The Idriss I Dam, also known as the Idriss the First Dam, is a gravity dam on the Inaouen River, a tributary of the Sebou River. The dam is situated in the Gharb Basin and is located Шаблон:Convert northeast of Fes in Taza and Taounate Province, Morocco. The dam serves to provide irrigation water for Шаблон:Convert of land and its power plant generates 66 GWh of electricity annually. It is named after Idriss I.[1] It has faced criticism since it failed to deliver irrigation to the projected number of acres and it has also denied water use to historical downstream agricultural and residential users.[2]
A number of water pollutants enter the Sebou River and its tributaries, notably including pesticides and fertilisers from agricultural runoff and untreated sewage from towns along the river.[3] In the upper parts of the watershed within the Middle Atlas is the prehistoric range of the endangeredprimateBarbary macaque, which animal prehistorically had a much larger range in North Africa.[4]
