Consortium starts management, operation and maintenance of South Cluster in KSA

Consortium starts management, operation and maintenance of South Cluster in KSA

The consortium selected last February to manage the water services of the South Cluster of Saudi Arabia has formally begun its mission with the celebration of a project launch ceremony (Launching Day Ceremony).

The consortium lead by Aqualia and where ACCIONA and the locals Tawzea and HAACO groups are part of it, will be in charge of the Management, Operation and Maintenance of the end-to-end water cycle for seven years in the regions of Assir, Jazan, Baha and Najran, a region known as the South Cluster that covers these four provinces in the south of Saudi Arabia with a population of over five million and a surface area equivalent to 240,000 km².

The consortium has chosen a multidisciplinary and multinational team of 39 experts to lead the project. They will optimize the operations and management of water services in this immense southern Saudi region and implement the social, environmental and economic sustainability goals of the project.

Antonio Olivas, South Cluster Project Director says: “The profiles that make up the consortium are highly specialized and experienced, which is why their selection has been particularly complex in a global labor market in which companies compete to attract talent. However, the correct selection of these specialists