Saudi Arabia Awards Water Projects

Saudi Arabia has awarded SAR343m ($94m) worth of water projects to be implemented across the country.

Al Rafie’a Contracting has been awarded a SAR62.7m ($16m) contract to lay water pipelines and build a pumping station and water reservoirs in Dammam, according to waterworld.com.

Mashael Al Rawad Contracting, along with Al Baz National Contracting, has been awarded a SAR54.8m ($14m) contract for construction of sewage networks in Rafha (phase-2), Northern Border Region.

The contract also includes a SAR44m ($11m) pipeline for reservoirs in the east of Madinah City, a SAR40m ($10m) sewage project in Dammam, a SAR25m ($6m) pipeline and other sewage projects in Dammam and Al Khobar.

The contracts also include SAR24m ($6m) projects in the Madinah region, as well as a $6m water pipeline project in Madinah city.