The president of the municipal council in Jeddah governorate, Abdulmalik Al-Junaidi, told local media that the rising levels of ground water in the governorate has caused the corrosion of the town's asphalt and has created many holes in the city’s various roads and streets. He said that the National Water Company’s plan to connect 120 neighborhoods to the water line needs far more support than it is currently receiving, in the order of billions of riyals.

Al-Junaidi said that the rising water level and the absence of a good sewage network in some locations is one of the main reasons behind the holes that have developed in Jeddah's streets. He pointed out that the rising levels of groundwater have led to asphalt corrosion, and urged relevant authorities to deal with this problem rapidly.

He affirmed that in the coming years, the number of holes in Jeddah will decrease, as the sewage network for houses will be completed.

Al-Junadi said the National Water Company has plans to complete the connection of problem areas to the sewage network, but stressed that this is a huge task requiring the navigation of key disposal channels that could reach 2 meters in diameter, as well as sub-disposal and internal disposal pipes.

At present, the National Water Company has completed 30 percent of the project and plans to complete the remainder in the next few years.

He pointed out that the Municipal Council and the Jeddah municipality will continue to work to support the proper utilization and recycling of treated water from such drainage pools in the field of agriculture, industrial usage and green-area watering, which reduces the amount of high quality drinking water wasted.