Morocco - Water Sector Adjustment Programme

The present intervention relates to the Structural Adjustment Program of the Water Sector in Morocco. This program responds to Morocco's strategy of reforming its economy with a view to creating the necessary conditions for the harmonious and sustainable development of priority sectors. Drinking water, presents one of these sectors with regard to its role and its availability become over the years a precious commodity requiring a rational and rigorous management because of the repeated droughts and the disorderly use. The reform program should provide the necessary tools to protect this resource and mobilize it optimally and economically to the various economic agents. The expected effects of the program components are: (i) integrated water resources management; (ii) tariff regulation of water uses; (iii) reallocation of investment budgets; (iv) reform and management of agricultural water; (v) use of public-private partnerships; and (vi) control of the impacts of discharges on the environment and especially sanitation.