Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, the Deputy Premier and Commander of the National Guard, has said that all citizens and residents are responsible in conserving water. In a statement marking the launch of the national campaign on awareness about the rationalization in the use of water and the conservation of water, which will start on Saturday, Crown Prince Abdullah said that "we have to conserve water and set a fine model for the entire world in using it carefully." He added that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is one of the poorest countries in water resources and it depends on the production of water desalination, which is expensive, and ground-water resources, which are not renewable. "Despite this scarcity and these high costs (of producing desalinated water), we find that the average of individual's daily consumption is one of the highest in the world," said Crown Prince Abdullah. He pointed out that the Ministry of Water and Electricity will launch the national campaign of awareness and conservation of water which aims to make citizens fully informed of the importance of consuming water carefully. He said that the Ministry will distribute free conservation tools that enable citizens to reduce their consumption to the one-third average of the current usage. "I would like to remind all citizens and residents to cooperate with the concerned bodies to reduce consumption and install these tools immediately since we have taken into consideration the actual cost of drinking and other uses of water," the Crown Prince added.
