The new entity will manage and maintain water transmission, distribution and storage systems of desalinated water
The Saudi Arabian Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture, Abdul-Rahman bin Abdul-Mohsen Al-Fadhli, recently announced the establishment of the Water Transmission and Technologies Company (WTTCO).
The creation of WTTCO was enacted by the Council of Ministers and is one outcome of the Privatization Program in the Kingdom’s water sector. WTTCO’s launch marks a major step by the Supervisory Committee for the Privatization of the Environment, Water, and Agriculture Sector towards restructuring the Kingdom’s water sector.
WTTCO will manage and maintain water transmission, distribution and storage systems that span over more than 8,400 Km and transmit more than 7mn cbm per day of desalinated water across the country.
The company will work to achieve higher efficiency and impact for the sector, while driving innovation in water technology and research. Closely aligned to the Saudi 2030 vision, WTTCO’s arrival is one of the most important transformations seen in the water sector to date.
The new company – owned by the government – represents a quantum leap in the integration of the water sector as WTTCO will operate commercially to maximize the use of assets and achieve greater spending efficiency, while also decreasing supply chain costs.
Eng. Abdullah Bin Ibrahim Al-Abdlkareem, SWCC Governor and WTTCO’s Chairman of the Board, reiterated that the establishment of the company contributes to the development of the water sector supply chain.
He also reaffirmed the importance of WTTCO’s role in managing, constructing, developing and maintaining water transmission, storage and dispatch systems, while adding more than 3,500 Km of new transmission lines. These lines will distribute more than 4mn cbm per day of desalinated water to communities and businesses.
