Study of the Possibility of Reusing Rain and Purified Water in the City of Fez, Morocco

Amine  Couscous; Abdennasser  Baali; Touria  El Kamel

doi:10.4236/jwarp.2020.122008

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JWARP Vol.12 No.2 , February 2020

Study of the Possibility of Reusing Rain and Purified Water in the City of Fez, Morocco

Amine Couscous, Abdennasser Baali, Touria El Kamel

Abstract: The current work seeks firstly the integration of a rainwater reuse system that will be of use in the watering of the green spaces, and secondly the re-use of purified water in the irrigation of agriculture spaces, which are in the nearby of wastewater treatment plant. The results show that 41% of the green spaces in the city of Fez require a renovation and installation of adequate watering systems taking into account the specificity of the city which is crossed by several rivers badly exploited for watering. The purified wastewater is of much better quality than the Moroccan reuse standards and is discharged with a flow that is large enough for the irrigation water requirements of the fields close to wastewater treatment plant.

Keywords: Reuse, Rainwater, Purified Wastewater, Irrigation, Periurban Agriculture, Green Spaces

Cite this paper: Couscous, A. , Baali, A. and El Kamel, T. (2020) Study of the Possibility of Reusing Rain and Purified Water in the City of Fez, Morocco. Journal of Water Resource and Protection, 12, 120-134. doi: 10.4236/jwarp.2020.122008.

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