A truck filled with rancid water taken from an underground water pool at a building under construction in Al-Waziriyah District was seized on Sunday. The truck owner has been summoned for questioning at the Truck Monitoring Department in Jeddah Mayoralty. The truck was discovered after an inspector became suspicious as it was displaying the logo of a reputed company selling fresh water in Jeddah. The driver abandoned the truck and ran away. Agents searched the location where a large pump for drawing rancid water from the pool was found. Abdullah Al-Salami, Director of the Truck Monitoring Department, said approximately 80 similar trucks were seized last week. Al-Salami said a number of truck owners are taking advantage of the current water crisis to fill truck reservoirs with underground water taken from a number of locations at Al-Waziriyah, Al-Safa and Kilo 14 districts. The contaminated water is sold to residents as good for cleaning purposes, he said. __