SWCC ENHANCES WATER PRODUCTION FOR BETTER SAUDI SUMMER TIME

SWCC has made thorough preparation to better meet the increasing demand for desalinated water in summer time, especially in expected to receive influx of tourists around the Kingdom, evincing greater readiness to increase water production capacity to supply Makkah, Asir, Jizan and Al-Baha with ample desalinated water demand. This goes in perfect harmony with the SWCC strategies previously developed to keep pace with the increasingly growing demand of water, drawing optimally on the new development projects it has recently put into action to further enhance water production, transmission and strategic storage systems. Of great note, SWCC is now ready to pump 315,000 cubic meters of desalinated water daily to Asir and increase the quantities of strategic storage from 850,000 cubic meters to 1,150,000 cubic meters of desalinated water by 35% in 2021 vis-à-vis 2020. Equally important, SWCC is in full swing of the continued implementation of the water transmission system project of Al-Shuqaiq (phase three), which will add 180,000 cubic meters of desalinated water for Asir (phase one), with a remarkable increase in pumping volumes estimated at 57%, in addition to the construction of new operational Abha tanks, which have a capacity of about 212,000 cubic meters, making up 44% of the current storage capacities, which will enhance Asir supplies and meet its seasonal needs of desalinated water. In Jizan, SWCC increased the supply capacity up to 225,000 cubic meters of desalinated water per day by enhancing the pumping quantities of the Al-Shuqaiq-Samtah transmission system, and establishing a new operational Al-Fatihah tank with a capacity of 170,000 cubic meters. This also includes the completion of associated pumping production system, and increasing the operating capacity of the pumping system of Jizan up to about 200,000 cubic meters of desalinated water per day, at a rate of 68%, with the completion of the Al-Shuqaiq transmission system, (phase three) to well meet the needs of the region throughout the year. SWCC also increased its capacity for water transmission systems for Taif, Al-Baha and the eastern governorates of Makkah, with the early start-up of 30% of the transmission system project through the new water transmission line, which will enhance the quantities and the pumping capacity, making up 58000 cubic meters of desalinated water per day, increasing the total daily pumping up to 368000 cubic meters of desalinated water per day in July, which will support the security of water supply to the city of Taif and Al-Baha. Equally important, increased its capacity for the transmission system to meet the desalinated water needs of Al-Baha, increasing the supply capacity up to 80000 cubic meters of desalinated water with the transmission system project almost coming into play (Taif, Terbah, Ranieh, Al-Khurma), while increasing the strategic storage readiness to support Taif and Al-Baha and meet the needs of these regions in summer time. In addition, SWCC has also provided an additional storage of about 400,000 cubic meters of desalinated water per day by increasing the current operational capacities, while still enhancing the strategic storage to reach a target of up to 650,000 cubic meters of desalinated water per day vis-à-vis 200,000 cubic meters of desalinated water per day per year, making up an increase of three times the amount of the previous strategic storage. In a similar vein, SWCC has increased the storage capacity in the Shuaiba production system up to 700000 cubic meters of desalinated water following the operation of 5 new tanks with a capacity of 140000 cubic meters per tank, which will support the water supply for the Hajj season and summer time for of Makkah, Jeddah, Taif and Al-Baha. Inspired by corporate kaizen, SWCC as always bolsters its operational readiness and develops the across-the-board business to ensure the security of the water supply in order to achieve the ambitious goals of the Kingdom's 2030 Vision, thankfully, driven and empowered by the generously unlimited support provided for the water sector by the wise leadership and the close follow-up of His Excellency Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture, much enhanced by the concerted efforts of the wealth of experience gained by the highly qualified national human resources.