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Algeria launches drinking-water projects in four provinces

2 November 2026 · Algeria Now

Algeria launches drinking-water projects in four provinces — Photo : lecourrier-dalgerie.com (adresse collée)

ALGIERS — Algeria's water minister, Lounès Bouzegza, begins a round of launches and inaugurations on Monday for drinking-water projects in four provinces, part of an effort to secure supplies in a country where rainfall is scarce and irregular.

According to the ministry, the programme follows presidential directives to strengthen national water security, keep the public service running without interruption and diversify sources of supply.

In Tlemcen, work starts on pipelines linking households to three new seawater desalination plants, in Tlemcen, Mostaganem and Chlef. The connections are meant to supply coastal communities and more distant inland areas.

In Sétif, a project will carry water from the Tabellout dam in Jijel province to the Dhraa Eddis dam in Sétif. It will directly serve 15 municipalities in the north-east of the province and is designed to stabilize supply throughout the year.

In Blida, the minister inaugurates a pipeline that brings water from the Fouka 2 desalination plant, in Tipaza province, to municipalities in the east of Blida, with the aim of raising capacity and improving continuity of service.

In the far south, in the border province of In Guezzam, works begin to bring drinking water to the Tin Zaouatine area from the Tanezrouft aquifer, in Bordj Badji Mokhtar province, along a route of about 250 kilometres.

Seawater desalination has become the backbone of Algeria's response to repeated droughts and to a growing population along the Mediterranean coast. Connecting the plants to the distribution network is the decisive step, because a plant delivers little to households until the pipelines downstream are finished. Last week the state water utility signed water sale and purchase contracts covering five desalination plants.

The ministry did not publish volumes, costs or completion dates for the four projects.

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