MOROCCO DAMS RECORDS GOOD FILLING RATES

There has been a major improvement on Morocco water reservior level which is a good boost for the sector. In a recent interview, figures from Morocco’s Ministry of Equipment and Water shows that their filling rate reaching 32.2% with a reservoir level of over 5,186 billion cubic meters as of April 5.

According to reports, this represent an improvement from January which is due to the considerable rainfall and melting in numerous parts of the Kingdom in February and March.

Meanwhile, regardless of the improved rating, it is still lower than that set at the same period way back in 2023 which stole at  34.53%, with a reservoir volume of 5.576 billion cubic meters. Report shows that many of the dam fill rate could be attributed to each other, based on their geographic location.

Last week, the reservoir levels of the largest dam in Morocco, Al-Wahda, which recorded a fill rate of 57.43%, and the Idriss I dam, which recorded a fill rate of 25.53%. Reports shows that both dams contribute positively to the Sebou basin’s fill rate, that recorded at 49.82%, which increased by 0.36%.

Other filling rates shows that the Loukkos basin saw a 0.23% improvement at a filling rate of 63.03%, as it was mostly attributable to a 0.53% increase in Oued El Makhazine dam reservoirs to 93.6% and a minor rise in Dar Khrofa dam reservoirs to 29.85%.

Oum Er Rbia basin saw a minor improvement of 0.05%, bringing the fill rate to 7.19%. This was due to a 0.17% increase in the reservoirs of the third-largest dam in Morocco, Bin El Ouidane, which had a fill rate of 9.16%. The Oum er Rbia improvement can also be attributed to the levels of the second-largest dam, Al Massira, which had an increase of 0.12% from Thursday, to record a fill rate of 2.2%.

In a bulletin from the ministry published on April 1, its shows that the filling rates of dams across the Kingdom included a volume reaching 4.942 billion cubic meters and an overall filling rate of 30.7%.

Reports also shows that with a 100% fill rate, six dams have achieved their full capacity. These include the  El Nahla, Chefchaouen, Cherif Al Idrissi, Oued Zaa, Bouhouda, and Sidi Idriss dams. The April 1 bulletin posted by Morocco’s Ministry of Equipment and Water noted that these six dams play a vital role in water management throughout the Kingdom.

SOURCE: MoroccoWorldNews