Jorf Lasfar Desalination
Seawater RO, 45 million m3/year (2022), target 300 million m3/year by 2026 in Morocco.
Operational
The record
- Country
- Morocco
- Location
- El Jadida
- Coordinates
- 33.110, -8.630
- Technology
- Seawater RO
- Capacity
- 45 million m3/year (2022), target 300 million m3/year by 2026
- Capital cost
- US$300 million
- Stage
- Operational
- Owner or client
- OCP Group (OCP S.A.)
- Contractor
- —
- Operator
- OCP Green Water
- Finance
- OCP corporate; EBRD loan EUR 200 million approved 24 July 2024 for the Jorf Lasfar and Safi desalination plants
- Award or start year
- 2026
- Commissioned
- 2015 (expansion under way)
Record last checked 2026-09-04.
History
- 2015
Jorf Lasfar desalination plant established with 25 million m3/year capacity
- 2022
Capacity reaches 45 million m3/year
- 2024-02
El Jadida drinking water supply of 30 million m3/year fully served from the plant
- 2024-07
EBRD board approves EUR 200 million loan for OCP desalination at Jorf Lasfar and Safi
- 2025-07
203 km J2K desalinated water pipeline commissioned (MAD 5 billion, 80 million m3/year)
Sources
4 references
Every field in the record above is taken from the references below. A field that none of them confirms prints as a dash.
- EBRD, Project summary document 54662, OCP Desalination. ebrd.com.
- Morocco World News, Morocco's Jorf Lasfar desalination plant to expand supply to El Jadida, Casablanca, 30 August 2024. moroccoworldnews.com.
- Morocco World News, Morocco's OCP achieves water autonomy two years early with historic 203-kilometer desalinated water pipeline, 14 July 2025. moroccoworldnews.com.
- MENA Water Review major projects register and PPP pipeline — compiled from procurer publications, development-bank project pages and trade reporting; each record names its source.