Saudi Arabia signs off water projects worth $130m

Saudi Arabia on Saturday announced contracts had been signed for water and sanitation projects worth SR487m ($130m).

The deals were inked by Abdullah bin Abdulrahman Al-Hossein, the Minister of Water and Electricity, Saudi Press Agency reported. The projects will be implemented in the provinces of Makkah, Madinah, Baha, Northern Borders, the Eastern Province, Qassim, Najran, and Tabuk, SPA added. The projects cover sanitation systems, water pipelines and networks, dam building, well digging and reservoirs.

Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest desalinated-water producer, needs to invest SR124.9bn in desalination and water recycling plants to meet demand, Riyadh-based NCB Capital said in a report.

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Subject(s)	CHARACTERISTICAL PARAMETERS OF WATERS AND SLUDGES , DRINKING WATER , DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION : COMMON PROCESSES OF PURIFICATION AND TREATMENT , ENERGY , FINANCE-ECONOMY , HYDRAULICS - HYDROLOGY , INFRASTRUCTURES , POLICY-WATER POLICY AND WATER MANAGEMENT , PREVENTION AND NUISANCES POLLUTION , RISKS AND CLIMATOLOGY , SANITATION -STRICT PURIFICATION PROCESSES , WATER DEMAND , WATER QUALITY
Geographical coverage	Saudi Arabia,
News date	17/03/2011
Working language(s)	ENGLISH

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