Recent rainfall has helped fill Morocco’s dams and slightly reduced fears of a drought agricultural season.
Morocco’s Ministry of Equipment, Transport, Logistics, and Water announced that Moroccan dams have reached a filling rate of about 33.8%.
Due to recent rainfall, the filling rate has reached one hundred percent in each of the Nakhla Dam, the Asmir Dam in Tetouan, the Bouhouda Dam in Taounate, as well as the Sidi Said Maacho Dam, which provides water to the city of Casablanca, and the Tangier Med Dam.
Last month, King Mohamed VI launched a 10 billion dirhams program that aims at mitigating the effects of the delayed rainfall, alleviate the impact on agricultural activity, and assist affected farmers and herders.
Furthermore, the ministry announced that it had allocated MAD 2.42 billion for the 2021-2022 emergency plan to secure drinking water supply across the country.
The Ministry has further launched an awareness campaign in order to make citizens aware of water stress and study emergency measures for water supply in the country.
The Ministry noted that “the awareness-raising campaign on saving water and how to rationalize its consumption will take several forms, in order to achieve the outlined goals.”
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