Saudi Launches Plans for Water Project Longer Than the Nile River

Saudi Launches Plans for Water Project Longer Than the Nile River

Saudi Arabia is preparing to undertake a massive project to create the world’s largest source of drinkable water.

Their plan involves digging a river that would span 12,000 kilometres in length, 11 metres in width, and four metres in depth – all with the aim of surpassing the length of the Nile River. This ambitious feat will require the use of anti-corrosion pipes, each with a diameter of 2.25 metres, as reported by popular Saudi journalist, Ahmad Al Shugairi in his TV series, Seen.

“The amount of effort spent to create underground rivers provides us with water in our homes, even though we are in an area that is mostly desert. It is a blessing I was born with, and from getting used to it I forgot it and took it for granted. Thank you to everyone who had a hand that we wake up and find water at home,” Al Shugairi stated.

He added: “After a few years, the length of the water pipes will transport this fresh water from one place to another,” indicating that this project be twice the size of the Nile, which is over 6,000 kilometres long.

Al Shugairi stated that this upcoming desalinated water transport network will be