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Saudi Arabia announced on Wednesday that it will tender four water transmission projects under the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model to transport potable water.
The four Independent Water Transmission Pipeline (IWTP) projects represent an aggregate length of 1,246 kilometres and transmission capacity of 1.6 million cubic metres per day (m3/day), according to project details supplied by the National Centre for Privatisation & PPP (NCP).
The projects would be procured by the Ministry of Environment, Water & Agriculture, under 30-year Build-Own-Operate-Transfer (BOOT) contracts.
The projects are listed below as per their launch dates:
Tabuk-Al Ula IWTP
Location: Tabuk – Al Ula
Capacity: 497,000 m3/day
Length: 546 km
Launch: July 2024
Rabigh-Jeddah IWTP
Location: Rabigh - Jeddah
Capacity: 600,000 cubic meters/day
Length: 100 km
Launch: July 2025
Jazan IWTP
Location: Jazan
Capacity: 300,000 cubic meters/day
Length: 250 km
Launch: Date not specified
Ras Al Khair – Hafr Al Batin IWTP
Location: Ras Al khair – Hafr Al Batin
Capacity: 200,000 m3/day
Length: 350 km
Launch: Date not specified
Saudi Arabia is also offering seven desalination projects, 10 strategic reservoir and 6 wastewater projects under the PPP model.
(Writing by Senthil Palanisamy; Editing by Anoop Menon)
