Morocco’s water reserves continued to decline this week, with national dam filling levels stabilizing at 31 percent, near last year’s figure, according to data from the Directorate of Water Engineering under the Ministry of Equipment and Water.
The country’s reservoirs currently hold about 5.2 billion cubic meters of water out of a total capacity of 16.7 billion.
Despite a slight national gain of under two percentage points compared with 2024, the increase remains uneven across the nine main river basins.
Some basins, such as Bouregreg, saw strong recovery with filling rates reaching 63.5 percent, while others recorded sharp drops. The Ziz–Guir–Ghris basin fell from 97 percent to 47.7 percent year-on-year, and Oum Er-Rbia remains critically low at 9 percent.
The Sebou basin now accounts for about 43 percent of Morocco’s total stored water, with a filling rate of 40.6 percent, almost unchanged from last year.
Continued deficits in major agricultural basins such as Oum Er-Rbia, Souss-Massa, and Moulouya raise concerns about irrigation and drinking water supplies.
The Directorate of Meteorology said weather changes are expected midweek, with light scattered rain and cooler temperatures forecast across northern Morocco.
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