Morocco, under the leadership of King Mohammed VI, has attached utmost priority to sustainable water management in the context of recurrent drought and adverse climate change impact. Building on the legacy of his father late King Hassan II, King Mohammed VI urged building more dams designed to supply urban centers and farms as well as the use of non-conventional water resources, notably desalination. Acting on the monarch’s directives, the state has allocated 14 billion dollars over 2020-2027 to securing water resources and improving water management. Following the example of an operating desalination plant in Agadir and a developing one in Dakhla, Casablanca’s plant will allocate 50 million cubic meters to irrigation. Thanks to a farsighted approach, Morocco’s second largest tourist hub, Agadir, was spared water rationing and water cuts after a desalination plant started pumping fresh water to households and adjacent farms in 2021.
