Saudi Arabia launches sewage plants privatisation scheme – ZAWYA

Saudi Arabia launches sewage plants privatisation scheme – ZAWYA

Saudi Arabia's National Water Company (NWC) has started moving towards private sector participation in 114 sewage treatment plants with a total daily capacity of 5.1 million cu m/day by announcing the launch of the first phase of the programme.the company said it intends, in the first phase, to procuring contracts covering 15 sewage treatment plants with a total daily capacity of 2.5 million cu m/day, which is 50% of the total treatment capacity in the kingdom.this is in line with the implementation of the national water strategy 2030 objectives of increasing water investments and engaging the private sector in many projects, said a statement.a request for qualification (rfq) has been sent out with regards to five long-term operations.the company said these contracts provide for four plants in manfuhah, riyadh, with a total capacity of 900,000 cu m/day; two plants in hada and aranah, makkah region, with a total treatment capacity of 500,000 cu m/day; airport phase-one and al-khumrah plants in jeddah governorate with a total treatment capacity of 830,000 cu m/day; two plants in wadi al-arj, taif governorate, with a total treatment capacity of 167,000 cu m/day; and plants in arar, turaif and sakaka, northern borders and al-jouf regions, with