Saudi Arabia’s National Water Company (NWC), represented by the Western Cluster, announced that it has started implementing water supply projects in Makkah at a cost of more than SAR1.6 billion ($426 million).

These projects are part of NWC’s strategies to develop the infrastructure of the water and environment sectors and increase the coverage rates in cities and governorates.

According to NWC, these projects would serve about three million beneficiaries per annum. This would be done through the implementation of projects to replace the main transmission lines of drinking water in the Third Ring Road for the first and second phases, it stated.

These project include the installation of main water lines running 29 km long that will serve 16 districts in Makkah, in addition to supplying the Masar Destination project.