TSE sales put NWC on path to independence
- From: Vol 12, Issue 2 (February 2011)
- Category: General
- Region: Middle East
- Country: Saudi Arabia
- Related Companies: Saudi National Water Company
The lack of progress on tariff reform has made Saudi Arabia’s goal of self-sufficiency look difficult. Against this, the huge success of its plans to commercialise sales of treated sewage effluent have given a boost to NWC’s bosses.
Saudi Arabia’s National Water Company says it is on track to reach operational sufficiency by 2012, even without a rise in domestic water tariffs.
The body said a combination of successful TSE sales, an increase in charges for commercial customers, and the introduction of sewerage connection fees mean it will be able to cover its operating costs by the ...
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