3 May, 202312 May, 2023

NWC in Saudi Arabia awards ILF Consulting Engineers a $1.3 billion urban water supply program

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NWC in Saudi Arabia awards ILF Consulting Engineers a $1.3 billion urban water supply program
  • The National Water Company of Saudi Arabia has awarded the engineering firm ILF Consulting Engineers the project to improve the quality of drinking water in the Eastern Region of the country.
  • The project consists of 13 major projects and will run until the year 2050, with an estimated contract value of 4.8 billion Saudi riyals (approximately 1.3 billion US dollars).
  • The project includes the construction of transmission lines, network extensions, pumping stations, and storage tanks for the five cities in the eastern region.

Saudi Arabia’s National Water Company (NWC) has appointed ILF Consulting Engineers to provide Project Management, construction supervision, and design review services for an important program which focuses on the improvement of the Drinking Water Quality in the Eastern Region, according to a statement released by ILF Consulting Engineers.

In the LinkedIn post, ILF Consulting Engineers revealed the individual projects have an estimated overall contract value of around 4.8 billion Saudi Riyals (($1.3 billion) and include the construction of transmission lines, network extensions, pumping stations, and storage tanks for each of the five cities in the Eastern part of the country.

The program, billed as the biggest urban water supply programme in the Kingdom, will address the high salinity levels in drinking water in the Eastern cities of Dammam, Al Khobar, Qatif, Jubail, Abqaiq, and Al Hassa.

In total, the project comprises 13 individual major urban water supply projects and will extend until 2050:

  • Dammam: Four projects – 2.256 billion SAR
  • Qatif Projects: Two projects – 643 million SAR
  • Khobar Projects: Two projects – 665 million SAR
  • Al Hassa Projects: Two projects – 543 million SAR
  • Jubail Project: One project – 629 million SAR
  • Abqaiq: Two projects – 68 million SAR

The company also said that the program’s construction opportunities included:

  • 42 mega/middle-sized reservoirs to improve strategic and operational storage
  • 21 pumping stations to improve operational safety within and amongst the cities.
  • 520 km of water transmission pipelines to connect to new water sources and create strategic loops amongst the cities
  • Distribution networks extensions to serve new areas and replace old pipelines to reduce water losses and improve the efficiency of the overall system

Saudi Arabia’s Saline Water Conversion Company will be responsible for providing an additional 420.000 m3/day from alternative sources to replace the supply loss resulting from the closure of all existing groundwater wells with high salinity levels in order to cater for the future daily demand of 1.370.000 m3/day.

Source: Smart Water Magazine.