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8/11/2025 11:00 AM
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HRH Prince Fahd bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz, Emir of Tabuk Region, inaugurated today at the Principality headquarters, in the presence of Engineer Abdulrahman bin Abdulmohsen Al-Fadhli, Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture, 23 development projects for the environment, water, and agriculture system in the region, at a cost exceeding 3.8 billion Saudi Riyals. The Emir also laid the foundation stone for 25 projects at a cost of over 580 million Saudi Riyals to serve the region's residents, support environmental, and water sustainability, in line with the goals of the Kingdom's Vision 2030.
The Emir of Tabuk Region extended his thanks and appreciation to King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Prime Minister, may God protect them, for their interest in everything that provides environmental, water and agricultural services to the region's population. HRH lauded that the continuous efforts of the Minister of Environment, Water, and Agriculture and the employees of the ministry and its affiliated sectors in providing services to beneficiaries and achieving food security for the Kingdom. The Emir emphasized that these development projects are a continuation of the great support that citizens and residents in general, and Tabuk region in particular, receive from the wise leadership, may God support them, to improve the quality of life and establish projects that have a direct impact on human life.
For his part, Engineer Al-Fadhli affirmed that the launched projects come in support of achieving environmental, water and agricultural sustainability, in accordance with the goals of the Kingdom's Vision 2030, and improve the quality of life in the Tabuk region. The minister praised HRH the Prince of Tabuk for his great and continuous support for the environment, water, and agriculture system, which has played an active role in accelerating the pace of development projects in the region. Engineer Al-Fadhli pointed out that the Saudi Water Authority (SWA) completed two water projects at a cost of more than 2.3 billion Saudi Riyals, including a project to construct small desalination plants on the west coast with a design capacity of 93,500 m3 per day to increase the supply of desalinated water in the fields of Dheba, Al-Wajh, and Umluj. SWA also completed a project to construct compact desalination stations with a design capacity of 72,000 m3 per day to increase the supply of desalinated water in the Dheba and Umluj fields.
The inaugurated projects included 16 projects implemented by the National Water Company (NWC) to enhance the drinking water distribution system and deliver water and sanitation services in the Tabuk region, at a cost of over 860.6 million Saudi Riyals, including 6 water projects at a cost of over 309 million Saudi Riyals, that the laying down of more than 290,000 meters of water lines and networks, a purification plant with a capacity of 150,000 cubic meters per day, in addition to the construction of four operational reservoirs with a storage capacity of 6,500 cubic meters, as part of the implementation of water purification plant projects for the comprehensive Tabuk water project, the implementation of drinking water networks in the city of Tabuk (Phase 9), the implementation of drinking water networks in Dheba Governorate, and the drinking water networks and reservoirs project for the villages of Dheba Governorate (Phase 1), in addition to the implementation of drinking water networks in the districts of Abu Shajara, Al-Jaboun, Al-Ulya, and Al-Naseem in Umluj Governorate, and the implementation of the remaining works of the drinking water networks project (Phase 5) in Taymaa Governorate.
The National Water Company (NWC) has also implemented projects to promote environmental sustainability and eliminate environmental damage to the population in Tabuk region. These projects included construction of 10 sanitation projects at a cost of over SR 551.6 million, covering more than 433,000 meters of sanitation networks and main lines, in addition, treatment plants with a total capacity of approximately 25,000 cubic meters per day were constructed, along with the implementation of a sewage lines and networks project in Tabuk city (Phase 12), the extension of sewage networks in the districts of Durrat Tabuk and Alia 2, the establishment of sewage networks in the districts of Al-Murooj and Al-Dahia in Dheba governorate, the implementation of sewage networks in Tayma (Phase 5), the expansion of the treatment plant in Al-Wajh (Phase 3), the implementation of the sewage project in Umluj governorate (phase one), extending the discharge line from the main pumping station to the treatment plant in Umluj governorate, the backup power supply project for treatment plants in Tabuk governorates, and the project to deliver sewage services to Tabuk University dormatory.
The Saudi Water Partnership Company (SWPC) implemented a project to construct the Tabuk (2) plant for wastewater treatment, with a design capacity of 90,000 m3 per day, reaching at peak 135,000 m3, at a total cost of over 550 million Saudi Riyals, in order to eliminate the environmental impact and utilize treated water in industry and irrigation.
The General Organization for Irrigation (SIO) completed two projects to regain well water and prevent flash floods, at a cost of over 92 million Saudi Riyals, including the construction of the fourth group of dams in the Tabuk region (Al-Baqar Dam), with a storage capacity exceeding 3.7 million cubic meters, and the project to construct and complete repairs to the Wadi Dam in Tabuk region, with a storage capacity exceeding 2.5 million cubic meters. Two projects were implemented for the cultivation and production of mangrove trees north of the Red Sea and the protection of new pastoral reserves in the region by the National Center for Vegetation Development and Combating Desertification (NCVC), at a cost exceeding SR 18 million.
In the same context, the National Water Company implemented 16 projects whose foundation stone were laid at a cost exceeding SR 468.5 million, and a project for the Saudi Irrigation Organization (SIO) at a cost of approximately SR 49 million. The Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture is also implementing two projects at a total cost of over 7.7 million Saudi Riyals, while the Sustainable Agricultural Rural Development Program is implementing five projects in the region at a cost of over 45 million Saudi Riyals. The National Center for Vegetation Development and Desertification Control (NCVC) is also implementing a project worth approximately SR 10.6 million.
