Saudi Natl Water launched water and wastewater projects

Saudi Arabia's state-owned National Water Co. or NWC, launched water and wastewater projects during the last two years at a cost of 10 billion Saudi riyals ($2.67 billion), Jeddah-based Okaz daily reports Saturday, citing an official.

Turkish, Korean, and United Arab Emirates companies, as well as local contractors are engaged in projects in this sector across the kingdom and NWC is cooperating with them to set up a plan to accelerate the implementation of these projects, Loay Mussalam, the company's chief executive.

The daily says that the Saudi government has allocated SAR8 billion in the public budget for wastewater projects in Jeddah.

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Newspaper Web site: www.okaz.com.sa

Contact information	By Beirut Bureau, Zawya Dow Jones (email: BeirutZDJ@zawya.com) Phone: +961-1-985 757
News type	Inbrief
File link	http://www.zawya.com/Story.cfm/sidZW20100417000015/Saudi%20Natl%20Water:%20New%20Projs%20Launched%20Cost%20SAR10B
Source of information	Zawya, 17 Apr 2010 / Zawya Dow Jones
Subject(s)	CHARACTERISTICAL PARAMETERS OF WATERS AND SLUDGES , DRINKING WATER , DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION : COMMON PROCESSES OF PURIFICATION AND TREATMENT , SANITATION -STRICT PURIFICATION PROCESSES , SLUDGES , WATER QUALITY
Relation	http://www.okaz.com.sa
Geographical coverage	Saudi Arabia
News date	28/04/2010
Working language(s)	ENGLISH

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