Morocco: Dams Filled to 51.2% (Ministry)

Morocco: Dams Filled to 51.2% (Ministry)
Tuesday 4 May 2021 - 15:48

The total storage of national dams have reached, as of March 03, 2021, more than 8.25 billion cubic meters (m3), a filling rate of 51.2%, according to data from the Ministry of Equipment, Transport, Logistics, and Water.

This level is higher than the one recorded on the same date last year, during which reservoirs amounted to nearly 7.76 billion m3, a filling rate of 49.8%, according to the daily situation of dams established by the General Directorate of Water.

Accordingly, the Alwahda dam has the largest reservoir, with a volume reaching 2.619 billion m3 and a filling rate of 74.4%, compared to 63.5% a year earlier.

The Idriss I dam ranks second with a reservoir of 892 million m3, a filling rate of 79%, compared to 85.3% last year.

With a filling rate of 93.5%, the Oued El Makhazine dam came third with a volume of 629 million m3.

 

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