$830m water projects start operation in Makkah
01 September 2019
A number of water projects in Makkah and other holy sites of Saudi Arabia worth over SR3.1 billion ($830.4 million) have opened coinciding with the Hajj season this year, a Saudi Press Agency report said.
These projects include a pipeline for carrying water from the desalination plant in Al Shuaibah to Makkah and the holy sites built at a cost of SR875 million, and the second phase of Al Shuaibah Desalination Plant with a capacity of 250,000 cu m per day built at a cost of over SR1.175 billion.
Other projects included water networks, connections to homes, strategic reservoirs and sanitary drainage networks and connections at a cost of over SR600 million in several districts of Makkah and the holy sites.
These projects are in addition to the desalination unit in Al Shuaibah that works on the multi-effect evaporator system, built at a total cost of SR465 million.
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