A recent SWIM-SM analysis on the current situation in the sector of water and sanitation in Morocco revealed a number of areas where progress can be made, among which:
- Facilitating the decision-making process.
- Developing a comprehensive institutional framework for the re-use of waste water and strengthening
- specialized technical expertise in the field.
- The deregulation of industrial waste standards to allow Water Basin Agencies to gain financial
- independence and to put their policies into practice.
- The establishment and development of a sanitation policy in rural areas and the development of appropriate technology.
- Reform and coordination of databases and creation of a national water database.
- Increased participation of stakeholders and water users in the management of water and sanitation, and a better-developed information and communication policy.
- Institutional and technical regulation for the treatment and recovery of sewage sludge.
- Taking better account of the concept of Public Health and the establishment of an appropriate framework.
The analysis is based on existing studies/documents and country missions that took place during the last quarter of 2012 and aimed at (a) illustrating the status of development and implementation of wastewater strategies, plan of actions and associated policies; (b) identifying achievements and success stories; (c) examining constraints and challenges; (d) identifying opportunities for advancing missing priority elements in the development and implementation efforts and (e) suggesting recommendations and proposed policy options to enhance the development and integration of wastewater national strategies into national water plans.
The assessment was followed by a one-day national consultation workshop involving all relevant stakeholders, who reviewed and validated the findings and provided guidance to ensure that the proposed priorities, policy options and recommendations address the country’s current and future needs.
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