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Wastewater and Solid Waste Environmental Degradation Cost in Mohammedia City

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The world’s population growth has resulted in an increase in wastewater, waste, and leachate production, which can harm the environment and incur significant costs for society. Therefore, this study aims to estimate the cost of environmental degradation related to wastewater discharges, household waste, and leachate using the methods proposed by the World Bank for the city of Mohammedia in Morocco. Unlike previous studies that were conducted on a large scale, our study was able to provide a more in-depth and accurate analysis of the environmental costs specific to this city. The results obtained showed that the total estimated cost varies around 11.04 million euros, with 3.9 million euros generated by the degradation of the quality of water resources due to the discharge of urban wastewater and 7.1 million euros generated by the degradation due to household and similar waste and leachate. The sum of 7.1 million euros includes the cost of not covering the population by waste collection, the cost of degradation of groundwater by leachate infiltration, the loss of value of the land, the lost electricity potential, the economic gains due to recycling, and the land savings which were estimated at 0.01 million euros. In conclusion, the cost of environmental degradation is an important indicator that must be followed throughout the years to measure sustainable development planning and evaluate environmental policies.

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We received funding support from the National Center for Scientific and Technical Research Morocco under the Research Excellence Scholarship Program (Grant number: 13UH2C2021).

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  1. Laboratory of Process Engineering and Environment, Faculty of Science and Technology, Hassan II University, Mohammedia, Morocco

    Roukaya Bouyakhsass, Soukaina Bouaouda, Abdeslam Taleb & Salah Souabi

  2. Training Division at the Training Engineering Department, National Office of Electricity and Potable Water (ONEE), Rabat, Morocco

    Mohamed Laaouan

  3. Cadi Ayyad University, Faculty of Sciences Semlalia, Laboratory of Microbial Biotechnologies, Agrosciences, and Environment, Labelled Research Unit (N°4, CNRST), Marrakech, Morocco

    Loubna ElFels & Mohamed Hafidi

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Bouyakhsass, R., Laaouan, M., Bouaouda, S. et al. Wastewater and Solid Waste Environmental Degradation Cost in Mohammedia City. Water Air Soil Pollut 234, 344 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-023-06367-9

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