Al-Marsad newspaper: The Governor of the Saline Water Conversion Corporation, Eng. Abdullah Al-Abdulkarim, said that the kingdom could have been exposed to a thirst crisis; This is due to the scarcity of groundwater and the lack of water resources, were it not for the existence of a long-term plan, development projects, and support and investment of development projects until it produces 9 million cubic meters of water per day for the benefit of the citizen.
And “Abdul Karim” added during his meeting on the image program broadcast on the Gulf Rotana channel: “Since 2016, the government has been working on a strategy and plan in supply and demand that takes into account all needs, and today we do not work in isolation from the National Risk Council, and we have plans for business continuity, which are evaluated and reviewed, and there Interdependence between government organizations and this makes the desalination system work at its best performance. Today we have an emergency room that shares information in a fraction of a minute with the relevant authorities, whether it is the Ministry of Agriculture or the Ministry of Energy, making there a safe and abundant environment with water.”
Al-Abdulkarim continued: “The Kingdom has no water, and groundwater is scarce, but the scenarios that we are talking about now about the water problem, the Kingdom has overtaken by the billion projects it started since 2016 until now, making non-renewable water more abundant than basically renewable water, and we have become We are now producing about 9 million cubic meters of water per day.”