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10 Apr 2021 DAMMAN
Saudi Utility Completes Five Water, Environmental Projects Worth $28.8 Million USD
Projects benefit 12,000 people, include implementation of more than 130km of main and subsidiary networks, and household connections.
10 Feb 2021 WASHINGTON DC, United States
US Withdrawal Of Military Support To Saudis Offers Hope For Yemen
US President Joe Biden has announced that he is “ending all American support for offensive operations in the war in Yemen, including relevant arms sales”, in a move intended to bring to an end the six-year war that has “created a humanitarian and strategic catastrophe”. Fighting between a Saudi-led Arab coalition backed by the US and UK, and Iranian-backed Houthi rebels has killed more than 100,000 people since March 2015, and displaced 3...
25 Jan 2021 DUBAI
Signs Of Saudi Arabia's Water Sector Privatisation Plans
For its privatization plans, Saudi Arabia is not thinking – or taking - half-measures. If anyone needs confirmation, check out the kingdom’s utility sector… and specifically, the water side of it. “All desalination plants will become standalone production companies as part of our privatization strategy,” said Abdullah Bin Ibrahim Al-Abdlkareem, Governor of Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) and Chairman of newly formed Water Transmission and Technologies Co...
18 Jan 2021 OUAGADOUGOU
China, Saudi Finance Burkina Faso Drinking Water Projects
The implementation of several drinking water projects in Burkina Faso is set to be financed by China and Saudi Arabia following the signing of two financing agreements worth a total of over US$ 58.19m by representatives from the three nations. The Exim Bank of China will provide close to US$ 58m in the form of a concessional loan to strengthen the drinking water supply system of the cities of Tenkodogo, Garango, Bittou, and Bagré...
17 Dec 2020 Glasgow, Scotland
US Will Host A Climate Summit In First Quarter Of 2021
United States President-elect Joe Biden has announced that the US will host a climate summit of the world’s major economies before the end of March 2021. Biden has already committed the US re-joining the Paris Climate Agreement on the day of his inauguration in January.The announcement follows a virtual "Climate Ambition Summit" co-hosted by the UN, the United Kingdom, Britain, France, Italy, and Chile on 12-13 Decmber which was organised to mark the fifth anniversary of the Paris accord and was held in lieu of the originally-scheduled COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland, which will now happen in November 2021...
11 Dec 2020 RIYADH
Saudi Arabia Announces Water, Environment Investment In Asir Region
Saudi Arabia's National Water Company (NWC) has announced plans to develop water and environmental projects worth more than SR800 million ($213 million) in the Asir region.These projects will help serve more than one million beneficiaries of the water and sanitation services in cities, governorates and centres of the region...
23 Nov 2020 BAGHDAD
Iran Accused Of Scuppering Saudi-Iraqi Agricultural Project
Saudi Arabia abandoned a major agricultural investment project being discussed with Iraq in its early stages due to a water deficit, according to the Iraqi government. Unofficial sources, however, said the project was actually scrapped because of heavy pressure from Iran’s agents and proxies, including politicians and leaders of armed Shia militias...
13 Nov 2020 RIYADH
Saudi Arabia: New State Water Management Company Established, Precursor To Privatization
Saudi Arabia has launched a new company for the management and maintenance of water transmission, distribution and storage systems that span over more than 8,000 km and transmit more than 7 million cu m per day of desalinated water across the country. The new entity, Water Transmission and Technologies Company (WTTCO), was enacted by the council of ministers and is one outcome of the privatization programme in the kingdom’s water sector...
12 Oct 2020 SEOUL
Doosan Shutters Saudi Water Research Centre
South Korean contractor Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction has decided to close its water research unit in Saudi Arabia to align with a rehaul of its overseas organisation, Business Korea reported last week. Doosan will shut down its Water Research and Development Centre in Dammam, which it operated in cooperation with the Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC), as part of a plan to close less efficient overseas branches...
12 Oct 2020 RIYADH
Saudi Arabia Pioneers Sea Water Use For Vegetable Growth
Saudi Arabia announced the success of its seawater-based agricultural research project, to become the first of its kind in the Arab region. The project enables the reduction of water waste and energy costs in the production of fish and vegetables by adopting a closed system to fully recycle seawater, in addition to special cooling in greenhouses without using any other water source, as the success of cooling systems was studied in light of changes in temperature and humidity throughout the season...
8 Oct 2020 AS-SALIF, Yemen
Security Council Demands Access To Decaying Oil Tanker Which Threatens Yemen Freshwater Resources, Ecosystems
This news article was updated 19 OctoberThe United Nations Security Council has called on Iran-backed Houthis to give experts immediate access to the stricken SFO Safer oil tanker in the Red Sea. The tanker has been stranded and unmaintained for five years north of Yemen's port city Hodeidah.The condition of the tanker, containing an estimated 1,148,000 barrels of light crude oil and anchored 4...
20 Sep 2020 RIDAYH
G20 Ministers Discuss Resilient Water Management
On September 12, 2020, the G20 Agriculture and Water Ministers met to discuss the COVID-19 response and its related challenges of food security, responsible agriculture investment, and “sustainable and resilient water management.” This latest meeting, part of the ongoing G20 Dialogue on Water as well as the first joint meeting of the G20 Agriculture and Water Ministers, also discussed ways to strengthen and safeguard food supply chains, support responsible investments in the agricultural and food sectors, food loss prevention tactics, and best practices for supporting sustainable and inclusive growth in these sectors.