Mauritius to transfer 10,000 m³ of water daily to La Marie
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Defimedia
The Mauritian government plans to transfer an additional 10,000 m³ of water per day to the La Marie treatment plant from next week, as the Mare-aux-Vacoas reservoir is 33.2% full. Two further projects, with potential capacity of 20,000 m³ per day, are announced by February 2027, according to the Prime Minister’s Office.
The Mauritian government will transfer an additional 10,000 m³ of water per day from Mare-Longue to the La Marie treatment plant from the week of 26 October. The measure was announced after a meeting of the inter-ministerial committee chaired by Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam on Thursday 22 October, according to a statement from the Prime Minister’s Office.
The [Mare-aux-Vacoas reservoir](/news/maurice-rationne-l’eau-apres-la-baisse-de-mare-aux-vacoas) had a filling level of 33.2% on Thursday. La Marie is currently receiving less than half its usual flow of 110,000 m³ per day outside the drought period, affecting supplies in Plaines-Wilhems in particular.
Two projects are due to be completed by February 2027. The first will provide for transporting up to 20,000 m³ per day from Tamarind Falls using a new plant and a pipeline network. The second will strengthen the pipelines between Mare-Longue and La Marie to allow an additional supply of 12,000 m³ per day.
Fourteen public and private boreholes have already been supplying the region since 13 October. Mobile pumping and treatment stations are also providing 8,000 m³ per day from rivers, while ten 30,000-litre reservoirs installed by the Central Water Authority are replenished daily in several localities, according to the statement.
