- The new desal plant in Ras Al-Khair will increase drinking water supply to Riyadh next year by 50 percent from 1.6 million to 2.4 million cubic meters per day, Water and Electricity Minister Abdullah Al-Hussayen said here recently.
He said the water and electricity sector has been making an annual growth of 7 percent. Saudi Electricity adds nearly 4,000 megawatt to the Kingdom’s power network every year, he said, adding that about 90% of the network has been linked.
Al-Hussayen said the ministry has started imposing fines on households and other institutions for not preventing water leakage. “We have collected fines amounting to more than SR400,000 in a single year,” he said.
Speaking about privatization of Saline Water Conversion Corporation, he said the Supreme Economic Council has approved the plan. “The matter is now under discussion with the Finance Ministry,” he added.
