The National Water Company (NWC) distributed over 1.5 million cubic meters of water to the holy sites on Sunday and Monday, an official of the company revealed recently.

The company’s spokesman, Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al-Museibih, the executive director of branding and corporate communications, said that the firm’s executive directors held several meetings with various agencies at operational sites and control rooms, which are run under the Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system to monitor the water and sewage networks at the holy sites.

Lauay Al-Musallam, the NWC’s chief executive officer, recently visited several of the holy sites to check on services provided.

Al-Museibih said the NWC was committed to quality service provision. He said there had been around-the-clock distribution of water over the public water network to feed the main reservoirs, water outlets and fire extinguishers. The company’s engineers and technicians supervised and monitored the network.

Al-Museibih said all field teams had been equipped with cars, equipment, motorcycles and communication devices. The work was coordinated from the operating rooms and managed by the central office at the holy sites. Reports are sent if there are any interruptions or damage to water and sewer pipes. He said no problems were recorded this year.

Al-Museibih said that extensive planning had gone into managing the water systems for this year’s pilgrimage. The NWC set up a system of services operating at the highest level of professional standards and efficiency.

He said the operational plan was tested by applying one of the best technological programs for the management of water, known as Compass, which monitors contractors and field teams. He said there was also quality control of the toilets. The system is designed to control water flow along 763,000 meters of pipes, and sewage networks in Mina along 84,000 meters of pipelines.