NWC opens up investment opportunities for sewage treatment plants’ development – Saudi Gazette

NWC opens up investment opportunities for sewage treatment plants’ development – Saudi Gazette

RIYADH “” The National Water Company (NWC) has begun enabling private sector participation in 114 sewage treatment plants with total daily capacity of 5.1 million m3/day, in implementation of the National Water Strategy 2030 objectives.

The NWC objectives for the water sector are increasing water investments and engaging the private sector in many projects through the coming years.

The company said that it intends to launch the first phase by procuring contracts covering 15 sewage treatment plants with a total daily capacity of 2.5 million m3/day, which is 50% of the total treatment capacity in the Kingdom.

A Request for Qualification (RFQ) has been sent out with regards to five long-term operation.

The company said that these contracts provide for four plants in Manfuhah, Riyadh, with a total capacity of 900,000 m3/day; two plants in Hada and Aranah, Makkah region, with a total treatment capacity of 500,000 m3/day; Airport phase-one and Al-Khumrah plants in Jeddah Governorate with a total treatment capacity of 830,000 m3/day; two plants in Wadi Al-Arj, Taif Governorate, with a total treatment capacity of 167,000 m3/day; and plants in Arar, Turaif and Sakaka, Northern Borders and Al-Jouf Regions, with a total treatment capacity of 108,000 m3/day.

The company added that it would