Morocco dam filling rate hits 70.37 percent as stored water jumps to 11.8 billion m3

As of Feb. 15, 2026, Morocco’s overall dam filling rate reached 70.37%, up from 27.60% on the same date in 2025, according to official water planning data. Stored volume rose to about 11.8 billion m3, compared with 4.6 billion a year earlier.

Key figures

70.37%

Overall filling rate, Feb. 15, 2026

27.60%

Overall filling rate, Feb. 15, 2025

11.8 bn m3

Stored volume, Feb. 15, 2026

4.6 bn m3

Stored volume, Feb. 15, 2025

Change in one year: plus 42.77 percentage points and about 7.2 billion m3.

What this changes

Stronger drinking water supply planning for at least the next two years
More comfortable irrigation allocations for key agricultural plains
Improved conditions for groundwater recharge

Basin snapshot

Basin	Filling rate	What it affects
Loukkos	Above 94%	Regional water security and irrigation
Sebou	Above 91%	Agriculture backbone, more than 5 billion m3 stored
Bouregreg	Near 93%	Drinking water supply for the Rabat to Casablanca corridor
Oum Er Rbia	Near 45%	Recovery after extremely low levels early 2025
Souss Massa	Above 54%	Irrigation dependent region, boosted by Oulouz reaching full capacity