Morocco’s water reserves have seen a sharp improvement following recent rainfall, with the national dam filling rate rising to 36%, up from 33.6% just four days earlier, official data show.
As of December 26, the country’s reservoirs held 6.046 billion cubic meters, compared to 5.637 billion cubic meters on December 22, that is a net gain of 409 million cubic meters.
Between December 10 and 15, dams added only 105 million cubic meters, followed by a modest acceleration of 119 million cubic meters between December 15 and 17.
The largest reservoir, Al Wahda, recorded a notable rise, moving from 1.512 billion cubic meters to 1.617 billion cubic meters, lifting its filling rate to 45% from 42%. By contrast, Al Massira, despite its vast capacity of 2.656 billion cubic meters, remains critically low at 3%, gaining just 5.5 million cubic meters.
Other major dams also improved: Sidi Med Ben Abdellah reached 86%, Oued El Makhazine climbed to 83%, while Idriss I rose to 37%. Smaller gains were observed at Bin El Ouidane (14%), Ahmed El Hansali (19%), and Dar Khrofa (17%).
Experts caution, however, that the recent surge does not signal an end to Morocco’s water stress.
