owned National Water Company (NWC) plans to produce and sell treated sewage water, a company official said. Lowai Bin Ahmad Al-Mosallam, the company's executive president, said the private sector will be included in an independent company to be set up for the venture. The treated water will be for industrial, commercial and agricultural use in Jeddah and Riyadh, he said. The venture is part of a broader water conservation program being implemented by the government. NWC's board met in Riyadh last Wednesday under the chairmanship of Abdullah Al-Hussain, Minister of Water and Electricity, to discuss expansion plans and also speeding up the water and sanitary projects in Riyadh and Jeddah. The minister has signed three consultation, financial, technical and legal contracts with a local consortium and multinational companies for privatizing the water and sanitary drainage sectors in Makkah, Taif, Madina, Dammam and Makkah, Al-Mosallam said. The company is currently conducting a study to draw up a plan for managing water supply and demand in Riyadh and Jeddah this summer.
