Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Water Company Abdullah Alhosain signed here today consultation contracts for the privatization of the sector of water and sanitary drainage in Makkah, Taif, Madinah, Dammam and Khobar with international and local companies with a total cost of more than 12 million riyals. In a press conference following the signing, Alhosain said that by signing these consultation contracts, the company took new steps in the field of privatization of the sector of water and sanitary drainage in the kingdom. Alhosain stated that water and sanitary drainage in the cities of Riyadh and Jeddah were privatized in cooperation with international operators.