Rabat-Salé-Kénitra water laboratory receives accreditation
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Le Matin
The laboratory of the Rabat-Salé-Kénitra Regional Multiservices Company has obtained Moroccan NM ISO/IEC 17025:2018 accreditation for water quality control. Between January and August 2026, it analysed 6,768 samples and carried out 167,689 chlorine tests, according to data provided by the company to Le Matin.
The Rabat-Salé-Kénitra Regional Multiservices Company (SRM-RSK) announced on Thursday 22 October 2026 that its water quality control laboratory had obtained accreditation under the NM ISO/IEC 17025:2018 standard. Granted on 6 October by the Moroccan Accreditation Service (SEMAC), which comes under Morocco’s Ministry of Industry and Trade, the accreditation covers ten microbiological and physico-chemical tests on drinking water and wastewater.
The laboratory analysed 6,768 samples between 1 January and 31 August 2026, covering 32,021 bacteriological parameters and 63,312 physico-chemical parameters. It also carried out 167,689 chlorine tests to check the disinfection of water in distribution networks, according to data provided by SRM-RSK.
Samples are collected daily from different points in the provincial networks, then transported under cold-chain conditions before being analysed. The accreditation attests to the laboratory’s technical competence and impartiality for the tests concerned, according to SRM-RSK.
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