Morocco increases water reserves Morocco's dam reservoirs
reached 69 percent capacity as of March 18, 2004, holding a
total 10.2 billion cubic meters of water, up seven percent
compared to the same month last year, reported MAP. According to
the secretariat of state in charge of water, the rise in
reserves is due to the high level of rainfall recorded between
September 1, 2003 and March 18, 2004. In 2001, Morocco embarked
on an initiative to construct nine new major dams and eight mid-
size dams by 2004, in an effort to alleviate water shortages in
the country. The agricultural sector in Morocco consumes about
80 percent of the available water in the Kingdom, estimated at
14 billion cubic meters. — (menareport.com) © 2004 Mena Report
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