JEDDAH - His Royal Highness Prince Khaled Al-Faisal, Advisor to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, Governor of Makkah Al-Mukarramah Region, inaugurated today in Jeddah, in the presence of His Excellency the Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture, Eng. Abdul Rahman Al-Fadhli, 72 development projects for the environment, water and agriculture system in the region, at a cost of more than 15.4 billion riyals. Benefiting about one million new beneficiaries, and supporting environmental and water sustainability in accordance with the objectives of the Kingdom’s Vision 2030.

His Highness extended his thanks to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and His Highness the Crown Prince - may God preserve them - for taking care of everything that would provide water and environmental services to the citizen. He also thanked the Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture, and employees of the Ministry and its affiliated sectors for their efforts.

For his part, His Excellency the Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture, Eng. Al-Fadhli, confirmed that the first of these projects was implemented by the Saudi Water Partnerships Company, by constructing and operating the Rabigh plant (the third stage) to produce water using reverse osmosis technology with the participation of the private sector, with a production of up to 600,000 cubic meters, and at a cost of more than 2.5 One billion riyals, and this project has won the Makkah Excellence Award in its 12th session, and the Guinness Prize as the world's largest reverse osmosis desalination plant.

He said: "Today we celebrate the inauguration of 9 projects implemented by the Saline Water Conversion Corporation, at a cost of more than 9.3 billion riyals, and included the construction and operation of the Shuaiba desalination plant (the fourth stage) with reverse osmosis technology, with a production quantity of 400,000 cubic meters per day, and at a financial cost of nearly 1.7 One billion riyals, the construction of 5 tanks at the Shuaiba plant, with a total storage capacity of 700,000 cubic meters, at a financial cost of more than 229 million riyals, and the implementation of the Al-Leith desalination plant with a production capacity of 42,500 thousand cubic meters per day, at a financial cost of more than 190 million riyals, and the construction of a conveyor line for desalinated water To Al-Leith Governorate, with a length of more than 4.8 linear kilometers, with a design transportation capacity of 60,000 cubic meters per day, and a financial cost of more than 134 million riyals.

He added that among the projects implemented by the Corporation, the Al-Qunfudhah desalination plant with a production capacity of 51,000 cubic meters per day, at a financial cost of more than 225 million riyals, and a new feeding line transporting desalinated water to Al-Qunfudhah Governorate with a length of more than 17 km long, with a designed transport capacity of 75 thousand cubic meters per day, and the construction of 5 tanks with a design storage capacity of 135,000 cubic meters in total, at a financial cost of more than 228 million riyals. A line transporting desalinated water with lengths exceeding 639 linear kilometers, with a design transportation capacity of 1.3 million cubic meters per day, and the construction of 47 tanks with a total storage capacity of more than 1.8 million cubic meters, and a transmission efficiency supported by 4 pumping stations, at a financial cost of more than 4.1 billion riyals.

Al-Fadhli indicated that the Corporation has also completed the course of the desalinated water transportation system by implementing the Taif water transfer system from strategic reservoirs to the governorates of Torbah, Rania and Al-Khurma, through the implementation of a water transmission line with lengths exceeding 112 km in length, and with a design transportation capacity of more than 156,000 cubic meters in Today, the construction of reservoirs with a total capacity of 66.5 thousand cubic meters, at a financial cost of more than 528 million riyals, explaining that one of the inaugurated projects is the operation of a water transmission system (Arafat - Taif) to transport desalinated water through a conveyor line whose length exceeded 44 km long, and a transportation capacity The design exceeded 176,000 cubic meters per day, at a financial cost of more than 1.1 billion riyals, in addition to the construction of 8 strategic tanks with a total storage capacity of more than 1,360 million cubic meters, and the completion of the implementation of the first phase of the strategic storage system in Taif Governorate, which included 9 strategic tanks, with total storage capacities. It exceeded 1.530 million cubic meters, and at a total cost of more than 861 million riyals.

His Excellency indicated that the National Water Company implemented 56 water and environmental projects in the region at a cost of more than 3.4 billion riyals. These projects included 11 projects, raising the efficiency of the daily distribution of drinking water; By extending main and subsidiary lines, and linking them to strategic water tanks, and daily distribution points, with lengths exceeding 41.5 km in length, support pumps with a total capacity of more than 172,000 cubic meters per day, and a central laboratory to ensure the quality of water distributed in the Holy Capital, at a total cost of more than 367 million He explained that in order to increase the coverage of water services and deliver them to the beneficiaries in 3 districts in the city of Makkah Al-Mukarramah, a project of operational water tanks with a storage capacity of 40,000 cubic meters, networks with lengths exceeding 153 km, and more than 5,000 domestic water connections were implemented. To serve more than 97,000 new beneficiaries, at a financial cost of more than 126 million riyals.

