Saudi Arabia Completes First Phase of Privatizing Water Distribution

Water distribution is one of the targeted sectors in the privatization project that the Saudi government is working on (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Saudi Arabia’s National Water Co. (NWC) has signed two deals worth SR714 million ($190 million) with firms in the private sector to operate water and environmental treatment services in the western and northern regions.

This move means that the Kingdom has completed the first phase of privatizing water distribution in accordance with the ninth program of its national water strategy.