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A water service truck in Jeddah. Water supply and sanitation in Saudi Arabia is characterized by challenges and achievements. One of the main challenges is water scarcity.In order to overcome water scarcity, substantial investments have been undertaken in seawater desalination, water distribution, sewerage and wastewater treatment.
The Ministry of Environment Water and Agriculture (MEWA; Arabic: وزارة البيئة والمياه والزراعة), is a government ministry in Saudi Arabia responsible for the achievement of sustainability of the environment and natural resources in the Kingdom. [1]
The Saudi Water Authority (SWA) was formerly the Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) until March 2024, when a session of the Council of Ministers of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, headed by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, agreed to change the name to the Saudi Water Authority (SWA), officially ...
Saudi Arabia's high standard of living encourages fossil fuel based transportation. [1] Saudi Arabia has yet to develop a concrete public transport sector. [2] Therefore, private transportation is a major contributor to air pollution. Moreover, car usage and city life contribute to dangerous degrees of heavy metals in urban soils. [9]
Inadequate sanitation is a major cause of disease world-wide and improving sanitation is known to have a significant beneficial impact on health both in households and across communities. The word 'sanitation' also refers to the maintenance of hygienic conditions, through services such as garbage collection and wastewater disposal.
The primary contractors for construction of the plant were the Doosan Group and Saudi Archirodon. [5] Doosan was awarded the prime contract in September, 2010. [ 9 ] Additional contractors for the plant included Fluid Equipment Development Company for energy recovery devices, Siemens for generators, turbines, and related equipment, and Hyosung ...
Al-Musk Lake (Arabic: بحيرة المسك) was an artificial sewage lake east of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, a city that (at the time) lacked an underground sewage system. [1] The lake was established by the Municipality of Jeddah in the 1990s. [2]
Saudi Arabia has abandoned its self-sufficient food production and is now importing virtually all of its food. [34] Saudi Arabia has built desalination plants to provide about half the country's freshwater. The remainder comes from groundwater (40%), surface water (9%) and reclaimed wastewater (1%).