Source : WAM
Morocco has bounced back from the effects of a seven-year drought, achieving a notable recovery in water inflows that has raised dam levels to 46 percent, according to Nizar Baraka, Minister of Equipment and Water.
Addressing the House of Representatives, Baraka reported that water inflows reached 3.5 billion cubic metres between early September and 12 January, with 3.1 billion cubic metres recorded in the past month alone. Total water reserves rose to 7.7 billion cubic metres, compared to 28 percent during the same period last year, according to the Maghreb Arabe Press Agency.
He credited the recovery to a 95 percent rainfall surplus and exceptional snowfall, which have ensured drinking water supplies for the entire country for a full year and provided greater flexibility in managing resources.
Baraka emphasized that this temporary improvement will not slow long-term plans, noting that the government is continuing to advance desalination projects and develop the “water highway” linking the Sebou basin with the Bouregreg and Oum Er-Rbia basins to secure sustainable water resources.
