In November 2021, Pumps Africa reported that the rehabilitated seawater desalination plant in Zéralda, northern Algeria, had resumed operation. Water Resources Minister Karim Hasni cited 10,000 m³/day of drinking water for more than 65,000 people in Algiers. Zéralda was the third of four plants in an upgrade programme, after Palm Beach (7,500 m³/day, August) and Ain Benian (10,000 m³/day, September). The fourth plant, in Bou Ismaïl, was to grow from 3,000 to 10,000 m³/day. New plants in five wilayas were to supply more than 300,000 m³/day combined.
The report showed Algeria's response to drought: small existing plants were rehabilitated and expanded at short notice, while larger new coastal plants were prepared in parallel.
Source: Pumps Africa