Ras Al-Khair to Riyadh Water Transmission System
Water transmission pipeline, 900,000 m3/day on the first stage; 1.2 million m3/day on the later phases in Saudi Arabia.
Operational
The record
- Country
- Saudi Arabia
- Location
- Ras Al-Khair to Riyadh
- Coordinates
- 27.530, 49.140
- Technology
- Water transmission pipeline
- Capacity
- 900,000 m3/day on the first stage; 1.2 million m3/day on the later phases
- Capital cost
- —
- Stage
- Operational
- Owner or client
- Saline Water Conversion Corporation, now the Saudi Water Authority
- Contractor
- Limak and Mapa joint venture (first stage); Group Five Pipe Saudi Company (line pipe for the later phase)
- Operator
- Water Transmission and Technologies Company
- Finance
- Saudi government capital budget
- Award or start year
- 2015
- Commissioned
- 2015
Record last checked 2026-09-18.
History
- 2015
First stage completed by Limak and Mapa, two 267.5 km 72-inch lines carrying 900,000 m3/day
- 2022
SWCC lists the Ras Al-Khair to Riyadh system at 1.2 million m3/day among ongoing projects
- 2023-11
Group Five Pipe Saudi Company awarded an SR 3 billion pipe supply contract for the 391 km later phase
Sources
6 references
Every field in the record above is taken from the references below. A field that none of them confirms prints as a dash.
- Limak project page, Ras Al Khair-Riyadh Water Supply Line System, Saudi Arabia. limak.com.tr.
- completed 2015, two parallel 267.5 km 72-inch steel pipelines, 900,000 m3/day to Riyadh, scope covering pipe coating, installation, line valve stations, access roads, testing and start-up, described as the first stage of the scheme to supply Riyadh and one of the biggest water supply schemes in the Gulf.
- Smart Water Magazine, Saudi Arabia's Group Five secures US$800 million contract for water transmission pipeline, 6 November 2023. smartwatermagazine.com.
- SR 3 billion or US$800 million from SWCC for spiral-welded steel pipe for a 391 km line carrying 1.2 million m3/day from Ras Al-Khair to Riyadh.
- Saline Water Conversion Corporation, Annual Report 2022 (English), Production Plants Map, p. 73. swcc.gov.sa.
- MENA Water Review major projects register and PPP pipeline — compiled from procurer publications, development-bank project pages and trade reporting; each record names its source.
lists the Ras Al-Khair to Riyadh system at 1.2 million m3/day among ongoing projects, and separately reports the Ras Al-Khair to Riyadh system part 2 as commissioned.