SIEE - Pollutec Alger : International Exhibition of Equipment & Services for Water 2009

Over the past decade, Algeria has mobilised nearly 2,000 billion dinars to increase its water capacity and this exceptional investment continues with its new Five Years Plan for 2009-2014. Work in process and scheduled for the 2009-2014 period: > Production and distribution of drinking water - Building of new desalination plants (13 current projects) - Upgrading and expansion of drinking water supply networks - Improvement of water management and distribution: setting up of urban water supply management bodies and training of managers and staff > Water collection - 13 damsand major water transfer projects close to completion - South-south transfer (740 km from Aïn Salah to Tamanrasset) underway - Acceleration of viability studies for 3 major water transfer projects (water from the underground reservoir of the Albienne Nappe in the south to the Atlas) > Sewerage - Development and upgrading of sewerage systems - Upgrading of flood protection systems - Building of 40 treatment plants and upgrading of 20 others - Construction of 50 lagooning facilities > Irrigation - Creation of 15 new irrigation areas - Study or realisation of more than 160 retaining reservoirs for hillside run-offe - Dissemination of water-saving techniques and technology