Saudi NWC starts work on nine water projects in Tabuk
The National Water Company's (NWC) Northwest Cluster has announced that it has started work on nine water and sanitation projects in Tabuk region at a cost of SAR300 million ($80 million) to increase the percentage of service coverage, raise operational efficiency, and upgrade customer service.
The company said of these, three are linked to drinking water projects in the districts of Rayes, Al Nazeem and Tabuk South.
This is done through the construction and completion of water networks, main lines and water site works, with a total length of more than 60km, at a cost exceeding SAR62.2 million.
NWC said it has started the implementation of two sanitation projects in Tabuk at a cost of SAR65 million.
The first project comprises the expansion of the main lift station in Tabuk by increasing the efficiency of the existing station's capacity through the installation of four pumps with a capacity of 90,000 cubic meters per day instead of the previous capacity of 60,000 cubic meters per day.
The other project consists of implementing main lines and sewerage networks with lengths of 46.7 km to increase the coverage rate of sewage services in Shafa and Yarmouk districts.
According to NWC, it has also initiated the implementation of two water projects: one in Haql Governorate, which includes the implementation of the transmission line with a total length of 21.9km, the construction of an operational reservoir with a capacity of 5,000 cu m and a pumping station with a capacity of 5,000 cu m per day, at a total cost of SAR51.4 million; and the second in Qulaybah Center, which establishes a drinking water purification plant with a capacity of 1,000 cu m/per day at a cost of SAR39.4 million.
In addition to these, NWC is laying the main and feeder sewage lines and networks of different diameters in the districts of Al Rahmaniya and Al Shafa in Tayma Governorate with a length of 43.3km.
The other project includes the implementation of sewage networks and main lines with a length of 32.5 kilometers to serve the districts of Al Rayyan, Al Sabkha, Al-Yarmouk, West of Al-Dhahra in Haql Governorate, in addition to the construction of a lift station with a capacity of 9,600 cubic meters per day.
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