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Eighteen dams are under construction or being raised across nine regions, according to the regional investment breakdown accompanying Morocco’s draft 2027 Finance Bill. The program also includes desalination, drinking water supply and irrigation projects.

The Kheng Grou Dam in Figuig province is nearing completion, with construction 91% finished and operations expected to begin by the end of December 2026. With a storage capacity of 1.07 billion cubic meters and a total investment of 1.2 billion dirhams, it will rank as Morocco’s fifth-largest dam by storage capacity. The entire project is expected to be completed in March 2027.

More desalination plants, small dams and water transfers between river basins: Morocco’s government is setting out plans to diversify the country’s water supplies. It also wants to tackle consumption, with tighter controls on groundwater extraction. Here is what its program entails.