NWC starts implementing 30 water and environmental projects worth SR2 billion in Riyadh

Saudi Gazette report

RIYADH — The National Water Company, represented by its Central Sector, has begun implementing 30 new water and sewage projects in the Riyadh region. These projects, having pipelines and networks with a total length of 1,955 kilometers, are estimated to cost nearly SR 2 billion.

This is part of the company’s ongoing efforts to implement its strategic plans to develop infrastructure in both the sectors of water and environmental services. This is based on its initiatives to increase service coverage for its customers.

The company stated that it has begun implementing 16 water projects in Riyadh and several governorates in the region, including parts of Riyadh’s neighborhoods: Al-Taawun, Janadriyah, Laban, Diriyah, and Dirab, as well as parts of the governorates of Al-Quwaiiyah, Afeef, Al-Dawadmi, Al-Muzahmiyya, Al-Rayn, Al-Kharj, Hawtah Bani Tamim, Al-Hariq, Al-Majma’ah, Al-Zulfi, Thadiq, and the towns of Al-Uyaynah and Al-Jubailah. These projects span a total of 1,192 kilometers of water lines and networks.

The National Water Company is also constructing 18 water reservoirs with a total capacity of approximately 85,000 cubic meters and pumping stations with a capacity exceeding 247,000 cubic meters per day, at a total cost of more than SR1 billion.

The company has begun implementing 14 sewage projects in the Riyadh region and several governorates, covering parts of the Al-Munsiyah, Al-Mu’aizilah, Al-Hazm, Namar, and Al-Awali neighborhoods. In addition, separate sewage lines have been implemented in several neighborhoods in Riyadh and parts of the governorates of Al-Zulfi, Al-Ghat, Shaqra, Al-Muzahmiyya, Al-Kharj, and Hawtah Bani Tamim. These lines and networks with a total length of 763 kilometers, along with pumping stations with a capacity of 117,000 cubic meters per day, will be implemented at a total cost of over SR902 million.

The company indicated that this new package of projects complements the 46 projects announced in May 2024, worth more than SR1.6 billion, in addition to the 20 projects announced in August 2024, worth approximately SR1 billion.