{"id":62171,"date":"2026-06-01T07:36:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T06:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=62171"},"modified":"2026-06-01T07:36:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T06:36:12","slug":"algeria-expands-irrigation-treated-water-digitalization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=62171","title":{"rendered":"Algeria Boosts Water Security: Minister Directs Expansion of Treated Water Irrigation and Sector Digitalization"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Algerian Minister of Water Resources, Taha Derbal, has emphasized the critical need to continuously expand irrigation areas by progressively adopting treated water sources. This initiative is a direct implementation of President Abdelmadjid Tebboune&#39;s directives aimed at bolstering water and food security while preserving conventional water resources.<\/p>\n<h2>Algeria expands irrigation with treated water<\/h2>\n<p>Minister Derbal&#39;s remarks were made during a working visit and inspection to the headquarters of the National Office for Irrigation and Drainage (ONID). He received a comprehensive briefing on the office&#39;s activities and operational programs. The discussions focused particularly on the management and utilization of irrigation and drainage facilities, alongside various projects and operations designed to improve performance and elevate the quality of services provided within the water sector.<\/p>\n<p>This strategic push towards treated water and enhanced digital infrastructure signifies Algeria&#39;s commitment to modernizing its agricultural and water management systems, ensuring greater efficiency and sustainability in the face of evolving environmental and economic challenges.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related topics:<\/strong> Algeria water resources, irrigation expansion, treated water agriculture, digitalization water sector, food security Algeria, Taha Derbal<\/p>\n<p><em>DZWatch provides English-language coverage of Algeria-focused developments for international readers.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Algeria&#8217;s Minister of Water Resources urges expansion of irrigation using treated water and digitalization to enhance water and food security&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":62170,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":2,"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economie-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=62171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62171\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/62170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=62171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=62171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}