The Saudi Water Authority in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia carries out several tasks and roles, including: producing and desalinating seawater and pumping the produced desalinated water to various cities and governorates of the Kingdom through a pipeline network. Furthermore, the authority contributes to electricity generation through water desalination plants and then transfers the electrical power to the Saudi Electricity Company using specialized technologies.
The Saudi Water Authority is a Saudi government authority. It was established by a Royal Decree on September 7, 1974, as an independent governmental institution with a legal personality under the name of the Saline Water Conversion Corporation. On May 7, 2024, the Council of Ministers approved the transformation of the (Saline Water Conversion Corporation) to an authority named the (Saudi Water Authority).
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