During the month of March, Moroccan dams experienced a remarkable recovery in terms of its fullness, because the total percentage reached 35.58%, which is equivalent to 5.99 billion cubic meters of water, thanks to the strong precipitation that the different regions of the kingdom knew during the recent period.
This improvement shows a remarkable difference from the same period last year, because the percentage of filling at this time did not exceed 26.66%, which reflects an increase in the stock of water which supports the agricultural sector and contributes to ensuring the supply of drinking water.
The ratios of the dams vary considerably between the water pools in Morocco, because some northern dams recorded 100% full thanks to the strong and small capacity of these dams. On the other hand, the southern dams and the spring basin suffer from low filling rates, in some cases which do not exceed 7%, due to the competence accumulated over the years and the large capacity of the main dams.
Mustafa Benrakel, President of Ecological Enlightenment for Development and Climate, believes that recent precipitation that Morocco has seen, despite its great importance and distribution in various regions, was not sufficient to compensate for the enormous specialization of water in major and medium dams.
In a declaration in Hespress, Benrakel said that the Northern dams, which are characterized by a small capacity and the close location between the mountains, have managed to reach a filling rate of approximately 100%, while the main dams such as the briefing of the walking, the unit dam and the Sidi Muhammad bin Abdullah barrage still suffer from low levels of rate and Percentage is a major factor in the total filling rate at the national level.
He warned that these main dams have experienced significant water stress in the past seven years, as the filling rates of certain water pools have decreased at very low levels, such as 4% in the Umm Al -rabi basin, in addition to other basins such as Souss, Kiir and Ziz.
The Ecological Enlightenment Head for Development and the Climate stressed that this great decrease made it difficult for recent falls to fully fill these dams, which explains the stability of the total percentage at the limits of 35.58 percent, stressing that these falls represent good signs, but they are not enough to allow the water crisis currently confronted by For Dotco.
For his part, the agricultural engineer, Mohamed Benat, warned that the total filling rate of the kingdom’s dam does not reflect the real image of the situation of water in Morocco, due to the great disparity of precipitation between the parties.
Benat said that, in an interview with Hespress, that the northern regions benefited from heavy rains which allowed certain dams to reach a filling rate of 100%, while the South and the Umm Al -Rabi basin did not have the same number of precipitation, which affected the total percentage, adding that this percent March.
The spokesman stressed that the nature of the stormy rains contributed to the strengthening of the water stock, because it facilitated the process of racing and racing in the valleys, which led to water towards the dams effectively, indicating that this improvement is positive, but it remains insufficient to fill the great specialty in certain areas, in particular those which have been subjected to a previous drain.
The agricultural engineer himself expressed his optimism as for the continuous stimuli in the coming weeks, on the basis of the expectations of the General Directorate of Meteorology, which indicates a rainy atmosphere in March and April, which could increase the more filling percentage if these expectations are satisfied.
