ECO-DESIGN OF A DESALINATION PLANT IN IRONI BÉ, IN THE FRENCH OVERSES DEPARTMENTS AND TERRITORIES MAYOTTE

ECO-DESIGN OF A DESALINATION PLANT IN IRONI BÉ, IN THE FRENCH OVERSES DEPARTMENTS AND TERRITORIES MAYOTTE

Client : Les eaux de Mayotte

Location : Mayotte (976) – France

Project : Construction of a water purification plant by desalination in Ironi Bé, Mayotte

Consultant : OSMOSUN, AR ARCHITECTES, SETEC HYDRATEC, AQUAMATCH

Area : 9 603 m²(plot)

              2 001m² (buildings)

Cost : 86 955 182 euros (construction and maintenance)

Date : Competition in 2024

NATUR’OSMOSE© is a project with a low environmental impact, presenting itself as a unified element highlighting the desalination plant process and its industrial identity while facilitating its integration into the landscaping context
of the Mahorese cliff.
Indeed, the project respects the existing plant strata, namely the mangrove, the low vegetation, the palm and banana groves as well as the forest, to blend them into the environment. The future site of the Grande Terre desalination plant in Ironi Bé is thus located in a location close to a protected natural area as well as an important
road infrastructure, namely the Mamoudzou N2 national road.
The plant will treat 22 500m3/d of salt water to produce 10 000m3/d of drinking water with a discharge of 12 500m3/d of brack water.