Morocco’s dam filling rate reached 29% as of October 15, totaling over 4.874 million cubic meters, up by 25% compared to the same period last year, according to data from Morocco’s Ministry of Equipment and Water.
Water storage levels in Morocco increased by 0.4% between Monday and Tuesday, according to the latest data published on the “Maa Dialna” platform. This increase was notably recorded in the Draa Oued Noun, Guir-Ziz Rheris, and Tensift basins.
As of Tuesday, dam filling levels in the Tensift basin reached 45%, while in the Guir-Ziz-Rheris basin, the levels rose to 48.5%. In the Draa Oued Noun basin, total filling levels reached 30.46%. However, the Souss Massa basin remains low at just 17.63%.
Despite ongoing water stress in some regions, the data showed stability in the main water basins in central, northern, and eastern Morocco. The Loukkos basin recorded a filling rate of 48.56%, followed by the Sebou basin at 40.88%, the Moulouya basin at 35.8%, and the Bouregreg basin at 33.12%. In contrast, the situation remains critical in the Oum Er-Rbia basin, where the filling rate has not exceeded 5%.
The data also highlighted improvements in the Guir-Ziz-Rheris basin following the recent rains. At Hassan Addakhil Dam in the Errachidia province, water storage increased to 178.3 million m3, representing 57% of its total capacity, with water inflows reaching 22.66 million m3. In the Kaddoussa Dam, water storage reached 70.22 million m3, or 31.34% of its total capacity, with inflows of 6.64 million m3.
Guir-Ziz Rheris basins and the El Maider lake in central Morocco experienced substantial rainfall between Sunday and Monday morning, contributing to the replenishment of aquifers and increasing water inflows to the Timkit Dam, which received nearly 11 million m3 of water in just two days.
In the Souss Massa basin, the dams received about 10.5 million m3 of water due to recent rainfall, particularly in the Oued Ghriss region, which saw significant water inflows after heavy rains in southeastern areas.
Morocco is firmly committed to a strategy seeking to strengthening its hydraulic capacities through the construction of 17 large dams, expected to increase the country’s storage capacity by 5.6 billion m3, representing a total investment of MAD 28 billion.
According to the latest figures provided by the Maa Dialna.ma platform, launched by the Ministry of Equipment and Water, the Ghiss Dam in Al Hoceima, with a storage capacity of 93 million m3, is nearly completed with 98% of the work done. Similarly, construction work on the M’dez Dam in Sefrou, which has an estimated capacity of 700 million m3, has reached 95% completion.