ILF Consulting Engineers announced in a statement that it has been appointed by Saudi Arabia’s National Water Company (NWC) to provide Project Management, the construction supervision, and the design review services for an important program which focusses on the improvement of the Drinking Water Quality in the Eastern Region.
In the Saudi Arabian cities of Dammam, Al Khobar, Qatif, Jubail, Abqaiq, and Al Hassa, the drinking water quality is negatively influenced by high salinity levels. To address this problem, The National Water Company (NWC) in the Kingdom has launched a program to improve drinking water quality in these areas.
The individual projects have an estimated overall contract value of around 4.8 billion Saudi Riyals 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.
To close all existing groundwater wells with high salinity levels, an additional 420.000 m3/day is needed from alternative sources in order to cater for the future daily demand of 1.370.000 m3/day. The primary source for this additional quantity will be supplied by The Saline Water Conversion Company (SWCC) in Saudi Arabia.
Currently, the program represents the biggest Urban Water Supply Program in Saudi Arabia. In total, the project comprises of 13 individual major urban water supply projects with a total value of almost 5 Billion SAR.
- Dammam: Four (4) Projects – 2.256 billion SAR
- Qatif Projects: Two (2) Projects – 643 million SAR
- Khobar Projects: Two (2) Projects – 665 million SAR
- Al Hassa Projects: Two (2) Projects – 543 million SAR
- Jubail Project: One (1) Project – 629 million SAR
- Abqaiq: Two (2) Projects – 68 million SAR
As its name indicates, the program will endure the improvement of water in quality and quantity until the year 2050 for the cities of Dammam, Alkhobar, Qatif, Alhassa, Jubail, and Abqaiq through:
- The construction of 42 mega / middle-sized reservoirs to improve strategic and operational storage
- The construction of 21 pumping stations to improve the operational safety within and amongst the cities.
- The construction of 520 km of water transmission pipelines to connect to new water sources and create strategic loops amongst the cities
- The construction of distribution networks extensions to serve new areas and replace old pipelines to reduce water losses and improve efficiency of the overall system
The extension of our involvement in this landmark development is seen as an expression of trust into the provision of engineering and advisory services by ILF in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and through our integrated teams from ILF Consulting Engineers in Saudi Arabia, ILF Consulting Engineers in Austria, ILF Consulting Engineers Czech Republic, and ILF Consulting Engineers Polska, statement mentioned.
