Saudi Arabia achieved a world record when Guinness World Records listed NWC's strategic tanks in Briman as the largest potable water tanks in the world, breaking the previous world record of 1.8 million cubic meters. — Courtesy photo Saudi Gazette report
JEDDAH — The third stage of strategic water storage comprising four tanks worth SR452 million will add one million cubic meters of water to Jeddah by the 3rd quarter of 2016, a statement issued by National Water Company (NWC) said here on Monday. Slaeh Saadawi, senior director of the Capital Project Office in the Western Region, said the strategic storage project in Faisalyah, Jeddah, aims to overcome water shortage problem and meet water demand in highly populated new communities. He said the project comprises four calendric iron tanks, each with the capacity of 250,000 cubic meters. Last week, NWC announced that it was working on finishing the second stage of its strategic storage project in the Jeddah area of Briman that will have a capacity of about one million cubic meters. The second stage of the project, worth more than SR375 million, is operating at 52 percent capacity and is expected to end by mid-2016. The second stage comprises six tanks, each with a capacity of 166,700 cubic meters.NWC has already finished the first stage of the project, worth more than SR740 million, by installing 11 cylindrical water tanks each with a capacity of 188,000 cubic meters. In total they have a capacity of more than 2 million cubic meters. The Kingdom achieved a world record when Guinness World Records listed NWC's strategic tanks in Briman as the largest potable water tanks in the world, breaking the previous world record of 1.8 million cubic meters.
