Over 51% of Morocco’s rural population has individual access to drinking water, Minister of Equipment and Water Nizar Baraka stated Monday in Rabat.
In response to question time at the House of Representatives, Baraka noted that this rate has gradually increased from 22% in 2004 to 30% in 2010, and now exceeds 51%, adding that the number of households connected to drinking water has reached approximately 1.4 million homes.
The minister also emphasized that this progress is part of the implementation of the National Program for Drinking Water Supply and Irrigation launched in 2020.
Since the program’s launch through 2025, the National Office of Electricity and Drinking Water (ONEE) has invested approximately MAD 5 billion to strengthen production and supply infrastructure, he noted.
He also outlined plans to provide water supply by 2030 to some 11,050 douars, in addition to 7,890 more douars under this initiative, at an estimated total cost of approximately MAD 10 billion , funded in partnership with the Ministry of the Interior, regional multi-service companies, and the Ministry of Equipment and Water.
This project, Baraka continued, will see further progress in the wake of the new legal framework, under which regional multi-service companies will manage this sector as part of advanced regionalization, with the participation of elected officials on their boards of directors.
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