Morocco’s National Office of Electricity and Potable Water (ONEE) has embarked on an ambitious initiative to modernize the country’s water infrastructure supervision through a centralized digital platform, reports Les Inspirations Eco daily. The project responds to mounting pressure on water resources as the kingdom navigates persistent drought conditions and demographic challenges.
The platform will aggregate real-time data from water distribution networks, enabling officials to monitor everything from treatment plants to reservoirs and delivery points. This represents a fundamental shift from fragmented oversight to unified supervision, allowing authorities to cross-reference historical data, generate intelligent alerts, and obtain instant assessments of infrastructure status.
Morocco faces increasingly severe water scarcity, forcing policymakers to rethink traditional management approaches that focused primarily on infrastructure maintenance. Recent reforms, including the establishment of regional multi-service companies and progressive investment in desalination technology, demonstrate the government’s commitment to diversifying water sources and optimizing distribution.
However, ONEE confronts significant complexity in its current systems. Decades of investment have created a patchwork of industrial automation equipment, remote management devices, control platforms, and geographic information systems that operate independently. While this generates valuable data, integration and analysis remain problematic.
The new digital infrastructure addresses these challenges by harmonizing practices across regions, strengthening operational traceability, and securing industrial systems against rising cybersecurity threats. The platform will meet international security standards to protect critical installations while ensuring reliable data exchanges between information technology and operational environments.
The nationwide project encompasses ONEE’s entire operational territory from north to south, covering major hydraulic basins throughout central Morocco. Preliminary studies will assess existing infrastructure, identify vulnerabilities, and propose target architecture capable of supporting future developments. This comprehensive approach will consolidate resource management, equipment monitoring, and performance tracking while providing precise planning tools for network investments.
Beyond technological advancement, the initiative promises reduced network losses, optimized energy consumption, and assured water supply continuity during stress periods. The project aligns with ongoing institutional reforms while placing innovation and data mastery at the center of Morocco’s water strategy.
