Morocco’s dams reached a national filling rate of 70.6% on Feb. 16 after a new surge in water reserves driven by heavy winter rainfall, official data showed.
Total storage climbed to 11.83 billion cubic metres, up 899 million m³ from Feb. 7.
The sharp rise was led by the country’s largest reservoirs. Al Wahda, Morocco’s biggest dam, increased to 3.30 billion m³ from 3.12 billion, pushing its filling rate from 88% to 93%. Idriss I rose to 1.07 billion m³, reaching 94%, while Bin El Ouidane gained 153 million m³ to stand at 772 million m³, raising its rate to 63%. Dar Khrofa moved from 413 million m³ to 472 million, now 98% full.
Several dams stabilised at already high levels. Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah edged up to 94%. Al Massira, the country’s second‑largest but heavily depleted in recent years to 22%, still low relative to its capacity.
With multiple dams nearing capacity, authorities have intensified controlled releases. Since December, 4.2 billion m³ have been discharged across 11 dams to maintain safety margins.
At Oued El Makhazine, cumulative inflows hit 1.46 billion m³, including 1.03 billion m³ in the past 15 days, forcing significant releases. Similar measures were taken at Al Wahda.
