World Water Forum: Morocco calls for greater international cooperation on water issues

Moroccan Minister of Equipment and Water, Nizar Baraka, called, Wednesday from Bali, Indonesia, for greater international cooperation in water issues in order to develop the sector’s role in public policy.

“International cooperation in the water sector will play an important role in giving water the place it deserves in public policy”, he said at a ministerial meeting held part of the 10th World Water Forum, currently held in Bali.

Morocco is willing to share its experience in this field with all countries, said the official, recalling that the water policy implemented by Morocco witnessed a decisive turn under the guidance of King Mohammed VI.

This policy has been implemented through the diversification of water supply development to conventional and non-conventional water mobilization projects, in addition to water demand management as well as communication and awareness-raising campaigns on water saving.

“The Kingdom, which has suffered six consecutive years of drought since 2018, managed to overcome drought cycles thanks to its hydraulic infrastructures and its national water policy in line with the vision of the late Hassan II, consolidated and reinvigorated by HM King Mohammed VI,” he added.

The Moroccan official stressed further that under the impetus of the King, Morocco implemented a roadmap that has made it possible, in particular, to improve the efficiency of drinking water distribution and irrigation networks and to set up rainwater collection systems and seawater desalination plants in order to achieve a target of 1.7 billion m3 by 2030.