Official data released on Saturday by Morocco’s Ministry of Equipment and Water showed a sharp rise in national dam reserves, with the overall fill rate reaching 65.23 percent, or more than 10.9 billion cubic metres of stored water, compared with 27.71 percent over the same period last year.
The Abu Regreg basin posted one of the highest fill rates nationwide at 92.2 percent, with total reserves of about 998.6 million cubic metres, supported by Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah dam at 94 percent, the data showed.
The Loukkos basin recorded an overall fill rate of 89.3 percent and reserves of about 1.706 billion cubic metres, with three dams reaching full capacity, including Oued El Makhazine dam at 672.8 million cubic metres, alongside Chefchaouen and Nakhla. Khroub stood at 99 percent and Smir at about 98 percent, while Jmaa was reported at about 19 percent.
In the Sebou basin, reserves totalled about 4.707 billion cubic metres, with an overall fill rate of 84.7 percent. Four dams were at 100 percent, while Al Wahda dam stood at about 88 percent with a stock of more than 3 billion cubic metres, the ministry figures showed.
Elsewhere, the data showed fill rates of 82.1 percent in Tensift, 59.3 percent in Guir Ziz Ghris, 53.9 percent in Souss Massa, 52.6 percent in Moulouya and 38.3 percent in Oum Er-Rbia basin, where the ministry reported strong levels in some structures but continued weakness in Al Massira dam at 17 percent. In Drâa Oued Noun, the fill rate was 32.7 percent, led by Agdz at 42 percent and Mansour Eddahbi at 36 percent.
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