And he indicated that the company implemented in Jeddah 6 projects to support the infrastructure, raise the quality of the distributed water by extending main water lines, completing the port and linking it to strategic water tanks and the distribution system, with lengths of approximately 31 kilometers long, to raise operational efficiency in the province, and two projects to implement water networks in The Southern Al-Huda Scheme, the Mandarin Scheme, and the neighborhoods of Al-Shifa and Al-Alfiya, with lengths exceeding 100 km in length, and a pumping station with a capacity of more than 20,000 cubic meters per day, and at a total cost of more than 353 million riyals.

His Excellency stated that the company implemented in Taif Governorate 3 water projects, which included main lines with lengths of approximately 44 km, to feed the neighborhoods of the north of the governorate and its international airport, feeder transport lines, and sub-networks with lengths exceeding 105 km, to serve the neighborhoods of Al-Mutaradh and north-east of Al-Jawhara, at a cost A total of more than 193 million riyals, in addition to what the company has implemented to maximize the utilization of dam water and enhance water sources in Al-Qunfudah Governorate and Al-Quoz Center by constructing a purification plant on Wadi Yeba Dam, with a production capacity of 20,000 cubic meters per day, and another purification plant on Wadi Qanouna Dam With a production capacity of 18,000 cubic meters per day, to serve more than 190,000 beneficiaries, at a financial cost of more than 173 million riyals.

And he indicated that the company implemented a water transport line from the purification plant on the Marwani Dam with a length of more than 83 linear kilometers, to the Al-Rahili reservoir in the north of Jeddah with a capacity of 50,000 cubic meters, and to the Al-Kamil Governorate reservoir with a capacity of 10,000 cubic meters, and a pumping station with a capacity of 10,000 cubic meters. per day, to serve more than 200,000 beneficiaries, and at a financial cost of more than 192 million riyals, in addition to implementing 4 projects that included a water transmission line to Al-Kamil Governorate and its villages, another from Abu Marwa wells to the Zolm Center, and sub-networks in Adham Governorate, with total lengths exceeding 142 km linear, strategic and operational tanks with a total storage capacity of 23,000 cubic meters, and a filling station in Al Sail Al Kabeer to raise operational efficiency and enhance the daily distribution system, at a financial cost of more than 82 million riyals.

Regarding environmental services projects, Minister Al-Fadhli explained that the National Water Company has completed the implementation of the three-year upgrade project of the Arna sewage treatment plant from 250 thousand cubic meters per day to 400,000 cubic meters per day, and the implementation of 3 projects for sewage networks in 9 neighborhoods in Makkah. With lengths exceeding 256 linear kilometers, a lifting station with a capacity of 54,000 cubic meters per day, and more than 15,600 household sewage connections, it will contribute to serving more than 304 thousand new beneficiaries, at a total cost of more than 768 million riyals.

He added that the company implemented in Jeddah 9 projects for sewage networks with lengths of approximately 126 km, and more than 7,500 household sewage connections, in 14 neighborhoods to serve more than 146 thousand new beneficiaries, and two projects to remove environmental damage from 5 neighborhoods, by linking them to the service system And a project to implement a tanker estuary in the winery terminals for tertiary treatment, and a lifting station with a capacity of 96,000 cubic meters per day, at a total cost of more than 424 million riyals. A lifting station with a capacity of 40,000 cubic meters per day, sub-networks with lengths exceeding 83 linear kilometers, and more than 400 household sewage connections in 3 neighborhoods, which will contribute to serving more than 7,900 new beneficiaries, and a project to deliver renewable water to Prince Bandar Park and Sisid Park With a length of more than 2.6 km, and a total cost of more than 698 million riyals.

His Excellency stated that the company implemented a project in Thuwal to increase the coverage of environmental services; Through the implementation of networks with lengths exceeding 24 km, and more than 1,800 household sewage connections, to serve more than 35,600 new beneficiaries, and a project to implement a treatment plant with a capacity of 500 cubic meters per day in Bahra Governorate to serve development housing, at a total cost of more than 28 million riyals.

He also indicated that the ministry had implemented an earthen dam with concrete packaging in Al-Laith Governorate for the torrential stream in Al-Ghala with a length of 414 meters, a height of 14 meters, and a design storage capacity of more than 4.4 million cubic meters, and a financial cost of more than 34 million riyals. It also drilled and operated 13 underground wells below the dam. Surface Leith, with a production capacity of more than 22,000 cubic meters per day, and a subterranean well with a production capacity of 120 cubic meters per day, and the implementation of an operational tank and a filling station for tanks in each of the watering of Wadi Sidr and Wadi Safia in the Nakhil Center in Khulais Governorate, at a total cost of more than 4 Millions of riyals, indicating that the National Center for the Development of Vegetation Cover has implemented two projects in the middle of the Red Sea to plant 715 seedlings of mangrove trees to develop vegetation cover and combat desertification, at a financial cost of 24 million riyals.

His Excellency the Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture, Engineer Abdul Rahman Al-Fadhli, stressed that these qualitative projects were implemented in accordance with the best practical practices and technical expertise, to reflect the functioning of the environment, water and agriculture system, in accordance with national strategies established to translate our country’s ambitious vision 2030, and reflect the keenness of the leaders of this country to provide all means of livelihood generous to its citizens, and to those residing on its lands.