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nwc supports its operational efficiency in makkah and the holy sites with 10 projects worth over sr 253 million.
the national water company (nwc) announced the completion of all preparations for manage the water and environmental services sectors in makkah and the holy sites for this year's 1444h hajj season have been completed. nwc stressed that it has implemented its operational and technical plan for receiving the pilgrims this season in implementation of the directives of the wise leadership, may god protect them. the leadership is committed to using all capabilities and resources in the service pilgrims so that they can perform their rituals without any problems.the ceo of the company, eng. nemer bin mohammed al-shebl confirmed the readiness of the operational plan for this year's hajj season, which was developed at an early stage, and focused on providing the necessary quantities of water, to be distributed and pumped to makkah and the holy sites during the hajj season, with an operational and strategic storage amount of more than 3 million cubic meters, in order to provide the best services to the pilgrims.al-shebl said, the cost of the infrastructure development projects implemented and supervised by the company at the holy sites amounted to more than 253 million saudi riyals. several projects have been implemented to develop infrastructure, support water supply, raise the efficiency of networks in the holy sites, and increase the capacity of sewage transmission lines, in order to ensure the provision of the finest services to pilgrims.he pointed out that the projects include bolstering the water supply in arafat ritual site, requalifying water tanks and pumps, raising the efficiency of the cooling network supply (desert air conditioners) in mina ritual site, supporting real-time monitoring of water quality to activate proactive measures, supporting water tank supplies, increasing the capacity of sewage transmission lines, and improving and raising the efficiency of the water network in mina.al-shebl indicated that the operations in makkah and the holy sites are managed through control and control rooms through the (supervisory control and data acquisition) scada system, which specializes in monitoring water pressures in networks and tanks in the holy sites and makkah under the supervision of trained national cadres of more than 2,000 persons.the ceo of the national water company showed that the pumping of water continues around the clock in the grand mosque, the central region and the holy sites, with an average of up to 700,000 cubic meters per day, with the continuation of pumping water to all districts of makkah at 22 hours per day. additionally, the company is operating its water filling stations in makkah at full capacity, to cater for tanker requests for the districts that have no networks in this season. he confirmed that the company will continue its works implementation to achieve its targets by providing all services to the pilgrims since they arrive and until they leave.