The total water level of dams has only reached 23.55% of capacity on average, as Morocco is experiencing a significant water stress amid the prolonged scarcity of rainfall and successive years of drought, thereby exacerbating the water crisis in the Kingdom, according to Ministry of Equipment’s latest figures through this past Sunday.
The updated statistics of the Ministry showed that the total filling rate of Moroccan dams amounted to only about 3.79637 billion cubic meters, representing a filling rate estimated at 23.55%, while also noting that this percentage on the same day last year came in at 29.89%, with a filling volume of 4.88185 billion cubic meters.
Water levels in the following drainage basins were recorded as follows: Loukkos Basin, 39.29% capacity; Sebou Basin, 36.75%; Tensift Basin, 46.33%; Bouregreg Basin, 19.42%; and the Moulouya Basin, 25.89%.
As for the Ziz Basin, water levels remain at only 27.16% of capacity, while the Draa Oued Noun Basin stands at 20.48%, and 11.22% was tallied at the Souss Massa Basin. However, the lowest rate was recorded in the Oum Rbia Basin, reaching a paltry 4.75%.
It is noteworthy that the Oum Errabiâ Basin is experiencing a deficit in water levels for the fourth consecutive year, as the capacity of the dams attached to the reservoir have for quite some time recorded poor filling rates, often not exceeding nine percent.
By contrast, the basins in the north of the Kingdom (Loukkos and Sebou) are experiencing water recovery–as is the Tensift Basin (central Kingdom)–in comparison with those to the south.