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Media In / Agencies 17 April 2018
Saudi Arabia achieved a new achievement after the National Water Company won the first place and won the award of the best intelligent water project for the year 2018, achieved by the smart operation project for the management and distribution of water in the holy places in Makkah.
The award was presented at the World Water Awards World Summit held by the World Water Organization (GWI) in Paris. The award was received by Mr. Nemer Bin Mohammed Al Shibl, Vice President for Commercial Affairs, by the President of the World Water Organization and publisher of the World Water Journal, Christopher Goosen.
On his part, the CEO of the National Water Company, Eng. Mohammed bin Ahmed Al-Mukaili, said that the company’s achievements in this specialized world forum are actually registered in the name of the Kingdom, praising the level of the services provided by the company to confirm the directives of the Government of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and His Highness the Crown Prince To implement the best programs and the highest international standards in the water sector to serve the pilgrims, as well as to promote the sector to compete at global levels.
Al-Mukalla pointed out that the company’s victory came in the face of intense competition among the advanced companies to win this year’s award for the best management and operation of electronic water for the world, pointing out that the company qualified for the finalists and achieved first place amid competition between three global projects submitted to it, The Christchurch CD in New Zealand, the Lanley Water Project in Wales and the Um Mazza Project for the Drinking Water Treatment Plant in Morocco.
He added that the project contributed to exceptional achievements, which included achieving a percentage of water savings in holy places compared to the previous Hajj season, applying advanced signal transfer technology within the SCADA system, developing water pressure sensors to send the signal every second, In the supply and pressure of water remotely and automatically linked with high pressure sensors of the high and low areas to operate automatically, as well as the method of testing the quality of water through remote measuring devices with the accuracy of the results and conformity with the specifications of the Gulf quality of water, explaining that the winning project
Achieved exceptional results in accordance with operational conditions, which resulted in an increase in the number of pilgrims by 20% from the previous pilgrimage season, in light of high temperatures, taking advantage of the quantities saved in the nutrition of the city of Mecca, which contributed to the sustainability and reliability of water supply to the city of Mecca in general and feelings In particular to reduce the rate of water interruptions by about 70% over the past years and increase the ability to properly plan and forecast the quantities of consumption at peak times and provide water at these times with high reliability, in addition to effectively control the control and ensure the quality of water provided to guests B Of God.
