Saudi Arabia is a land which is full of natural resources like oil and
gold but on the other hand, they are facing a shortage of clean water for
drinking purpose. Water reservoir facilities are required to be constructed in
Saudi Arabia because water got mixed with oil due to which the taste and smell
of water are not healthy to drink.
Another problem is its growing population which has been stated by the
Arab news in 2013 that population rose from to 1.4 million in 1986. In 1993,
the population increased to 2 million and 3.2 million in 2010. It is expected
that it will increase in future.
At Briman, Jeddah, there is the largest drinking water reservoir which
is declared “the world largest drinking water storage facility” by Guinness
Book of World Records.
Simon White, Atkins’ technical director, and the design manager says,
the project roughly costs $200M and has also received a highly praised award
for an amazing global design project at the British Expertise International
Awards 2015 and the National Water Company (NWC) Saudi Arabia key project award
in 2016.
This will help in supplying drinking water to a million of residents
living in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. It has a capacity of 2.064 million cubic
meters. The CEO of NWC stated that this reservoir will not only help in
supplying water but will also improve the clean water and the drainage system.
This is also appreciated by the Emir and Ministry of Saudi Arabia. The
accomplishment has been recorded in the Guinness Book of world records by
replacing the previous entry of 1.8 million cubic meters. There are 11
cylindrical reservoirs which have been manufactured under this project.
Every tank is 120m in diameter and 18m in height and are same as to 800
Olympic sized swimming pools. Each tank
has a capacity to store water of 188 thousand cubic meters at a cost of more
than SR 740 million.
The first phase of the project was made especially by NWC which has been
supplying clean water to the residents of Jeddah for about two years now and
everything is going perfectly.
The NWC has already signed a contract for phase two and three of the
project, which will increase to 2 million cubic meters. The second phase will
be applied in the Briman area and the third in the Faisaliah area of Jeddah at
a cost of SR 824 million.
This project is the first project in Jeddah which was taken as an
essential solution to supply water and overcome the major challenges to the
water sector in Jeddah.
The company is now working on the completion of measures to begin the
fourth and fifth phases with a capacity of one million cubic meters of each
phase of water storage projects.
This water reservoir project is going to provide secure water in
emergency cases and changeable situations to the population. This is a great
achievement for all the team members who are linked to this project.
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