million	Maturity:	22 years
Amount of Loan:	KD 15.0 Million Repayment: 33 semi-annual installments	Repayment:	33 semi-annual installments
Date of Loan Agreement:	17/7/1997 First Installment: 6 years following the first disbursement.	First Installment:	6 years following the first disbursement.
Date of Effectiveness:	-
2 - Second Loan to Finance the Two Hydro-electric Stations
Loan No:	345	Interest Rate:	4.5%
Beneficiary:	National Bureau for Grace Period: 5 years Electricity	Grace Period:
Project Cost:	KD 107.9 Million	Maturity:	22 years
Amount of Loan:	KD 15.0 Million Repayment: 35 semi-annual installments	Repayment:	35 semi-annual installments
Date of Loan Agreement:	17/7/1997 First Installment: 5 years following the first disbursement.	First Installment:	5 years following the first disbursement.
Date of Effectiveness:	-

 

 Objectives:

The project aims at the regulation of the water of Wadi Urn AI-Rabei for the production of electricity, providing irrigation water for about 36 thousand hectares in Tadla Region, and providing about 65 million m³ of drinking and industrial water for 14 population centers in the middle region of Urn Al-Rabei basin. The project also aims at increasing self sufficiency in various agricultural products and improving the trade balance and the people’s living conditions.

 

Description:

The project is expected to be completed by the year 200l and consists of the following components:

1. Dchar El Oued Dam: An Earth-rock fill dam with a concrete facing. The dam will be about l01m high and 400 m long with a width of 8 m at the crest and 270m at the base. A secondary earth fill dam will be constructed at the right abutment. This dam will be 23m high, 792 m long. 8 m wide at the crest and 85m wide at the base. The dams will create a 740 million it reservoir with an annual yield of 473 million m³.

2. Ait Massoud Dam: A gravity concrete dam for regulation of releases downstream of Dchar El Oued. The dam will be about 34 m high, 178 m long, 5 m wide at the crest and will impound around 13 million m³.

3. Dchar El Oued Hydro-electric Station: The station includes a well 25m in diameter and 55 m deep equipped with a vertical Francis generating unit with an installed capacity of 92 MW and a secure capacity of 63 MW. The station also includes an inlet tunnel 285 m long and 8 m in diameter, and a discharge tunnel 55 m long and 8 m in diameter. The works also include the station buildings, the transformer yard equipment, and 225 kV transmission lines connecting Khneifra and Tezki centers.

4. Ait Massoud Hydro-electric Station: The station will contain two horizontal Kaplan generators, 3.62 MW each. The station’s average generated energy will be about 34 GWH. Electric energy from this station will be transmitted through a 60 kV line to Kasbat Tadla center.

5. Irrigation Works: These include rehabilitation of existing irrigation structures and building new ones for the conveyance and distribution of about 408 million m³ of water annually to irrigate about 36 thousand hectares in Beni Amir area in Tadla plain. The works include rehabilitation of the Kasbat Tadla -Kasbat Zaidania canal, repair of 50 km of the main irrigation canal, construction of 36 km of main canals and two water tanks, rehabilitation of the irrigation network in about 3200 hectares, construction of a new irrigation network for about 8850 hectares, construction of 470 km of canals 400mm-2000mm in diameter, construction of open drains and about 115 km of paved farm roads, and land leveling.

 

Financing:

Arab Fund loan No. 344 will finance 32.5% of the cost of the two dams. Additional loans of KD 20 million from the Kuwait Fund and KD 6.5 million from the Islamic Development Bank are expected for the financing of the dams. Arab Fund loan No 345 will finance 49% of the cost of the two hydro-electric stations. An additional loan of KD 7 million from the Kuwait Fund is expected for the financing of the stations. The Moroccan government and the National Bureau for Electricity will finance the remaining costs.

 

 

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